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CD 753 197, Vojkovice, 31.05.1996.

A railway club has put some cars and these two locomotives at Le Locle for storage.

11001 in the front has already put on some rust, and most likely will need heavy maintenance before it will run again.

The Ae 6/6 in the background was in similar condition due to being stored outside.

 

More from this outing coming later this week.

Bij de Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) staan nog fraaie stationsgebouwen langs het spoor zoals hier in Hasselfelde (een van de eindpunten van de Selketalbahn). Er arriveren/vertrekken hier slechts 4 treinen per dag en weldra zal het laatste treintje van de dag hier binnenlopen. Door vertraging en andere redenen liep het fotograferen daarvan niet zoals gewenst maar met deze opname toch een fraaie toevoeging aan mijn stationsgebouwen-serie (in opbouw).

 

The classic railway station of Hasselfelde along the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB). The timetable provides for only four narrow gauge trains per day.

 

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After a good day of shooting trains in the snow in the beautiful Voeren region, I didn't feel like going home yet.

I went to a location I had gone to before, without snow though. I like the spot because it has this little bridge, a fence, which make it a bit more interesting for night photography.

The 3 trains I was able to shoot weren't the nicest, unfortunately, full of graffiti. Next time I'll have to book a hotel room and stay a bit longer, because honestly, on the way back I could barely stay awake.

 

Lineas 186 497 with train 44537 towards Aachen. Schoppem, January 19, 2024.

BLS 180 + 465 015, Kandersteg, 15.09.2003.

212 014, Bendorf Sayn, 09.05.1989.

De voorlaatste rit van deze mooie klassiekers uit Frankrijk in België. Steenslag voor het conventionele net in Frankrijk.

 

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215 122, Dausenau (Lahn), 20.08.1996.

Na opnames van de Oekraïense spoorwegen (UZ) in ochtendgloren en schemering sluiten we dit onderwerp voorlopig even af met een opname in de avond. Geen sinecure op een station met slechts een enkele felle lamp. Ganz-MÁVAG treinstel D1-582 is onderweg van Batovo naar Dyakovo en staat gereed voor vertrek in het station van Berehove (Zakarpattia Oblast).

 

Following the pictures of the Ukrainian Railways (UZ) during dawn and dust we will close for the time being this subject with a picture in the evening. Ganz-MÁVAG DMU D1-582 is on its way from Batovo to Dyakovo and spotted at the station of Berehove (Zakarpattia Oblast).

 

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I was out of inspiration as to where to photograph next. CFL1800 and Peter Gootzen kindly let me follow them to the station of Krefeld Linn. Standing on the platform we awaited a few trains - from the expected trains, one would be hauled by a recently repainted Ludmilla engine!

The building on the left of the frame is an old signalling cabin, I think. It seems to be out of service for a while now.

These rebuilt class 216 locomotives are rare: only 6 of them exist. Here NIAG number 8, ex-216 055, hauls a train through Krefeld-Linn.

 

NIAG 216 055 (8), Krefeld Linn 17.3.2016

 

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After an overnight trip from Mérida, YUC, a Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec (FIT) has just tied down its train by the old station in Campeche, CAM. The trip from Mérida is mostly southbound geographically, but this train is called a northbound, even though it will mostly be running south and west along the old línea FA on its way to Coatzacoalcos, VER. It makes more sense if you think of this line as an extension of Mexico's main north-south line. Consist : BOTX 3904, BOTX 1883.

La BB75133 est vue en tête d'une rame de conteneurs transportés sur des wagons de types "Rglmmns" flambant neufs qui sont spécialement dédiés pour le transport de matériel militaire. Reliant Le Havre à St-Pierre-des-Corps, le train est vu sur le groupe VI (Paris-Mantes via Conflans) bien à l'heure.

FR – Le 26 mai 1974 au dépôt de Villeneuve Saint Georges

 

Il y aurait tellement à raconter à propos de cette photo !

 

- Sur les BB 8100 qu’on trouvait partout en tête de nombreux trains « de marchandises » (avant que la novlangue les appelle des « fret ») principalement du RO (Régime Ordinaire, par opposition au RA, Régime Accéléré).

- Sur le dépôt de Villeneuve Saint Georges et sa célèbre rotonde unifiée « type P » conçue en 1944 pour les reconstructions d’après-guerre.

- Sur les caténaires 1500 V en étoile au-dessus des voies. Etc.

 

J’ai déjà écrit quelques commentaires sous ma photo prise le même jour d’une autre partie de cette rotonde, voir ici : flic.kr/p/2rZKoFE

 

Pour cette fois, je me focalise sur les trois panneaux visible autour de la guérite de commande de la plaque tournante, à gauche.

 

Le panneau ARRET BB signale l’emplacement où les courtes BB doivent s’arrêter pour être centrées au milieu de la plaque et faciliter sa rotation par un meilleur équilibre les masses.

 

Le panneau du haut donne les consignes importantes concernant les pantographes des locomotives électriques pour éviter de tout arracher en haut (pantographes et caténaires) : entrer sur la plaque avec le panto arrière levé et le panto avant baissé, puis pendant la rotation de la plaque, tous les pantographes doivent être baissés. Et pour la sortie, utiliser le panto avant et baisser le panto arrière.

 

Enfin, en bas, une consigne qui va de soi : sortez au pas, notamment parce qu’il y a un petit hiatus de 2 centimètres environ que les roues doivent franchir, mais aussi parce que les voies autour de la plaque sont courtes et souvent déjà occupées par une machine.

 

De nos jours, en 2026, cette rotonde et cette plaque tournante sont toujours en service, alors que d’autres dépôts avec des rotondes du même type ont disparu.

 

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EN – May 26, 1974, at the Villeneuve St Georges roundhouse

 

There would be so much to say about this photograph!

 

– About the BB 8100s, which could then be seen everywhere at the head of many freight trains (before the modern jargon started calling them “fret”), mainly operating RO services (Régime Ordinaire) as opposed to RA (Régime Accéléré) freight.

– About the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges depot and its famous “Type P” unified roundhouse, designed in 1944 for post-war reconstruction.

– About the star-shaped 1,500-volt overhead catenary above the tracks, and much more.

I have already written a few comments under another photograph taken the same day, showing a different part of this roundhouse: flic.kr/p/2rZKoFE

 

This time, however, I will focus on the three signs visible around the turntable operator’s cabin on the left.

 

The “ARRÊT BB” sign marks the position where the relatively short BB-type (Bo-Bo) locomotives must stop in order to be centered on the turntable, ensuring better balance and making rotation easier.

 

The upper sign gives important instructions regarding the pantographs of electric locomotives, in order to avoid tearing down the overhead equipment. Locomotives must enter the turntable with the rear pantograph raised and the front one lowered. During the rotation of the turntable, all pantographs must be lowered. When leaving the turntable, the front pantograph should be raised and the rear one lowered.

 

Finally, at the bottom, an illuminated instruction notice reminding drivers to "proceed at walking speed", an obvious rule. This is partly because there is a small gap about two centimeters wide that the wheels must cross, but also because the tracks around the turntable are short and often already occupied by another locomotive.

 

As of 2026, this roundhouse and its turntable are still in service, whereas other depots with roundhouses of the same type have long since disappeared.

  

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Lineas NV/SA: through track 2M of the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges station, this freight train accesses the freight station of the same name. NACCO's Uacs wagons consist is headed by electric locomotive 27135M, an Alstom Prima EL2U built in 2004 for Fret SNCF. It is currently owned by Akiem SAS.

Les rames E300 font leur grand retour après presque 2 ans d’immobilisation. Ce Samedi 26 Février était donc l’occasion d’en photographier une, sous un beau soleil. L’Eurostar 9008 Londres - Paris est vu sur LGV Nord, à proximité de Libercourt, dans le Pas-de-Calais.

212 096, Langenberg Bonsfeld, 28.10.1984.

The gaucho, his horse and his dogs are met with the Trochita steam train in the Patagonian pampa near Nahuel Pan, Chubut Province, (Patagonia), Argentina.

 

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Le 27 Décembre dernier, l’habituel gazier reliant Martigues à Sibelin remonte en fin d’après-midi avec en tête l’Euro 4018. Le convoi est vu de passage à Saint Martin de Crau.

Great Western 43147, 43005, Saltash, 07.38 Penzance, 31.08.2010.

I had today an education day at Rotkreuz with this view.

 

I got this photo during the break - otherwise the topic was too good.

Een week 'Nederland winter-wonderland' is alweer voorbij, maar op 14-02-2021 nog van toepassing. Arriva treinstel 384 (Stadler GTW Spurt bouwjaar 2007) is op weg van Roermond naar Nijmegen en maakt een korte stop voor het stationsgebouw uit 1882 van Boxmeer.

 

Arriva DMU 384 (class GTW built by Stadler in 2007) on its way from Roermond to Nijmegen during a stop in front of the classic station building of Boxmeer (NL).

 

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BN HLE 21, NMBS 2122

 

Tijdens onze reis naar Polen werd een heel specifieke locatie gekozen. Uiteraard gingen we de HLE21 opzoeken die naar daar verhuisd zijn in de afgelopen jaren. De volgende locomotieven zijn ter plaatse te vinden: 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2106, 2109, 2110, 2112, 2115, 2117, 2119, 2120, 2122, 2123, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2131, 2139, 2142, 2146, 2147, 2149, 2152, 2154, 2158. 28 stuks in totaal, slechts de 2116 ontbreekt en staat op een andere plek in Polen te vertroeven.

 

La BB 7416 était en tête d’un convoi de citernes reliant Miramas à Saint Jory, de passage à Saint Martin de Crau le 7 Février 2016.

We didn't plan for shots in this direction, but with a southbound train approaching I gave it a try. Even though I was not satisfied with the result on the camera scren, I decided to keep this one, keeping in mind the advice of a good friend to always judge your photos on the computer screen. After some post-processing I had to change my mind and think of this photo as one of the better ones I made at Hochfelden that day.

 

EPF 4007, Hochfelden 29.1.2017

 

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After travelling from Southwark yard to Saint-Hyacinthe and picking up 45 cars prepared during the day by CN 519, the Saint-Hyacinthe switcher, CN 526 (usually a Sorel subdivision switcher) is rolling into Sainte-Madeleine behind a pair of classic, war-torn GP9RM's. The crew could not get their TIBS to work, so the train has to rumble along back to Southwark yard at a hot 15 mph. Usually, the nightly Bécancour-Taschereau train is tasked with lifting traffic out of Saint-Hyacinthe, but CN has recently started to send other crews on particularly busy days, which happen more frequently since Transbordement Saint-Hyacinthe (a transload facility on CN's Saint-Judes spur) has started receiving unit grain trains from the US Midwest. Consist : CN 4102, CN 4140.

772 161 + 972 761, Sommerfeld, N5059, 06.10.1994.

A Class 77 Malaxa railcar on the line 916 between Buziaș and Lugoj (Romania).

 

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The machine got some modernisation and the SBB Cargo look. But finally was demolished in April 2013.

still some work going in the driver cabs. But otherwise, it looks like 40 years back.

11348 + 11620, Oberrüti, 29.08.2005.

This is a place I keep returning to, because it's just so much fun. To get there you have to climb up a hill, find a way between walls and bushes, and concentrate to get your gear up in one piece. A mini-adventure so to say, and I prefer it this way. It's one reason why I love this hobby so much.

The hill offers a number of possibilities, and today I picked this one. Of the many southbound trains that passed, I particularly liked this loaded coal train operated by NIAG with a leased Traxx engine.

 

DISPO 185 554 (NIAG), Sankt Goarshausen 26.4.2016

 

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Het mooie weer van de afgelopen dagen werd benut om bij de Noordelijke Nevenlijnen in Friesland nog een aantal Spurts van Arriva in de oude bedrijfskleuren vast te leggen. GTW 351 onderweg van Stavoren naar Leeuwarden passeert een klassieke boerderij te Warns (nabij het station Koudum-Molkwerum).

 

Arriva DMU 351 (Stadler GTW2/8 nicknamed Spurt) on its way from Stavoren to Leeuwarden at Warns in the typical landscape of Friesland, The Netherlands.

 

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Sun was totally gone by now, but I didn't care. Semmering railway with all its curves is moody on its own, add to that the beautifully colored foliage: it's probably even better without sunshine.

I had reserved a hotel in Semmering so no hurry as I was finding my way through the forests. I ventually ended up on top of the entrance of the Weberkogeltunnel. This train came as a surprise: I had just shot an uphill scrap train, while all of a sudden another uphill train came around the corner, slowly passing the first one. A video of the moment is right here.

Unfortunately, also the Semmering railway has fallen for the Vectronization of Europe's rail.

 

Metrans 6193 135, Weberkogeltunnel. October 22, 2025.

Here you see perfectly the three axle machine with the one motor driving the three wheels similar to a steam engine.

And you might see how this design was derived from the famous crocodile locomotives.

We could also find these mighty locos on freight duties between Luxemburg and Saint-Louis, near the Swiss border. CFL 3018 is seen hauling train number 41503 connecting an unknown origin to an evenly unknown destination. The train is seen in Stambach, near Saverne.

 

CFL 3018, train 41503. Stambach, July 6th, 2004.

Le 26 Juillet 2018, la BB 22345 tractait le TAA Paris Bercy - Nice Ville, de passage en début de matinée sous les premiers rayons de soleil dans les vignes de Cuers.

Le chemin de fer est vital à Huancavelica car la région est vraiment enclavée au cœur des montagnes,mais ce vieux wagon n'est plus utilisé depuis bien des années.

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The railroad is vital to Huancavelica because the region is really enclosed in the heart of mountains, but this old car is not any more used for many years.

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El ferrocarril es vital en Huancavelica porque la región es verdaderamente enclavada al corazón de las montañas, pero este viejo vagón(coche) no es utilizado más desde hace muchos años.

 

221 129, Heiligenhaus Hofermühle Wiel, 30.04.1983.

Vișeu de Sus ligt in de Maramureş. Maramures is een van de meest afgelegen en meteen ook achtergebleven streken van Europa. Het bergachtige grensgebied met Hongarije en Oekraïne ligt zo geïsoleerd dat het na de Tweede Wereldoorlog ontsnapte aan de collectivisering. Toen de Roemeense dictator Ceausescu bij zijn ‘systematisering’ dorpen platwalste en gruwelijk lelijke appartementsblokken in de plaats zette, werd Maramures vergeten. Van de recente verwestering na 1990 valt hier evenmin weinig te merken. Veel mensen leven hier als honderd jaar geleden. De paardenkar is hier nog een veelgebruikt transportmiddel.

 

De bosspoorlijn van Vișeu de Sus kronkelt over een afstand van 43 kilometer door het dal van de rivier Vaserul. In het Duits heet de rivier ‘Wasser’ en het dal dus het ‘Wassertal’. Ook hier is duidelijk te zien dat de tijd stil heeft gestaan. In het fraaie dal met uitgestrekte bossen zijn er - behoudens een klein aantal huizen aan het begin van het dal - slechts enkele onderkomens voor bosarbeiders. Verder is er niets, behalve de rivier, de spoorlijnen en de beren en wolven als permanente bewoners.

 

Alleen langs de eerste acht kilometer van de bosspoorlijn van Vișeu de Sus is nog een aantal huizen die hier tegen een ruwe onverharde weg liggen. De foto toont de goederentrein bij doorkomt van dit laatste buurtschap in de dal. Spoedig zal de onverharde weg ophouden en zal er naar het ruim 30 kilometer verderop gelegen Făina alleen nog door onherbergzaam gebied worden gereden.

 

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Datum en tijd: 20-02-2019 - 08.36 uur

Locatie: Valea Scradei

Maatschappij: CFF Vișeu de Sus (CFF)

Materieel: CFF 764.4 (CFF 764-469)

Trein: Vișeu de Sus - Făina

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194 109, Geislinger Steige, 09.08.1986.

FR – Le 26 mai 1974 au dépôt de Villeneuve Saint Georges

 

Au début des années 70, la rotonde de Villeneuve St Georges voyait défiler une extraordinaire diversité d’engins moteurs.

 

Sur la photo on peut voir (ou apercevoir un petit morceau) de 9 locomotives appartenant à 7 séries différentes, toutes mono-courant 1500 volts continu : BB 9300, BB 1600, BB 8100, BB 9400, 2D2 9100, BB 9200, CC 7100. De nos jours, le nombre de types différents qui fréquentent encore cette belle rotonde est bien plus réduit et toutes sont bicourant (ou plus).

 

Et en dehors de la photographie, il y avait encore d’autres types de machines présentes dans le dépôt ce jour-là : électriques BB 1-80 et diesels BB 63000, 63500, 66000, 67000, locotracteurs de divers types, soit en tout 54 engins autour de la plaque tournante ou à proximité immédiate.

 

Les BB 8100 étaient les machines les plus nombreuses avec 15 unités autour de la plaque tournante.

 

D’autres types de locomotives électriques circulant habituellement dans le secteur, sur l’axe Paris-Lyon-Marseille ou sur la grande ceinture, manquaient à l’appel mais elles n’étaient pas de passage dans ce dépôt à ce moment-là, ou le fréquentaient rarement : CC 6500, CC 21000, BB 8500, BB 25500 et CC 1100.

 

Les mouvements d’entrée – sortie du dépôt et sur la plaque tournante étaient intenses. 1974 est l’année où le trafic marchandises sur le réseau SNCF a atteint son record de tous les temps.

 

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EN – May 26, 1974, at the Villeneuve St Georges roundhouse

 

In the early 1970s, the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges roundhouse saw an extraordinary variety of locomotive classes.

 

In this photograph one can see (or at least glimpse a small portion of) nine locomotives belonging to seven different classes, all operating on the 1,500-volt DC system: BB 9300, BB 1600, BB 8100, BB 9400, 2D2 9100, BB 9200 and CC 7100.

 

Today, the number of different types still using this fine roundhouse is far smaller, and all are dual-voltage (or more).

 

In addition, beyond what appears in the photograph, other types of locomotives were also present in the depot that day: electric BB 1–80 and diesel BB 63000, 63500, 66000 and 67000, as well as small two-axle shunting tractors of various types, making a total of 54 engines around the turntable or in its immediate vicinity.

 

The BB 8100s were the most numerous, with 15 units present around the turntable at that time on that day.

 

Other classes of electric locomotives usually operating in the area — on the Paris–Lyon–Marseille main line or on the Grande Ceinture — were absent, as none happened to be passing through the depot at that moment: CC 6500, CC 21000, BB 8500, BB 25500 and CC 1100.

 

Movements in and out of the depot and on the turntable were intense. 1974 was the year in which freight traffic on the SNCF network reached its all-time record.

  

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