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)
I expected the train serving Achiet to return to Somain, so I drove to Feuchy to look for a spot. On the map it looked good, but in reality I had to look really good to find the position from where a minimal amount of bushes would be in front of the train. First I got an empty Lineas grain train headed for Tergnier. Continue reading Exploring Feuchy
A couple of years ago I moved to De Pinte. I was excited to get to live close to a relatively busy railroad. There were some nice photo locations close by, perfect for the few daily freights. Unfortunately, a bit more than 1 year after the move, a bicycle highway was built. Including light masts and a shiny green fence. Fortunately the railroad wasn’t the … Continue reading The spot that used to be
The first week of august was hot, incredibly hot, in the Alsace region. After a short night I decided that it was time to get up early and enjoy the cool morning temperatures along the tracks. Well, a little before 7am I was standing next to the tracks in only a t-shirt. At least temperature was still bearable.Of course I got to see some trains: … Continue reading Cool morning
This location was once known as the “vegetable garden spot”. Before the start of work on the third and fourth tracks, you could make nice pictures with a vegetable garden in front. Quite a few hours were spent there, with friends and alone.Today, catenary poles are placed such that the original spot doesn’t look so nice anymore. I had to look for an alternative. The … Continue reading Vegetable garden
Photoshop or not? Contrary to what you may think, only timing and luck were needed to get the red tractor next to the identicaly colored DB engines.No idea if this location still exists, or if bicycle highway fences are blocking the view. Continue reading Red
The sun is rising slowly above the frozen fields, that will slowly warm up and lose their white tint. A typical view on regional non electrified lines in Belgium since the early 2000’s, but wintery scenes like this are still very enjoyable. Continue reading Frozen warm
On a cold winter morning, before the sun rises above the horizon, a local train is about to pass under the E17 highway. Getting here with the mountainbike through the fresh snow was a lot of fun. Continue reading Chilly local
After the short visit to the Liège – Luxemburg line, we headed towards line 24 for some freight trains from Germany. On Sundays, after 3pm, a whole bunch of trains that had been waiting in Germany head into Belgium. Continue reading The start of a busy week
And yes, I was lucky in Güterglück. Of the multiple freight trains that I saw, I’ll show 2. Very surprising to me to see so many freight trains on a Sunday. I wonder if this is normal in the east of Germany. Continue reading A busy Sunday
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