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European Railroad Discussion > Florence Santa Maria NovellaDate: 05/21/17 00:43 Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: Hartington I didn't have much time so these are all a bit random.
Anyway here we have E464.317 leading a double deck train and a double deck driving trailer.   Date: 05/21/17 00:46 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: Hartington Then we have some idea about the high-speed competition that occurs between FS and the private operator "Italo".
  Date: 05/21/17 00:48 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: Hartington More of the competition! Two of the Italos pass on the approach with FS in the second picture,
  Date: 05/21/17 00:50 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: Hartington Our train to Siena. Unfortunately the D445 failed and we had to wait an hour for the next. The other photo is of a "Minuetto" DMU.
  Date: 05/21/17 00:52 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: Hartington They have a problem with tagging on FS but E464.205 seems to have escaped.
  Date: 05/21/17 03:08 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: cricketer8for9 Some serious knitting in the throat photographs.
Date: 05/21/17 06:44 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: colehour Thanks for those photos. I traveled to and from SMN several times when I lived in Italy. When I left (2007) privatization was just beginning. I hope that FS is doing better than Alitalia now.
A little trivia: the station is named for the nearby basilica, built by the Dominicans in the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance. One of the artworks in the church (by Masaccio) is one of the first examples of the use of true perspective in painting. Date: 05/21/17 09:20 Re: Florence Santa Maria Novella Author: gaspeamtrak Thank you for sharing!!!:):):)
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