* Matthias Urlichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030803 08:35]: > A few years ago in Germany there was a huge stink raised by the > environmentalists (rightly so, IMHO) because the mid-range trains running > on nonelectrified trains sometimes ran with two Diesel locomotives so that > the coffee machines in the train bistro could get enough juice. :-/
This is still valid, e.g. on Munich - Zürich, as the German goverment declines to electrify this line (and also declines to let the Swiss do it). But we're now heavily off-topic. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C