We expected a lot of this day of railfanning. With beautiful weather announced, all that was needed were a few trains. Both elements didn’t work out as expected. But a short dusk photo session in the port of Antwerp turned out interesting. We expected a container train from the Krommenhoek terminal and wanted to make a low light photo of it. Right when the train … Continue reading Class around the container
Starting January 1st 2000, the coal-fired power plant of Ruien was supplied by ship only. 3 days before the end of the coal trains to the power plant, and before the end of all rail traffic on rail line 85, a friend an I still wanted to try our luck. My dad would be driving us, as we didn’t have our license yet. It were … Continue reading Coal to Ruien: last days
Unforeseen circumstances made this photo happen. I had to work from home to take care of a sick child, and the daily coal train to France was delayed by several hours. Result: during lunch break I could quickly run off to the tracks and make a photo of this train in fall colors. Continue reading Seize the day
Another possible title of this post would have been “I’m blue, tadadie” for reasons that will become clear when reading the full post. The selected title does apply too, though, and maybe fits even a bit better as it was a really good day, with lots of class 66 diesel power. After dropping off my daughter at school I headed east. Rush hour lead me … Continue reading A classy day
Autumn season is there: time to get into the night again. I started the new season with a warming up session in Wetteren. Testing a new addition to the gear, and learning more about which spots are suitable for this type of photography. This was a very ice photo to make. Getting the gear set up using feeling only, tweaking location and gear until things … Continue reading A new season has started
Yesterday afternoon I spent some time with my son and daughter along the tracks. On a quiet, safe, dirt road, perfect for playing while daddy waits for a train. We had to wait a long time, so got to play a lot, until finally the train came. The sun was also present, casting a beautiful autumn light on the train. Leading my daughter to describe … Continue reading All the colors of the rainbow
September 5th was a beautiful sunny day with few trains on the nearby Bordeaux – Dax line. The westbound Transfennica shuttle was one of them. In nice evening light it passes Les Argentières, between Marcheprime and Facture Biganos. Continue reading Sunday evening action
This photo was a lot of fun to make. I went to this location with my all terrain bicycle, using mostly paths through the forests. The paths consisted of sand, which made me think that I underestimated the time to get here – only making me work harder to get there on time. I had also underestimated the time it would take the train to … Continue reading Direct train to holiday
The regular freight train connecting Bully-Grenay in France and Tessenderlo in Belgium has been riding 1 hour later than usual, permanently it seems. Only a few days a year can it be photographed in what you could call daylight. Also so in my hometown De Pinte beginning of July. While going for a stroll I accidently crossed paths with this train. The construction site of … Continue reading Burning into the night
The last full day in Morocco! We started in Nador, where we ended up last night in our search for a hotel. The hotel was good so we started the day all refreshed. This line was our last hope to see a DF 100 locomotive in action. Somewhere we had read that these locomotives run freight trains here. Well, all we got to see was … Continue reading Morocco day 6: on the lookout for DF100’s
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