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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 14:59:37 GMT
Hello Friends, In very very shocked  - the German Railways have Buy the Rail Operator Laing Rail (Chiltern Railway, Overground) the DB is in German a un-seriously Rail Company and the Chief of the DB the Old Mehdorn hate Culture!!! i know this - i come from Germany and know the big Problems with the DB.  im very sadly, i cry (is not a joke - im very sad and angry) - and i have big fear Greetings from Germany Dennis p.a. i have lost the Battle with EWS - sorry!!! EWS is now the DB |
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Post by dazz285 on Jan 21, 2008 17:19:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 18:49:39 GMT
the End for a Peaceful time!!!
very sadly for the England´s pride!
why? why this good Country with this rubbish dirty Rail Company!
i prey that NOT the DB Logos put on the Carriages!
the DB have ruined the British Pride ...
sadly greetings from Germany
Dennis
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 19:52:23 GMT
aldwych es ist nicht gut! ich arbeiter on der 'met line' und 'chiltern' komme aus hier. ich mochte keine probleme fur mir! translated from my rubbishy gcse german from 10 years back it goes like this 'aldwych that is not good i work on the met line and chitern come here, i hope theres no problems for me!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 20:11:55 GMT
somerhimpson you become no problems with this! you have luck that you not live in Germany - i have no Job! and if you should get sometime problems, then I accuse German railways!
But have you read about the Strike last Year? The Drain-Drivers have to need more Money - and the DB buy other Company's!
I come from Worms - the oldest City in Germany - have you see the Railway Station? i think no!
on the Stationplatforms - the DB have dismantled the Roof (for a long long time ago!) but the DB is very slow and the Spokesman say "we make a new roof for the Platform" - and this every year!
My dream is when a British Company buy the DB - and i can now better sleep!!!
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Post by c5 on Jan 21, 2008 20:26:51 GMT
somerhimpson you become no problems with this! you have luck that you not live in Germany - i have no Job! and if you should get sometime problems, then I accuse German railways! But have you read about the Strike last Year? The Drain-Drivers have to need more Money - and the DB buy other Company's! I come from Worms - the oldest City in Germany - have you see the Railway Station? i think no! on the Stationplatforms - the DB have dismantled the Roof (for a long long time ago!) but the DB is very slow and the Spokesman say "we make a new roof for the Platform" - and this every year! My dream is when a British Company buy the DB - and i can now better sleep!!! greetings Dennis You wouldnt want our First Group though ;D ;D How about Go-Ahead they are good! Is DB about to be privatised? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 20:39:04 GMT
Is DB about to be privatised?
fifty fifty - the DB is not 100% privatised.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 21:55:08 GMT
in britain we have private railways and this is mostly a bad thing. in my trade union magazine i think i read about unhappy workers in germany and maybe them going on strike, it sounds bad there
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 23:16:34 GMT
Ah yes, a nice small section in the aforementioned "trade union magazine" reads: "Germany Strikes Suspended During Talks". *Puts magazine back in waste basket* ;D It does sound quite bad. I wouldn't like to be working there, and thanks to the US economy weakening, I very much doubt it will be solved any time soon sadly! I agree with you about buying other company's Aldwych. If I was told I couldn't have a pay rise for making money so the company could go and spend more, I'd be pretty pee'd off to!  |
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Post by johnb on Jan 22, 2008 11:54:14 GMT
It does sound quite bad. I wouldn't like to be working there, and thanks to the US economy weakening, I very much doubt it will be solved any time soon sadly! Hmm. Don't know about you, but if I were a unionised rail worker I'd rather work for a majority-state-owned rail company than a private equity fund (Chiltern's previous owner). But that isn't how it works - the money to pay for Laing Rail is borrowed based on the profits DB expects to make out of Laing Rail; it's got nothing to do with whether or not DB pays German train operators more euros... BTW, DB resolved the driver's strike by giving them an 8% pay rise. That doesn't sound like a terrible outcome to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2008 17:02:02 GMT
but I thought chiltern railways were probably britains best the trains are always on time, clean stations why take over
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Post by Dmitri on Jan 22, 2008 17:08:56 GMT
chiltern railways were probably britains best the trains are always on time, clean stations why take over Given the choice, what house would you buy: new and clean, or an old, dirty and falling apart one  ? |
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Post by dazz285 on Jan 22, 2008 17:15:22 GMT
Chiltern are always on time because they have there own tracks to run on, if you know what I mean?
No interference from freight etc.. Lucky so & so's ;-)
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Post by suncloud on Jan 22, 2008 19:50:50 GMT
Chiltern do share tracks with freight... certainly north of Banbury (and I'd imagine south of it as well, but maybe not so much in passenger hours). They do run a pretty tight ship, I think the biggest bonus is the spare capacity the line had on privatisation.
Obviously it's working as it is though, so I hope the new owners let the management team get on with it...
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Post by cetacean on Jan 22, 2008 21:13:43 GMT
They share tracks with lots of things north of Banbury, including the half-hourly CrossCountry through Oxford, and those are hardly known for good timekeeping. Lots of freight goes that way as well.
There are few freight trains on their own mainline - rubbish from London to Calvert via Aylesbury, and a couple of years ago huge amounts of earth for the notorious Tesco in High Wycombe was delivered by rail. I think all are in the daytime too.
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Post by amershamsi on Jan 23, 2008 2:26:17 GMT
and a couple of years ago huge amounts of earth for the notorious Tesco in High Wycombe was delivered by rail. I think all are in the daytime too. you mean Gerrards Cross - the earth was to make the cut and cover tunnel that collapsed. |
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Post by metman on Jan 23, 2008 16:42:28 GMT
Chiltern are an excellent company but as has been said they were lucky. At the time of privatisation the line was in good condition with spare capacity and had just recieved a batch of new networker turbo trains!
I also hope the Germans let them get on with it too. I think they still need more trains especially in the rush hours and I really hope they don't change the colour scheme!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2008 19:14:34 GMT
 Picture of the Holy Mehdorn! the Chief of the Mehdorntology - but the Members of this Church are only Germans, no other People of the World like this priest ääh chief! --------------------- But the DEUTSCHE BAHN are now SCRAPPING complete Locos  here are Class 143 Note the overpainted Loconumbers under the DB Sign - 11 of the Locos are "ready for Scrap" - but the Locos are not wrecked! My fear - the DB like to scrap British Trains! Greetings Dennis |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2008 19:21:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2008 20:22:58 GMT
paint out - for the Train-Fans! -> one of the nonsense from the DB the Scrapdealer is secured (better as Fort Knox!) - when jou going to the Locos, you risk a meeting with the Police! the Man with the Brush are not good - i can read the Numbers! (see Pictures below!) img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bender07jan0614jz.jpgimg500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bender07jan0614041104go.jpgBut the Deutsche Bahn´s Scrapping Hobby - one of the Famous Locos are the Class 141 Heritageloco -> scrapped by fun! www.bilder-hosting.de/show/5LHS0.htmlbut this is not the only Heritage Loco img277.imageshack.us/img277/6708/pict2168ct6.jpghere are the Remains of the Class 430 - scrapped directly at the DB-Museum Koblenz-Lützel that are my Fear - the DB scrapped without "Brain" - and some Locos are lost - forever -> need Example: DB Class 210 (Gasturbine Loco), the Class 110 with the Numbers 110 299 and 110 300 (one of the first High Speed Electric-Locos in Germany) and the Class 103 118. the Last Class 627 is burned at the Nurnberg Disaster - the other are Scrapped or sold to Poland! DB - what a wonderful (Disaster) - a Railway with a lost Culture - a Self -Destroyed Culture! Greetings Dennis |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2008 20:32:36 GMT
Very bad for train-fans. This picture I find somewhere on the internet a long time ago!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2008 21:07:06 GMT
Terrible  Why're they leaving them to rust? Surely aren't train-fans buying them? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2008 21:09:50 GMT
yes, the last remain Driving Motor Car have secured - but a Half Train (OK - London Underground have make the same error -> Half 1983 and 1986 Tube Stock) - but the DB have stored the Train for a long time outside, and the rust comes, a long long destroy!
But DB have buy EWS, and Chiltern Railways / 50% of London Overground and 50% of Wrexham and Shropshire Railways - i see smile Mehdorn when the Guy put some Locos on the Scrap!
Another: all of the Newest Locos on Private Railway Museum are only Loan (Class 103 or other!) - no former DB AG Loco have sold to Preservation -> a Insider say (not 100& correct) - it´s better when the Loco are end in the Scrapyard!
Greetings
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