Past Locomotive & Carriage
Institution Continental Visits:
An archive of past overseas visits by by the
Locomotive & Carriage Institution since 1980. Visits prior to then, including
'grand' overseas visits in the 1930's appear in the "History" section.
As well as Locomotive &
Carriage Institution visits, also included are reviews
on Charter Helvetica charter trains run
by the Institution's Chairman, Alan Spencer.
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A review of the Charter
Helvetica charter
train "The Lotschberg & Rhone Valley
Explorer" 13th September 2009 |
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A review of the Charter
Helvetica charter
train "The Geneva Connection" 12th September 2009 |
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A write-up of the Institution's week long visit to
Switzerland
in 2002. |
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An account of the Institutions day on
BLS Lötschbergbahn AG when we visited Spiez Signalling Centre and had cab rides through
the Lötschberg Tunnel as part of the 2002 Swiss visit. |
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The Institution's Visit to
Dresden Dampflok (Festival of Steam) in May
2002 |
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The
Institution's 2001 Tour to the Czech Republic. |
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The Institution's 1999 Trip to
Spain.
Amongst other things included a tour of the AVE Depot in Madrid and a tour
around ALSTOM works in Valencia building Class 67 locomotives for EWS. |
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Berlin
"Phoenix Tour" in 1997. Included in this tour were visits to the Berlin
S-Bahn Main Works at Schöneweide, Berlin S-Bahn Historic
Depot, ADdtranz works at Hennigsdorf, Berlin U-Bahn Control Room at Kleistpark
and the Lignite Mining Company and Railway in Saxony. |
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The 1996 trip to
Sweden, some 50 years after the Institution's first trip. |
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An article on the
Swedish X2000 tilting high speed trains written
following a lecture on the 1996 Swedish trip. |
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The Institution's visit to
Hamburg,
Berlin and Dresden in September 1994. Trip included a vist to the
Hamburg ICE Maintenance Depot and Berlin S-Bahn Wannsee Depot. |
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An account of the Institution's visit to
the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland in 1992 |
