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... that Canada's CP Rail used to have a sister company called CP Ships?

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Did you know that British Railways ALSO owned a few ships until the 90s ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_99
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...and until this whole Brexit Ferry nonsence, I didn't know Eurostar still own a ferry!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Nord_Pas-de-Calais
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Ploes wrote:...and until this whole Brexit Ferry nonsence, I didn't know Eurostar still own a ferry!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Nord_Pas-de-Calais
It's only used for hazardous freight now. Which I guess translates to "stuff too dangerous to take through the enclosed tunnel".

Other ships from the old Class 99s remain in service to some degree, all spread around the world.
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Redirect Left wrote:
Ploes wrote:...and until this whole Brexit Ferry nonsence, I didn't know Eurostar still own a ferry!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Nord_Pas-de-Calais
It's only used for hazardous freight now. Which I guess translates to "stuff too dangerous to take through the enclosed tunnel".

Other ships from the old Class 99s remain in service to some degree, all spread around the world.
Nope. Operates between Spain and Morocco these days, according to that article.
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... that Canada's CP Rail used to have a sister company called CP Ships?
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Looks like it's in Eastern Europe. Who the heck drives at this speed in so much water ?
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acs121 wrote:Looks like it's in Eastern Europe. Who the heck drives at this speed in so much water ?
No, it is Línea San Martín in Argentina. But yes, driver was crazy, even if electric motors are waterproof, he may derail his train at some submerged obstacles...
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Ameecher wrote:
Redirect Left wrote:
Ploes wrote:...and until this whole Brexit Ferry nonsence, I didn't know Eurostar still own a ferry!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Nord_Pas-de-Calais
It's only used for hazardous freight now. Which I guess translates to "stuff too dangerous to take through the enclosed tunnel".

Other ships from the old Class 99s remain in service to some degree, all spread around the world.
Nope. Operates between Spain and Morocco these days, according to that article.
Ah my mistake, as far as I was aware it was still with Eurostar as a freight operator, but yes, its now operated by FRS Iberia doing that route.

A news source suggests it was going to be moved to Seaborne Freight as part of the scrapped deal for post-brexit cargo.
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Isnt teh boat still owned by Eurotunnel though?
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wallyweb wrote: 24 Mar 2019 09:00 ... that Canada's CP Rail used to have a sister company called CP Ships?

There was also CP Air, proving the Multimark logo looks good on anything.
acs121 wrote: 24 Mar 2019 11:14 Did you know that British Railways ALSO owned a few ships until the 90s ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_99
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The Sealink logo was only the wrong way round on one side.
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The Spanish Island of Mallorca has(d) railway 110 years ago and now?

When I was editing Europe 4096*4096 Scenario, I had to be very detailed. And when I was putting towns on Balearic Islands, I found this fact from the map.

Then I looked up on the Internet. It reads the railway was put into operation in 1912 (from Palma to Soller). And there are also 3 modern rail lines.
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