Europe is now in a snowjam

Trains Magazine Passenger
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Complaints about US rail service shutting down due to our large snow storms need to be re thought.

  1. Eurostar shut down today.

  2. pARIS HAD 4-1/2 - 5 INCHES of snow. Is almost completely shut down

  3. TGV service very spotty

  4. Germany many problems

Can some of our European posters give us more info ?

Were there many shut dows a couple years ago in europe due to grainy snow ?

there may be a lot of DC traction trains in these european locations that do not like grainy snow ?

That is one reason that AMTRAK is going to all AC traction

2

Unlike two years ago, Deutsche Bahn seemed to have learned their lesson. There have been some delays this winter, but not to the extend experienced in 2010/2011.

Winter is an impediment to all modes of traffic. Even with delays, rail travel is still much more reliable than any other mode.

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I repeat this because it is worth emphasizing.