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Norway launches panoramic glass roof train to see northern lights

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13 Feb 2026 • 1 min read
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Photo from the viral insta post

866000 likes on Instagram, but it is not true. NRK even put out a story about the fact that it is fake.

There is an Arctic Train to/from Narvik in winter time, but it is an old EMU.

Thanks Zugreiseblog for the suggestion to include this one.

How to avoid using inappropriate stock photos of trains

How to avoid using inappropriate stock photos of trains

This week I stumbled across a story in the Bruxelles EU publication Rapporteur, arguing for a "rail revolution in Poland", illustrated using a Russian Railways RZD Sapsan train: I am pretty sure, politically, you do not want RZD as part of your revolution! Earlier this week the TRAN
10 Oct 2026 5 min read
Platform numbers, finger pointing, and the end for some modern locomotives
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Platform numbers, finger pointing, and the end for some modern locomotives

In the Newsletter this week Bullshit Meter: Direct Köln - London trains will depart Gleis 5 at Köln Hbf Good week: Finally Poland sees sense with platform numbers Bad week: DSB slammed by the Danish audit office Also a bad week: End of the line for Škoda's modern locomotives
09 Oct 2026 7 min read
Bullshit Meter: Direct Köln - London
trains will depart
Gleis 5 at Köln Hbf

Bullshit Meter: Direct Köln - London
trains will depart
Gleis 5 at Köln Hbf

A news report in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reckons direct trains to London will depart from Köln Hbf Gleis 5 (Platform 5). I have analysed this in much more depth in this separate article, but it strikes me that while the idea has some merit, it is still a hell
09 Oct 2026 1 min read
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