Between the Lines 20 Summer 2014

The Hanseatic city of Bremen. This was the first city in Germany to have an S-Bahn run by the private sector. The tender was won by a Veolia Transport subsidiary NordWestBahn (NWB) The contract was placed in 2008 and is due to run for 11 years.

Conclude our visit to the Eurotrack model rail show in the south of England where we view:
Antwerpen Oostkaai -modern image H0. Bei Welmich- modern image Rhine in N gauge.  La Planche Port-  Côte d’Azur in H0 – 1960 to 1980. Reuddeux - modern image H0 layout nominally set in Dijon. Zuppertal- inspired by the famous Wuppertal overhead railway  in Z gauge.

Travel to Bilbao to look at Spanish railfreight- the former Altos Hornes de Vizcaya, once the largest industrial enterprise in Spain. The business now belongs to Arcelor who produce 1 ½ million tons of high quality coil a year. We also look at the nearby container point served by RENFE Mercancias, and the private sector including COMSA who use modern Vossloh Euro4000s. 

FEVE Cargo.  In 2012 the ownership of the narrow-gauge lines to the east of Bilbao was transferred to Euskotren – Basque Railways – while those serving the northern Spanish provinces to the west went  to ADIF and RENFE -including the freight business.

Narrated (English) Filmed in HD RT 75mins

All Ticket to Ride, Perren, TG Trains and Van den Burg products are in PAL format. Region free (0).  

      DVD and BluRay compatibility in North America.

• Regions format and players
• Region 1 USA, Canada, US Territories
• All Region 1 DVDs are NTSC format. Many north American players are still NTSC region 1 only.
• Region 0 (region free) DVDs can be PAL or NTSC format. Ticket to Ride, Perren, TG Trains are all PAL format
• The latest models of DVD players sold in north America are usually NTSC & PAL  compatible.              
•  TVs
• Some North American TVs play NTSC only.
• The latest TVs in north America play both 50Hz (European) and 60Hz (US)- probably High Definition sets.
• BluRay  discs
• To be able to play Blu-Ray discs,  you need a HDTV (High Definition Television), a multi region Blu-Ray Disc Player, HDMI cable and a Blu-Ray Disc.  Please note that BR players are also capable of playing standard DVDs.
• Summary
• The requirements for North American customers to watch PAL DVDs are:
• a multi region DVD player and a PAL compatible TV system;
• or be willing to watch the movie using a pc/laptop DVD ROM drive (pcs are not format dependent.
•  
• please contact us by email if you have any questions or would like a sample PAL disc sent.

Delivery

We endeavour to despatch all orders within 24 hours. Items marked SPO (special order)  delayed despatch will be forwarded when back in stock.

All items destined for UK  and Channel Isles addresses are sent Royal Mail 

Second Class Royal Mail.    post free 

First Class Royal Mail.     

All items destined for Europe and Rest of the World are sent by Air Mail

Post and packaging costs

Click link below for air mail costs 

 Air Mail postage costs to Europe and Row  

Returns

Faulty items  If an item is found to be faulty or incorrect please contact us to arrange a return. If the item is faulty a replacement will be sent, if the item is not what you ordered, the correct one will be sent.

If you are unhappy with a product it can be returned to us (in mint condition) within 14 days for a refund. Returning items is at the consumer's cost. For your own protection, we suggest you use a secure delivery method which requires a signature upon delivery. Please include your name, address, order number and reason for return.