A bicycle ride around Gent with friends first brought us to the north of the city, to see some passenger traffic between Gent and Eeklo. Even though the bridge still exists more than 20 years later, the surroundings have been modernized in the meanwhile. The passenger train traffic consisted of 62 series locomotives and M2 coaches. During rush hour, also 51 series locomotives were used. Continue reading Vintage diesel in Gent
During the second day of following the intercity detours (Intercity detours – part 2), again a numerous number of freight trains passed by. Albeit mostly when the sun was going down, which I didn’t mind so much. It was a nice ending of the day. Continue reading Freight during the detours – part 2
This is my second photo of a CFL 3000 locomotive (the first one was number 3007 in Pétange 6 months earlier). It is also the last photo I ever made of this locomotive, as it burnt down 3 months after this photos was made and would never be reconstructed. The photo is all but unique, as it was taken during a TSP trip on line … Continue reading First and last
That had been a while, snow at home that stays for a few hours. On January 14th there was a little, on January 16th it felt more like a snow storm. I was lucky to catch some freight trains in these wintery conditions. Continue reading It snows!
Besides intercity trains (Intercity detours – part 1), we also got to see quite some freight trains on this normally freight-only route. A selection in the gallery below. Continue reading Freight during the detours – part 1
Exactly 3 weeks after the previous full-day trip, I made a day trip by bicycle (Oldschool day out). And again, the Eupen – Oostende Intercity trains were detoured. This time because of construction works between Gent and Brugge. Throughout the day, I got to make several photos of these loco-hauled trains, consisiting more and more of brand-new M7 double-decker coaches. Continue reading Intercity detours – part 2
It would have been a very good reason – but the beautiful scenery was not the reason why SNCB detoured their Oostende – Eupen intercity trains through Voeren. End of October and beginning of November 2020, the direct railway line between Liège and Welkenraedt was closed for works. An opportunity for the passengers to discover some different than usual scenery. For rail enthousiasts, it was … Continue reading Intercity detours – part 1
This picture wasn’t meant to be made originally. I had made a photo of it at 16:45 in Grammene. With no more cargo trains expected and a family waiting at home, I decided to call it a day. 8 bicycle-kilometers later I found the same train standing still at Deinze station. There might still be a possibility. Thanks to the new bicycle highway between Deinze … Continue reading For the fun of it
A timely heads-up from a befriended train-driver was all the motivation required to prepare the night gear again and put into practice the lessons from previous times.The subject: an empty grain train from Antwerp to Tergnier, operated by Lineas.The train was running a bit earlier than expected and I had to hurry to set up the gear on time. For some reason one of the … Continue reading Grain in the night
No need for me to say what a year it has been – plenty of others did so.There have been positive things happening too, though. Let’s try to remember those.On the second to last day of the year, I went out for my last photo day of the year. Snow and trains, and at noon even some sun. I wish you all the best for … Continue reading Out with a bang!
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