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)
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)
Summer is, yet again, over. Short days of fall and winter make us long for those long days again.On Friday June 13, after making the photo in Visé, I finally made it to my overnight address in Sint-Martens-Voeren. After the long drive, I was happy to sit down on the terrace in the warm summer heat and watch the trains go by. At 22:12, while … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (V)
Summer is, yet again, over. Short days of fall and winter make us long for those long days again.On Friday June 13 I was on my way to Sint-Martens-Voeren for an overnight stay. My plan to still make some photos was largely spoilt by a huge traffic jam. Fortunately I could still see this Medway train on it’s way to Germany, while enjoying pasta on … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (IV)
Summer is, yet again, over. Short days of fall and winter make us long for those long days again.On Tuesday evening, May 13th, I spent some time after work along line 34. Not wanting to end the day I stayed until the end near Tongeren. While the shadows were getting longer and longer, right on time Lineas passed with a train towards Hungary. Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (III)
Summer is, yet again, over. Short days of fall and winter make us long for those long days again. I’ll show a few photos the coming time that were shot at moments when today light is out.On Monday evening, April 7th, I got a really good tip of an infrastructure train heading in my direction. I had just enough time to jump on my bicycle … Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (II)
Summer is, yet again, over. Short days of fall and winter make us long for those long days again. I’ll show a few photos the coming time that were shot at moments when today light is out. I start with a photo taken in Brugge-Sint-Pieters. Vegetation on the embankment near the station was shaved off completely, allowing the sun to light the trains until sunset. Continue reading Reminiscent of the long days (I)
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