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Rescue train departing from Altstetten station

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©  Aug 7, 2021


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Rescue train departing from Altstetten station



Such an interesting train, well caught!!
@cs269 Thanks, SBB has many of these trains, they drive around frequently
Rescue for people or equipment?
@Maersk.146 Maybe both
@Romet.Lyytsepp
Cool! We have nothing like that in the US... Can you explain what each section does?
@Maersk.146 I don't know much about these trains, but found something online: https://www.railjournal.com/regions/europe/sbb-orders-firefight..ains/
@Romet.Lyytsepp @Maersk.146

From the link you provided it looks like the train is to help fight fires. I haven't seen anything that sleek looking in the US but we do have firefighting trains. With the big fires in California this summer they are getting a workout. Here are a couple of links showing them.

https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/safety/fire-train.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/firefighting-train-aids-in-fi..McYxH
@Romet.Lyytsepp @1cctlives
Thanks, guys! That's very interesting.
Thanks that’s interesting indeed
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