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Connecting Europe - II -

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Thomas Reitzel

Premium (World), Fountain, RP

Connecting Europe - II -

A block train of forty four-axled vans bound for a destination north of Frankfurt for re-loading.

The train is in charge of two multi-purpose engines of Swiss BLS(Bern-Loetschberg-Simplon Railway), class 485, engines No. 012 and 009,
able to run under four AC/DC systems, all the way from Italy to it´s destination in central Germany.

There the cars will be re-loaded with argillacious earth to be transported into Italy for ceramical purposes.
The loaded cars will have a weight of an estimated 3600 tons, thus of course requiring two powerful engines, at least for crossing the Alps.

In my photograph (dating from August 1st, 2007) the train is entering the busy junction of Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld,
a description of which you may find under the little layout plan I also like to provide here,
just to give you a better impression of the importance of this hotspot.

Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld junction
Thomas Reitzel

Comments highly appreciated!

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Some miles north

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Comentarios 6

Werner ES 02/02/2009 22:18
Tolle Farben und Licht!
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Finnie Kennedy 15/12/2008 12:15
Fab shot! Nice emphasis on the catenary
LG Finnie
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Michael Calcada 12/12/2008 8:37
Sind die Farben nachgearbeitet? Irgendwie sieht es für mich sehr grell aus. Bei Deinem Foto "Connecting Europe" hab ich überigens das gleiche gedacht.

Gruß Michael

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Raimund Fügner 12/12/2008 0:22
Ein Meisterfoto! Diese Ästhetik der Gleisanlagen und das Chaos in der Oberleitung, aufgeschnitten durch die farbenfrohe Doppelbespannung, ideales Seitenlicht - perfekt!
Gruss Raimund
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Klaus Kieslich 11/12/2008 14:41
Super Wirkung durchs Tele
Gruß Klaus
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Hartmut Sabathy 11/12/2008 12:47
a wonderful picture Tom, thanke you for the map and your foto points, greetings Hartmut
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