Last weekend took place the 49th Berlin marathon. The organization also foresees a separate marathon for roller skaters. After enjoying and finishing this fantastic event on wheels on Saturday, I spent Sunday touring the city and spotting the marathon for the 48.000 runners. Like here at the Jannowitzbrücke, where not coincidentally a Eurocity to Warsaw happened to pass by. Continue reading Berlin marathon 2023
Earlier attempts to shoot the famous French nez cassé locomotives on the IC trains between Paris and Maubeuge were rather frustrating, partly due to the very sparse number of trains. That is, until we discovered that there were also loco-hauled trains running between Paris and Saint-Quentin. It turns out you can fill quite a day south of Saint-Quentin chasing these trains, which my friend Eurorailer … Continue reading The hunt for nez cassés
Here comes the dark season again. As evenings are still relatively mild, it’s perfect to go out to practice more on this type of night shots again.Here we see Lineas 1303 hauling sister 1332 and a semi-filled container train towards Antwerpen. Continue reading The end of the day is near
Back home since 2 days, after the yearly holidays in beautiful France. Driving around in France always leaves me with a feeling for more, even though the freight traffic is rather sparse. Processing the pictures will be for later, however here’s a picture from a while ago at dusk in the north of France. I got to shoot a few freights on the line connecting … Continue reading Back home
A work day in France on June 6th was the perfect opportunity for me to stay a bit longer in this beautiful country. I wanted to go to Miraumont, of which I had seen many nice photos. The Miraumont spot was only good for 2 freights though, as I arrived a bit too late. I then set off to explore the region around Miraumont and … Continue reading Afterwork south of Arras
We spent a recent family weekend in the border region near Montzen. On two occasions I got out to make a few photos in Remersdaal: once during daytime, once during nighttime. Both times I got a mixed freight train from Antwerp to Köln headed by a double Traxx engine. And that’s where the similarities between the two photos end. 4 different liveries, 2 operators and … Continue reading Night and day
Car traffic to the port of Zeebrugge has been booming in recent months. Many car trains drive to and from the port 24 hours per day, operated by almost all freight operators present on Belgian rails. On one of the few dry days we’ve had in weeks, I ventured out into the fields to flash some trains. Besides a Railtraxx and a Crossrail train, I … Continue reading Empties under a starry sky
After a day of work, we noticed an interesting train heading towards Zeebrugge. Taking into account cloud cover, I figured I had a chance of getting a sunny picture of this train in Drongen. Good guess, it seems, as the low sun was still lighting the train and the cloud cover over Gent. Continue reading Afterwork Backbone
Tomorrow the spring anti-weed campaign starts again on East-Flemish tracks. Here a picture from last autumn’s campaign, seen in De Pinte. Continue reading Weedfree
The port of Antwerp is origin and destination of many container trains. I got to shoot a few at the end of August, beginning of September 2022. Operation of the trains was very diverse.First highlight are the regular Transfennica container trains, connecting the Combinant terminal in the north of the port of Antwerp to Bayonne, near the Spanish border. Except for the last mile, the … Continue reading Johntainers
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