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Next up was a container train from Bologna to the port of Zeebrugge. It would run over Liège, and nothing else was approaching, so I dared to drive to Cheratte on line 40. Turned out to be a good decision as I got a shot on a location I never stood.
ATLU 186 232 (XRAIL), Cheratte 10.08.2022
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During the 2000's, B-Cargo's 13 and CFL 3000 series locomotives hauled coal trains between Antwerp-Zandvliet and Creutzwald. On some weekdays, there were 2 of these massive trains only a little bit apart. Pictured here is the second one, number 49815, hauled by CFL 3020 and a Belgian sister.
Oud-Heverlee, March 23, 2005.
Day 2 of 2025 saw sun and clouds. When this train to Gent passed me, I saw mostly clouds. It wasn't as bad as a few hundred meters more towards Lokeren. There, sun and rain added some spectacle to the photo.
Timing is everything, as a few minutes earlier the foreground scene was also lit by the sun. And a few minutes after this shot, I had to run and seek shelter for the rain.
Last stop of the trip was the gorge just south of Sidi Kacem. Besides seeing some trains, we also had an encounter with a guy driving up to us from the road below up the mountain, in a 4x4 vehicle. He seemed to know Belgium pretty well, but the exact reason why he wanted to talk to us? No idea, after a while he friendly aid goodbye and went back to the road to continue his journey. Shortly after, we also left for the final leg of the journey: to the airport and back home.
ONCF E-1256 Zaouia 20.5.2017
Before posting the second of 2 freights, a more recent shot I made not too long ago.
Rurtalbahn Cargo's 186 233 is leading a car train towards Karlsruhe. Who knows how long these Alpha's will still remain with Rurtalbahn Cargo, considering the recent influx of Vectrons in their fleet.
Soirée du 13 Juillet dernier, une rame Régio2N assure un TER reliant Hyères à Marseille, de passage sous les dernières lueurs de la journée après la gare de Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.
I ended the day close to the French border. I knew that there was a train scheduled from Tournai to Longeau. It would have to leave on time though, because scheduled departure was only 20 minutes before the sun would be too low. I headed to Froyennes, on the line towards Lille, and set up a shot with the Théâtre Saint-Luc in the background. This is part of a 19th century boarding school, and is now converted to an event location. Then the waiting began. I saw the shadows creeping further and further, until finally, right on time, the Euro 4001 locomotive rented by Railtraxx came in sight. 2 minutes later the tracks were covered in shadows. Sometimes you’re lucky!
This train marked the end of a beautiful, but rather quiet, day, filled with a lot of diesel traction.
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Railtraxx 3981, Froyennes, March 19 2025.
De NS wandeling van station Elst (Gld) naar station Arnhem voert - met wat kleine omwegen - ook langs wat aardige punten voor treinspotters, zoals de Spoorbrug Oosterbeek over de Nederrijn bij Arnhem. Na drie kwartier van 'nieten' in de wolken/zonloterij was dan eindelijk het moment daar dat de zon door de wolken kwam tegelijk met het passeren van een trein. Arriva GTW 258 van Arnhem naar Tiel was de gelukkige.
Arriva DMU 258 (Class GTW built by Stadler in 2012 and nicknamed 'Spurt') crosses the river Nederrijn near Arnhem on its way to Tiel.
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The journey to Dresden went flawlessly. After checking into my hotel I took a train to Dresden Hbf, where I expected a couple of EuroNight trains. These trains change locos in Dresden, so it was a good opportunity to check out the Czech Skoda electrics, that would soon be replaced by modern Siemens Vectron locomotives.
CD 371 015 with EuroNight 477 from Berlin to Budapest. The train was braught here by 2 BR101 engines.
CD 371 015, Dresden 18.9.2016
Hexafret 60023 with a train of maintained freight wagons towards Somain. The wagons are maintained at the Inveho UAB facilities in Achiet, which is served quite regularly.
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South side of the viaduct in Moresnet on railway line 24 (Antwerpen-Aachen). Eastbound train (direction Aachen) with a TRAXX E 186.
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Zenderen (NL) 12-04-2025
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Col cambio d’orario di dicembre 2025 si è chiuso un particolare capitolo della storia delle ferrovie concesse svizzere: la gestione del servizio ferroviario sulla linea Orbe-Chavornay è, infatti, passata alle SBB. La "OC", di soli 3,9 km, era gestita da Travys (Transports Vallée de Joux–Yverdon-les-Bains–Ste-Croix) e vi circolavano due GT8-100C/2S acquistati di seconda mano dalla Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft nel 2022. L’infrastruttura, che rimane sotto Travys, subirà importanti modifiche, tra cui una variante di tracciato a doppio binario nei pressi di Chavornay, una nuova stazione a Les Granges, una nuova fermata a Saint-Éloi, la modernizzazione della stazione di Orbe e la conversione di tutta la linea da 750 V CC a 15 kV 16,7 Hz AC. Per la realizzazione di tali opere, si è resa necessaria un’interruzione di circa un anno: la ferrovia riaprirà, integrata nella RER del canton Vaud, nel corso del 2027. In foto, la Be 4/8 003 (Düwag, ABB, 1991) in arrivo alla fermata di Saint-Éloi. 8/11/25
Bipanto de sorti pour la BB 7269 qui assure un TER Paris Austerlitz - Orléans, de passage à Tivernon. Le 11 Avril 2017.
An image made during the afternoon of July 4th of 2025. Before noon I had been able to make some photos of the train serving the Aciet maintenance facilities. In the afternoon I was able to make this photo of a train coming from the homeland.
Lineas 1307 leads train 44830 from Antwerp to Tergnier, seen here at Bertry.
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La SY X305 (CFD Montmirail, 1977 e recentemente revampizzata) delle Chemins de fer de Provence espleta il treno 3 (Nice - Saint-André-les-Alpes) dello scorso 5 ottobre. La foto mostra la bella automotrice nei pressi dei Ponts des Eléphants, tra le fermate di Plan d'Entrevaux e Agnerc.
Medway's Neuss to Antwerp container shuttle for mother company MSC was right on time to enjoy some early spring sunshine. A few more kilometers to go before it has reached its final destination, it passes through this rare rural lap of ground just north of Antwerp.
ATLU 186 224 (MED), Sint-Mariaburg 14.02.2023
I had found a nice location near Pöckau and I decided to wait there if a train would be coming. This was the case shortly after arriving already. We see CT-Train's 6193 433, sub-hired to CD Cargo, with an empty car train from Italy to somewhere in Slovakia.
The clouds that were moving fast in the distance, didn't right here. I stuck with my 1 picture and left to the next location for some Italy bound traffic.
CD Cargo 193 433, Pöckau, October 24, 2025.
BB 67431 takes the Corail coaches from Paris Montparnasse to the final destination on the peninsula of Quiberon. Running in the months of July and August only. In the backdrop the beach ⛱ of Carnac. Carnac is well-known for 'Les Alignements' or the fields with menhirs.
Penthièvres (56, France), 11-7-1989.
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FR – 26 octobre 2025 – Harmanec Jaskyňa, Slovaquie
Près de Harmanec jaskyňa, un train spécial vapeur sort du court tunnel de Tufenský, long de 50 mètres, juste après le tunnel de faîte de Čremošné, le plus long tunnel ferroviaire de Slovaquie (4697 m). Après avoir franchi plus tôt le point culminant de la ligne à la gare de Čremošné, le train entame maintenant la descente, libérant un spectaculaire panache de vapeur dans la forêt automnale.
La locomotive est la 475.196 préservée, de la série tchécoslovaque (ČSD) 475.1, surnommée « Šlechtična ».
C’était un train-photo spécial au départ de Vrútky, organisé par des passionnés avec le soutien du personnel des chemins de fer slovaques. Au cours de la journée, il a parcouru un itinéraire circulaire à travers la Slovaquie centrale, reliant Vrútky, Diviaky, Čremošné, Banská Bystrica, Zvolen, Hronská Dúbrava, Kremnica, Horná Štubňa et Vrútky, en empruntant deux des plus belles lignes de montagne du pays.
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EN – 26 October 2025 – Harmanec Jaskyňa, Slovakia
Near Harmanec jaskyňa, a steam-hauled charter train emerges from the short 50-metre Tufenský Tunnel, just beyond the Čremošné summit tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in Slovakia (4697 m). Having crossed the highest point of the line earlier at Čremošné station, the train is now starting its descent, releasing a dramatic burst of steam into the autumn forest.
The locomotive is the preserved 475.196, of the ČSD 475.1 class nicknamed “Šlechtična” – Built by Škoda, Plzeň, in 1950.
The train was running as a special photo charter from Vrútky, organized by railway enthusiasts with the support of Slovak railway staff. Over the course of the day, it completed a circular journey through central Slovakia, linking Vrútky, Diviaky, Čremošné, Banská Bystrica, Zvolen, Hronská Dúbrava, Kremnica, Horná Štubňa and Vrútky, crossing two of the country’s most scenic mountain lines.
With rock, forest and steam converging at the tunnel mouth, this moment captures both the power of the locomotive and the rugged character of the landscape it travels through.
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Il treno speciale per i Mercatini di Natale da Milano Centrale a Trento organizzato lo scorso 21 dicembre è stato affidato alla "Tartaruga" E444 046. La foto mostra il locomotore in sosta nella stazione di Trento, in attesa di fare ritorno alla città meneghina.
Not many trains run in the beautiful countryside of northeastern Morocco. In the evening light of October 25, 2019 and not far to Fès, DH 420 pulls a passenger train to Oujda near the Algerian border.
The benjamin of the 1216 series is seen with a Railjet from Bologna to München, against the backdrop of Predicola and Cima Monticello mountains.
The second generation Railjet rake was fortunately still hauled by a Taurus locomotive instead of yet another Vectron.
ÖBB 1216 001, RJ 88 Bologna Centrale - München. Salorno, October 25, 2026.