Your Last Train Journey?

[SwissFan91]

Greetings all after a long time away from the forums!

My last set of train journeys earlier this month were spectacular!

Zurich Airport to Brig
Stalden Saas to Zermatt
Zermatt to St Moritz (Glacier Express)
St Moritz to Zurich Airport

I have a question regarding an incident while travelling on RE41 to Zermatt above last month. We were travelling mid morning and our train was sat in the passing loop between Kalpetran and St Niklaus.

The driver announced we were waiting for a train to pass which was shortly followed by the Glacier Express train passing us. As we set off, our train came to a shuddering halt and the whole carriage shook for several seconds and seemed to grind to one side. My first thought was that we had somehow struck the passing train but that seemed to continue passing without incident. After probably 10/15 minutes sat stationary, including the lights going on and off (turn it off and on again?) I was convinced we had derailed.

Without further announcement the train suddenly started again and took off at high speed towards St Niklaus. After maybe 3-4 minutes of travelling we came to another shuddering halt, this time not in a passing loop. I couldn’t tell if the grinding noises caused the stop or if the stop caused the grinding noise but after a shorter delay we took off again towards St Niklaus.

I assumed we would maybe disembark in St Niklaus and change trains but no - our journey continued without any further alarm until Zermatt.

I assume no derailing occurred given our journey continued each time but can anyone shed any light on what might have happened? I don’t believe we were joining/leaving the rack rail adhesion when the stop happened but did we just lose grip on the rack? Did the driver perform two emergency stops? For the record, I travel on trains frequently and I have never experienced this before. I haven’t travelled on the MGB too often but frequently on the GGB which is rack assisted throughout.

Any thoughts from those wiser than me would be appreciated!

[Redirect Left]

Well, I was on a cruise last week, and that means my last train journey was actually in the Netherlands.
The cruise ship pulled into a terminal next to the Erasmus Bridge. So i had a journey from Wilhelminaplein next to the bridge, up to Beurs. Where I had to change lines to get to Blaack. I then admired the cube houses of Rotterdam! The Kijk-Kubus Museum-house was a very fun look inside one of them.

Very simple to use metro, I have to say. Well signposted, rather tidy too. I enjoy how each station isn't just a copy paste of the last one which often happens on the London Underground.
Sadly the dumb app I made for my signature is hardcoded to only understand trains in Great Britain

I was also in Germany & Belgium, but alas. I did not use their trains (nor trams, they had trams too!)

[Nawdic]

Last train journey was made today, it was the first train I've been on for a very long time. 1002 Pembroke Dock to Paddington, on an 800. Only as far as Swansea.

Cost me £20, probably wont do it again in the near future, seeming as the price has somewhat skyrocketed since covid.

[orudge]

I alas haven't been on many trains in recent years. The light rail service from Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport to downtown Minneapolis (blue line) then along to my hotel (green line) is probably the last train I was on. Before that, I had been on some Dutch trains (Schiphol Airport to Den Haag, and some local trains in The Hague), and before that, hmm, Brussels Airport to Brussels Central and back. I did get the Eurostar (ex-Thalys) from Schiphol Airport to Brussels a couple of years ago, which was nice (booked as part of my KLM ticket).

[harrydouthwaite]

My last train journey was on the 1st of October, from Valence TGV in southern France to Frankfurt HBF, with a change of train at Lyon (TGV 5376 to Lyon and 9583 to Frankfurt). Both of which I recorded, on TGV Duplex sets.

https://youtu.be/EJZOjgP_asU
https://youtu.be/Psy4ZJciUCY

[orudge]

My last train was from Brussels Central to Brussels Airport, at the start of February.

I think my last UK train journey was on the Heathrow Express in 2017 - nearly 10 years since I've been on a UK train. I was hoping to get onto one of the ScotRail 125s before they disappear, but I've not really had any need/opportunity to go on a train (if I'm travelling with family, it would cost a fortune compared to just driving, and on the occasions I've gone somewhere myself then it's not really been especially practical). Maybe one day...

[orudge]

I have a new UK train journey to document!

1H08 - 377106
Dep Gatwick Airport 0822
Arr Portslade 0857
Southern
Coach 6

Train was on time, plenty of free seats, can’t complain. I flew down to Gatwick then got a train to Brighton to pick up a second hand car (which was priced very competitively, and considerably cheaper than any equivalent I could get that was geographically closer), then proceeded to drive it back up to Aberdeenshire, finally getting home at around 00:15 after 4 charging stops (though I only actually needed 3).

[Pilot]

Friday 27th December 2019
...
0930 Manchester Victoria to Huddersfield, powered by 68027, using set TP09. My stalker is back!
...

For the first time since this journey, I've had my former stalker for haulage!

This time working the 1837 London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction, which I took as far as Banbury, with set CH04 in tow.

A change in operator for the loco and Mark 5A set, and a change of hometown for me, in the intervening 6 and a half years. I've only had 5,745 miles of 68 power in between too!