European Railroad Discussion > Article on Rhätische Bahn

There is a great article on RhB freight services
in the January 2025 edition of Today's Railways
Europe written by Toma Bacic. The RhB is a 
fascinating railway that operated 580k metric
tonnes of freight and produced 38.06 million
tonne-km. They have 320 freight cars in service
of many types, including a Schnabel car. Though
it is rarely used. Shocking to me is that Groceries
and Dry Goods made up the largest volume of
traffic by revenue at 36%.

SOO6617 Wrote:
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> There is a great article on RhB freight services
> in the January 2025 edition of Today's Railways
> Europe written by Toma Bacic. The RhB is a 
> fascinating railway that operated 580k metric
> tonnes of freight and produced 38.06 million
> tonne-km. They have 320 freight cars in service
> of many types, including a Schnabel car. Though
> it is rarely used. Shocking to me is that
> Groceries
> and Dry Goods made up the largest volume of
> traffic by revenue at 36%.

I would also commend the article about the Divača to Koper line in Slovenia, and the changes that are coming.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/25/24 01:03 by 86235.

SOO6617 Wrote:
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> There is a great article on RhB freight services
> in the January 2025 edition of Today's Railways
> Europe written by Toma Bacic. The RhB is a 
> fascinating railway that operated 580k metric
> tonnes of freight and produced 38.06 million
> tonne-km. They have 320 freight cars in service
> of many types, including a Schnabel car. Though
> it is rarely used. Shocking to me is that
> Groceries
> and Dry Goods made up the largest volume of
> traffic by revenue at 36%.

I would imagine in the Winter bringing groceries in by train is the easiest way to keep some villages supplied.