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Emmerich - TEE Rheingold
TEE Rheingold stopped at Emmerich, on the German border, to change from a Dutch (NS) locomotive to a German (Deutsche Bundesbahn - DB) locomotive. This is class 112, formerly E10.12. It was a variant of class E10, which was designed for 160 kph (100 mph). This was about as fast as European trains traveled iln 1970.
One of my goals on this trip was to ride a TEE (Trans Europ Express), the highest class of European train. The Rheingold was the most famous of these in Germany. From the time I left Stockholm, my travel was by train. I had a Eurailpass, which gave me first class travel, something that I found easy to get used to.
The Rheingold (named after the Wagner opera) was a luxury train from Hoek van Holland to Basel, from 1928 until World War II. It was re-established in 1951, and became one of Germany's first TEE trains in 1965. As a TEE, it had a dome car for viewing, particularly along the famous area of the Rhine River.
Rheingold and Rheinpfeil (Rhine arrow) operated in tandem. Rheingold ran from Hoek van Holland (the ferry port for Engand) to Basel. One part started from Amsterdam. Rheinpfeil ran from Dortmund to Munich. The two trains had a common stretch from Duisburg to Frankfurt. There were through cars covering all origins and destinations. I traveled from Amsterdam to Munich in one car, which was on Rheingold to Duisburg, then switched to Rheinpfeil.
This is no longer the case. European express trains operate as units, and cars are not switched from train to train. You go from one train to another. If you are lucky, the two trains are on opposite sides of a platrorm. Otherwise . . .
Emmerich - TEE Rheingold
TEE Rheingold stopped at Emmerich, on the German border, to change from a Dutch (NS) locomotive to a German (Deutsche Bundesbahn - DB) locomotive. This is class 112, formerly E10.12. It was a variant of class E10, which was designed for 160 kph (100 mph). This was about as fast as European trains traveled iln 1970.
One of my goals on this trip was to ride a TEE (Trans Europ Express), the highest class of European train. The Rheingold was the most famous of these in Germany. From the time I left Stockholm, my travel was by train. I had a Eurailpass, which gave me first class travel, something that I found easy to get used to.
The Rheingold (named after the Wagner opera) was a luxury train from Hoek van Holland to Basel, from 1928 until World War II. It was re-established in 1951, and became one of Germany's first TEE trains in 1965. As a TEE, it had a dome car for viewing, particularly along the famous area of the Rhine River.
Rheingold and Rheinpfeil (Rhine arrow) operated in tandem. Rheingold ran from Hoek van Holland (the ferry port for Engand) to Basel. One part started from Amsterdam. Rheinpfeil ran from Dortmund to Munich. The two trains had a common stretch from Duisburg to Frankfurt. There were through cars covering all origins and destinations. I traveled from Amsterdam to Munich in one car, which was on Rheingold to Duisburg, then switched to Rheinpfeil.
This is no longer the case. European express trains operate as units, and cars are not switched from train to train. You go from one train to another. If you are lucky, the two trains are on opposite sides of a platrorm. Otherwise . . .