A lonely tree
One more location to cross off the list. Although I may one day return for a freight train, and some sunshine. Continue reading A lonely tree
Tag: chemin de fer
New bridges
In the meanwhile, the date for me moving out of Antwerp was coming closer. With only a few months left, I wanted to make photos at some locations I’d had in mind for a while but never got to. One of these locations was the station of Antwerpen Luchtbal. TUC RAIL recently replaced the bridges over the canal, south of the station, and in doing … Continue reading New bridges
A final effort
A few hours later than previous photo. Fingers frozen, and getting tired. On the way back to the highway we came across a Captrain engine waiting to leave the Alaska section. This would have been a nice one to follow, but me and my friends lights were fading out so it was time to head back to our respective homes. Continue reading A final effort
A cold and foggy winter night
For some reason, we always decide to go out for night shots during the cold months of the year. If we would start at 7 or 8pm that would make sense, but usually we start around 10 or 11pm. *Mental note to go out for night shots during the warm summer months. The night from january 22 to january 23 was a beautiful one. Light … Continue reading A cold and foggy winter night
Crawling up the hill
It took me 3 times to get this photo right. 3 days in a row, and on the first day of 2016, after sleeping off new year’s eve and before heading to more booze at family visits, everything fell into place. Probably not because of my night before, but rather thanks to trains being perfectly on schedule: around the same time as the benelux train … Continue reading Crawling up the hill
Empty beltway
This is a rare image: little traffic on Antwerp’s beltway, on a weekend. It was the second to last day of the year, that may explain… Since an agreement was reached about the Oosterweel project, this photo may not be possible anymore in a couple of years. Part of the project includes covering of this road and I’m curious what this site will look like … Continue reading Empty beltway
Some variation
White versus green. A color difference. That was all the motivation I needed to get outside on a cold, but sunny, saturday afernoon. I was hoping to catch a Benelux service hauled by one of the white Railpool locomotives instead of a green Alpha Trains one. Variation is good. Green was the color for the train to Amsterdam… … but the train to Brussels was … Continue reading Some variation
Europorte @ Euroports
Trains also rest sometimes. Not too long, of course, who wants an expensive pile of metal just standing there… So consider us lucky to catch this Europorte locomotive resting right where we just witnessed the delivery of some freight cars, and even more lucky that it did so close to the sign of the owner of the site, Euroports. Continue reading Europorte @ Euroports
A gap in the fence
Final destination. The cars are delivered at the client’s, to be loaded or unloaded. There were only a few gaps in the concrete fencing, we had to grab the opportunity to shoot the train when it presented itself. Continue reading A gap in the fence
Working hard
At night it’s quiet in the port of Antwerp. Almost no trucks, no cars… but if you look well, you can find some trains. During one of the longest nights of the year, we found one at the small Lillo marshalling yard. The B-Logistics’ crew was working hard to deliver the goods on time at a client’s site. We had to hurry to get our … Continue reading Working hard
Railscapes 