Ron Ron Ron Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 How did this not get out before? Railway Magazine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted June 5, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2011 I'm guessing that since the French were unable to prevent the Germans from running their ICE trains through the tunnel have decided to run their own TGVs through it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 They took out a Super Injunction I saw that as well and thought it was odd no-one had mentioned it elsewhere, I suppose it shows that the internet is not always the first place you hear about something. It was a test train (i.e. a French Network Measurement Train) so it's probably just for testing track and signalling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Hi, I don't think so simply because, as it says in the article, only the train crew and signallers knew about it. Quite a feat in todays world of fast communications! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 5, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2011 If you want to keep something like that quiet you can usually manage to do so - and even easier to do so on a very self-contained piece of railway such as CTRL/HS1. Don't forget how the 'City of Truro' first trip 'to the West Country' in 1985 was kept fairly well under wraps, and that was something which many people knew was going to happen but couldn't find out where it was going until the very last minute - if then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 It was the French equivalent of 'Doctor Yellow', which had to be hauled by a pair of Krupps from Folkestone, as the TVM isn't yet compatible with the version on CTRL. I wasn't aware of any secrecy covering it- the crew that were to work it visited the RCC in Coquelles when I was on shift last week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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