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+I like trains. Don't only think I'll only ramble about regular trains, I'll also ramble about Metro trains and trams, they're trains after all, right?

content/trains/a-trip-to-the-CFR-museum.md

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+title = 'A Trip to the CFR Museum'
+date = 2024-01-26T20:02:16+02:00
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+I've had the chance these past days to go to the CFR museum in Bucharest, Romania, where they had a beautiful train model, as well as many other things, such as a whole steam locomotive in their frontyard. I highly suggest anyone visits this museum. It may not be as big but it makes up in quality. It's next to the North Railway Station and is served by STB routes 1, 10, 82, 97, 105, 182, 282, as well as the Gara De Nord 2 (M4) Metro Station (Also Gara De Nord station. If you want to go to GDN2, you'll have to switch at Basarab).
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+![A huge steam locomotive parked outside of the CFR museum](/pictures/cfr/steam-locomotive-1.jpeg)  
+*A huge steam locomotive parked outside of the CFR museum*
+
+![A scaled down design of a cargo terminal](/pictures/cfr/cargo.jpeg)
+*A scaled down design of a cargo terminal*
+
+![060-EA-042](/pictures/cfr/060-EA-042-1.jpeg)
+*Model of 060-EA-042 locomotive*
+
+![LDH](/pictures/cfr/ldh.jpeg)
+*Model of LDH diesel locomotive*
+
+## The model
+![Doutchebahn locomotive hauling passenger cars](/pictures/cfr/db.jpeg)
+*Doutchebahn locomotive hauling passenger cars*
+![Siemens Desiro train](/pictures/cfr/siemens_desiro.jpeg)
+*Siemens Desiro train*
+![Model 1](/pictures/cfr/model_1.jpeg)
+![Model 2](/pictures/cfr/model_2.jpeg)
+*Pictures of the train model*
+![LDH in action](/pictures/cfr/ldh_in_action.jpeg)
+*LDH in action*
+![Depot](/pictures/cfr/depot.jpeg)
+*Depot*
+
+
+I hope these pictures can be of some use.

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+title: 'The Altsom Coardia Stream and what it means for CFR'
+date: 2023-12-20T21:29:27+02:00
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+The first Class 101 trains from Altsom have arrived recently in Romania, and I have to say I am 3 weeks late to the party. I can't explain in words how big this is. This is CFR's first aquisition of new electric trains in 20 years. Below is a picture with the most common electric locomotives in Romania, the class 4x ones.
+![A class 40 train](/pictures/class4x-train.jpg)
+*A class 40 train of CFR Calatori at Bacau. Picture courtesy of Calin Strimbu.*
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+These look like they belong in a scrap yard, don't they? A few years ago my parents were shocked at how old the locomotives were and they say that "they looked like they were 100 years old" and I don't blame them. We even have nearly 80 year old locomotives still in service. I'm not joking. Class 77 trains were produced from 1935 to 1942 and they still USE THEM, though it's for short routes.
+![A class 77 train](/pictures/class77-train.jpg)
+*A class 77 train of CFR Calatori at Calimanesti station. Picture courtesy of Stefan Puscasu.*   
+
+
+And here are the second newest trains of CFR calatori. Siemens Desiro, AKA Class 96
+![A graffitied class 96 train](/pictures/class96-train.jpg)
+*A graffitied class 96 train of CFR Calatori at Bucuresti Nord. Picture courtesy of Stefan Puscasu.*
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+
+And here we have the new Altsom trains.  
+![A brand new Altsom Coardia Stream train with a bit of snow](/pictures/class101-train.jpg)  
+*A brand new Altsom Coardia Stream train with a bit of snow. Picture courtesy of Observatorul Prahova*
+
+Ever since the 2000s, CFR has started gaining the reputation of being **extremely** unreliable, with CFR having delays of **4 million minutes** ([source](https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/calatorii-in-timp-la-cfr-trenurile-din-romania-au-intarziat-anul-trecut-cumulat-mai-bine-de-8-ani-2560019)) in 2022. Yikes. I don't know if the reason for these delays are rolling-stock related, but I have to say, I hope that's the case. I also don't even want to touch on the bathrooms of the passenger cars. Thank God I never had to take a number two in one of these, cause otherwise, I would've gotten all of the possible and impossible STDs. I won't show pictures, it's gross as hell, but if you are interested, google "veceu cfr". I am also interested in seeing if it will take less time to get there, as these trains can reach 200km/h, but we have horrible infrastructure. I hope the lines get modernized faster, so I can finally go to the beach in a decent timeframe.

content/trains/the-former-railway-in-the-childrens-park.md

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+title = "The Former Railway in the Children's \"city\" in Bucharest"
+date = 2024-03-28T11:09:41+02:00
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+In 1976, a new Park in the neighbourhood of Berceni, a neigbouirhood whose purpose was housing the workers of the IMGB factory, was inaugurated. It included many attractions, but the most interesting thing was the railway.
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+There were 2 locomotives and 4 carriages for passengers. They were built by 23 August Works (now FAUR) and at first ran on batteries, but in the 90s, one locomotive was converted to diesel traction, using a tractor motor and the other scrapped for parts.
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+Until 1991, it ran gracefully, but then, "Thomas" got rented by private entitites and in 2002, he was locked up. In the meantime, a lot of the rail's bolts were stolen, but the rails were not, due to the fact that they were mounted by ITB, the communist era transport operator, which welded the rails with the buffers.