This is the NSB Class 73. Great specs, EMU, etc...but dubious aesthetics here if I'm being generous.pic.twitter.com/wrE4vaR5M0
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This is the NSB Class 73. Great specs, EMU, etc...but dubious aesthetics here if I'm being generous.pic.twitter.com/wrE4vaR5M0
The Class 71 is very similar, used for rapid service to Oslo Airport. But what's with the AmEx ads? And why do u need stairs to board?pic.twitter.com/J4vLqla9RS
Low platforms are very common throughout Europe (and the USA), which is baffling to me. Trains are guided vehicles, they always arrive...
...at a station at a fixed distance from the platform's edge and elevation. So why not make those match? Very odd...
Here is an older series for local service, the Class 69. C'mon Norway I know you can do better than this!pic.twitter.com/NK0l8CPOVJ
The Class 70. Kinda cute tbh, I dig it, I dig it....but again with the low platforms! What's so hard about this, I wonder?pic.twitter.com/JsFIdDKQDz
Class 72. This is built by Ansaldo-Breda, a Dutch company. Cringey aesthetic, no good. No wonder people miss steam trains!pic.twitter.com/BlvBZiPLMk
Incidentally, Breda made the most recent Green Line streetcars in Boston. Predictably, I prefer the Kintetsu-made ones...pic.twitter.com/GsC8WHaptL
The most common new EMU in Europe right now appears to be the Stadler FLIRT. Norwegian, Swiss, Czech, Estonian versions shown here.pic.twitter.com/T3wvz989dz
Again--great specs, but what's up with that design? And low platforms, smdh... Interior shots from Germany, Estonia, Hungary--not cozy...pic.twitter.com/LYYkEPjnuy
Anyway. If there's a point to this thread, I guess it's that there's more to good rail service than the purely technical side of things.
Aesthetics are VERY important, and it's perfectly understandable for people to be nostalgic for steam trains.
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