Pullman car 4080 DE (ex CIWL) in Wien Westbf, 2007-09-13.
The inscription above the windows has been changed to "Train de luxe Nostalgie Istanbul Grand Express
Train de luxe" - it used to be "... Nostalgie Istanbul Orient Express ...". Perhaps this has to do with
a lawsuit by VSOE and SNCF against NIOE concerning the use of the brand name "Orient Express". This is
expected to be settled in 2008, and (according to Wikipedia) the NIOE rolling stock will be overhauled
until then. (By the way, the 4080 is not really a car of the traditional Orient Express, it was built
for European daytime trains such as the Flèche d'Or.)
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<a href="mailto:tbk@uncia.de">tobias b k&ouml;hler</a>