Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!syteka!msm From: msm@syteka.UUCP Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: Getting Around Overseas Message-ID: <329@syteka.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 02:00:10 EDT Article-I.D.: syteka.329 Posted: Wed Jun 29 02:00:10 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 13:55:51 EDT References: decvax.116 Lines: 17 Regarding decvax!minow's comments about 3-4 minute connections between European trains: When I was last in Europe (1977), this was reasonable except in Italy. Italian trains are notoriously late! The only trains that run on time are the TEE (Trans Europe Express) luxury trains. I recall Italians saying that the one good thing that Mussolini did was to make the trains run on time (he had the train crews of late trains executed!). In Switzerland, trains try to be exactly (to the SECOND!) on time; the train platforms had clocks with sweep second hands. I noticed that the engineer usually tried to stop the train when the second hand exactly reached 12! Michael S. Maiten Silicon Gulch, California <...!{ucbvax!menlo70,decvax}!sytek!msm>