The last action zone of the SNCB class 80 was the Brussels region. From the depot of Schaarbeek, they were sent all around the region for shunting duties. There were always a few to see at the Scaarbeek shunting yard, and if you were lucky you could even catch them posing next to each other. Continue reading Posing in the sun together
The last 2 visits I made to the Ruhr area tasted like… more. 5 days after the last visit, weather forecast looked really good. I got up early to be in the area at the creek of day. I had done some more research in the meanwhile and found out that the non-electrified line to the HKM factory sees quite a lot of traffic. I … Continue reading Scrap to coils
Once the freight train arrives at it’s destination, it is quickly pulled apart and the cars delivered to where they will be unloaded. Swiss railways work very efficiently, no different here: in almost no time the first car was delivered to a local distribution centre. Continue reading Shunting Pontresina
