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Magazine : Volume02

10.10.2009

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SPECIAL ISSUE – URBAN SCENES

Urban Landscapes

The first of three galleries is about Urban Landscapes. Discover the relationship between railroads and cities through the eyes of various photographers around the world.

Asian Snapshots

Renaud introduces you to Bangkok (Thailand) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) mass transit systems with three summaries and three photo-essays.

Stations Snapshots

The second gallery is a view inside stations worlds. Architectures or atmospheres are subjects of a large variety of pictures.

Eric Binamé’s Japanese Postcards

Eric shares with you one of its roadbook. You’re going to discover Japan from North to South. An exotic experience!

Underground Scenes

The last gallery explores cities and their underground side. Be ready to do an unusual journey deep in this unknown world that is a strong photographic source of creativity.

Do you want to learn more?

About Japan

japan-map_web

History

Japanese railroads history bagan in 1872. Around 20 kilomters (12 miles) of tracks linked Tokyo with a close suburb. Private companies created a dense network : nn 1906, around 6,000 kilomters (3,730 miles) are all around the country.

A milestone is reached on October 1st, 1964. Shinkansen – a 210 kph (130 mph) passenger train – did its first revenue train during the Tokyo Olympics. Shinkansen network is the backbone of the 21st century railway network in Japan. Some people forecast a future made with sustentation trains but the huge costs may tranform this prediction to a fantasy.

Photographers in this issue

Eric BINAMÉ, Grégoire BROSSARD, Renaud CHODKOWSKI, Grégory DELATTRE, François ILIOVICI, Etienne JACQUOT, Martin OSCARSSON.

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Magazine: Volume 01

10.10.2009

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Around the world : Swedish shortlines

François has lived in Sweden for years. In this article, he shows a colorfull view of the seasons through five chapters.

Contemporary railroading : Ac4400CW – AC traction by GE

GE’s AC4400Cs are the stars of this first pictorial. Discover some locomtives working all around North-America.

What if… ? “We talked about photography”

This chapter talks about Photography of Railways. In this issue, the author shares his opinion about common ideas.

New Horizons : High in the sky

Discover planespotting through Yves Cojan’s interview and pictures.

Do you want to learn more?

GE’s AC4400CW

If you’re not used with North-American geography, here is a map to help you with pictures locations :

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Also, a 2005 roster that gives the AC4400CW users :

ac4400cw_roster

and some details about railroad companies which are illustrated (2005 datas from AAR) :

Canadian Pacifique Rwy : the second big company in Canada. CPR network is 22530 km (14000 mi) long and runs from Montreal to Vancouver and a part of United-States. 1669 locomotives are owned.
http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/default.htm?1

Cartier Mining : is a shortline that links Mt Wright Mine to Port Cartier (Quebec) with a 420 km network. 22 locomotives are owned for iron ore transport.
http://www.qcmines.com/default.aspx
Update : Cartier Mining is now owned by Arcelor Mittal. Locomotives should have new colours is 2010.

CSX Transportation : is a northeastern company that has a 28220 km (17535 mi) network. 3601 locomotives are owned.
http://www.csx.com/

Union Pacific : is the oldest of Class I railroads. Its network is 43370 km (26949 mi) long and runs all over United-States (but Atlantic Coast). More than 8100 locomotives are owned !
http://www.up.com/

General Electric Transportation website
http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/locomotives.html