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)
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)
Almost 2,5 hours after 60023 brought some cars for maintenance to Achiet, I captured it with some freshly maintained cars. After capturing the Lineas grain train to Tergnier, I looked for still another spot, as I expected the train from Achiet to be rather short. This new location gives a better view on the town of Feuchy, with the Roman-style Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil church towering above. Continue reading Maintained cars
Wednesday March 19 2025 was a very sunny day, and I was glad that I was able to take a day off work. Some interesting traffic to and from the stone quarry of Quenast was announced. First of all, TUC RAIL with a train headed to Schaarbeek, hauled by two class 55 locomotives. These locomotives may have lived their last winter, as rumors go that … Continue reading Late winter diesel day
Day 2 in Bulgaria. I can’t remember how we prepared for this trip, and maybe that’s the reason why we didn’t get to see so much. We started to check out action in Pirdop, destination of a copper train running from Olen, Belgium. We didn’t get to see the train, but saw a lot of parked imported locomotives. Old British Rail power was resting next … Continue reading Bludmilla!
In may 2018, with 3 friends we managed to get a week off duty in order to undertake a trip to Bulgaria. Purpose of the trip: discover what Bulgaria’s railway scene has to offer. Immediately after getting off the plane we headed to Septemvri for an afternoon on the Rhodopen railway, which connects Septemvri to Dobrinishte. It serves for tourism, but is also an essential … Continue reading Rhodopen railway
Last Easter vacation, we spent a family holiday in Coussac-Bonneval, south of Limoges. There weren’t many local trains to watch, but there is some interesting diesel action near Limoges. Inspired by the excellent picture of BramTrains, I made a plan to go after SNCF’s Infrastructure operation to the quarry of Verneuil-sur-Vienne. I only knew approximately when the first of 2 train pairs would return to … Continue reading All about parenting
A grey morning during a family holiday was used to make some pictures on the diesel stretch of line 24, between Montzen and Aachen-West. Continue reading Foggy diesel
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
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