This week I started looking for a period after summer holidays for my next long trip. So yes, it’s time to finally continue the report of 2025’s autumn trip. Today live: day 4, a full day around Semmering. Featuring many freight trains, magnificent landscapes and nice autumn colors. Check it out >>here<< Continue reading 2025 autumn trip, day 4
Just added: a report of the 3 first days of last autumn’s trip to Central- and South-Europe, covering the photos made between Ghent and Semmering. Click here to explore. The goal of this trip was to enjoy freedom, sunlight and trains. Starting from my home I let the weather forecast lead me to my next destination. That meant not knowing beforehand where I’d eat and … Continue reading In 3 days from Ghent to Semmering
It was raining quite hard a few minutes before this photo came to be. The air was fresh and clean as I caught this TGV train on chip, the sky not convinced yet that the rainshowers are over. Continue reading Coming out of the shower
To end this mini-series, a photo taken during the last month of summer. Sunday September 7th I spent in the east of the country, for the steel train Bettembourg – Kinkempois, amongst others. As goes on such days, the program is written as you go along. And so I chose to drive to Bassenge after receiving some well-timed information. A huge thank you to Eurorailer … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (XII)
An afterwork on August 25 led me to a location close by home. This train seemed to run every Monday evening and after some photos in the port of Ghent I headed to Astene to try out a new location. With some luck I would still be on time. While the sun was sinking behind the trees, I could see the shadows grow by the … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (XI)
A pleasant summer evening at 20:26. It was a right on time moment to get this photo. Get out of the car, set gear up, test shot of a passenger train and 3 minutes later the photo was a fact. Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (X)
Still July 4th, more than 13 hours after the previously posted photo. At 20:52, to be more precise, I made my last photo of the day. It was a warm summer evening, quiet like it can be in rural France. Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (IX)
On the tourth of July, 7:39, Hexafret’s 75460 posed in the early morning sun on it’s way to Somain. Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (VIII)
Standing in the Pyhrn valley with a warm jacket on, I’m looking at the surrounding mountains with their trees in autumn foliage. What a difference with June 30th of this year’s when I was waiting for the evening Steel train to Ghent. A t-shirt was more than sufficient while setting up the pole for this train that you can only shoot with these lighting conditions … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (VII)
Summer is, yet again, over. Short days of fall and winter make us long for those long days again.On Saturday June 14, after a short and arm night, I got up early to enjoy the first light of the day. First train of the day was Rurtalbahn Cargo with one of their Euro 9000 locomotives. At 6:44, the sun was already lighting the town for … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (VI)
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