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(0001) 4 october 1974 Bergen op Zoom, negative number 0001 the start of thousands of photographs. Today no more films. Only digital images but again with Nikon cameras. Although the start was with old Ricoh, Agfa and a Rolleicord before the first Nikkormat came in. All four are still alive and functionable. See what has changed in the European railway world. Coal has disappeared since that time. No more local deliveries with freightcars. Bergen op Zoom has no rail connection to its industry anymore. Road and shipping have won the battle supported by shortsighted (local) politicians. Railways are no longer shipping agents. They allowed themselves to degrade to run mostly vast amounts from terminal to terminal for third parties. -
4 maart 1999 Polen te Sroda. Onderweg met Jan Lemmens en Theo Geuskens with 2 friends travelling by train on a visit in Sroda -
photo by Hans Casteleijn 1986 drinking a beer in Gotha -
Sept. 2003 visiting Rumania here in the streets off Arad. Photo by Wim van der Ent -
3 May 2004 Nottingham – Inside a pub at the Old Market Square a VIG (Very Important Gricer) is spotted holding our order number. The meal was for me very British and tasted good. Thank you Curly. -
24 August 2004. near Bai Qi Inner Mongolia, China. Things are changing so fast we in the west can hardly imagine. Within a year this 960 kilometer highway was build and ready. It will hit the number of passengers going by rail. Even on China s new highways (to) much freight is already being moved. A huge oil hunger is being created. -
27 August 2004. Reshui getting a hair cut and a wondelfull head and shoulder massage for 35 Yuan taking almost one hour. The rainy afternoon was a perfect moment for this new experience. The blond lady pinned up at the wall we never met in Reshui or anywere else. photo: Bernd Seiler -
No spitting please. It will be more difficult to learn all paople not to throw waist everywere. Every street used to have and still often has its open air dump. The smell off garbidge is sometimes everywere. 12 August 2004 -
31 August 2004 Bai Qi – Ji Tong Rly guest house. Still smoking at that time. -
29 August 2004 near Lin Dong China. Moped taxi and rainbow -
22 September 1979 less weight and more (black) hair -
9 June 2004 travelling through the interesting railway and tramway landscape in the Ukraine. 2 Weeks in a hoteltrain is exciting. photo by Gerard de Graaf -
DF4 1923 build in 1997 at Jiujianpao line Wladiwostok – Harbin build original in Russian broad gauge. This now Chinese station still reminds about the lines Russian history -
2003 England ; Dear Curly and a friend from his garden -
Merelbeke 2 April 2005 at RR crossing on NMBS ground -
31 March 2002 Boys are making fun of the -Long Nose- who is photographing trains at Tiefa near their home -
6 November 2004 an route in a first class train from Cairo to Alexandria with met in a train friend Mohamed. Trains are a good way to meet people and socialize. -
May 2005 Valencia – Spain. A small monument for a little girl that died? Trams are part of motorised traffic in many cities. Little children are part of another world. And sometimes things go wrong.
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The first TGV comes to The Netherlands
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NMBS 2604 brings in SNCF TGV12 being the first TGV set ever being in The Netherlands at Roosendaal towed behind NMBS 2604 on 27 April 1981 -
TGV12 (01795) -
NMBS loc 2604 pulls in at Roosendaal TGV set 12 on 27 April 1981 -
NS1115 and TGV12 try to get together -
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27 April 1981 Roosendaal. NMBS elec 2604 shunts returnes to Essen after bringing in the TGV set. In contrast is the old electric emu 043 on the right forming the local (Omnibus in that time) to Antwerpen-CS.
Linz
What is the fun of railroading……
These pictures are from 19 February 2005. Some friends together just for the fun of traveling by train. None of us took many pictures this day. None of us intended to do so on forehand.
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Wir haben Arbeit We got a job (for you) this sign announces. I never wanted to work for the Railways. I thought it would spoil the fun I had in railroading. Was it right…………… -
19 Februer 2005 at Oberhausen. The driver watches the conductor to see if he can depart with his S Bahn train to Duisburg. -
19 Febr 2005 Three generations Oberhausen Bhf underpass -
19 Februar 2005 at Essen Steele Bhf. The usual (ex DR and sometimes nick named Trabi) DB143-830-8 with a S1 service to Dortmund with its train departs. -
19 Febr 2005 Oberhausen Hbf. Some Dutch friends and gricers order drinks on a cold day. Just touring by train through the Ruhr=area. -
Hmmm … all those free leaflets with interesting rail information and just 3 minutes to search the DB info shop at Oberhausen. News sniffing. -
I am convinced I saw a number somewere ………….. -
19 Febr 2005 Essen Steele with one of the last DB218 011-5 passing while pulling its S Bahn train to Essen -
Theo reading the small letters. It is here on this map …. -
19 Febr 2005 driver inside a new DB648 dmu. Troubles with the software as all new trains seem to have for a while … -
19 Februar 2005 bub we managed to reach Fröndenberg. Here we changed trains again. Soon after this picture it started snowing again and temperatures dropped to a chilling level. -
Venlo station running boy besides departing Veolia 3118 and ex Noordnet 3222 on 8 Dec 2007 Most people have an affection for trains even if its only to run with for a moment -
Jan Theo Alex Armin enjoying Germany the hard way Dortmund 19-2-2005 aphv -
Jan Vrijs at Krefeld Hbf tram stop 22-12-2007 aphv -
in a Veolia Stadtler 2 car dmu from Nijmegen to Venlo 22-12-2007 aphv -
Gregory-Peter inside the SBB-CFF 11852 Ae 8/14 Verkehrshaus Lüzern, CH -
The tram simulator Gregory-Peter Verkehrshaus Lüzern, CH what is the fasination with railroads that some carry a life long -
Travelling makes appetite growing and in Switserland hotels & restaurants are nearby most railway stations as here in Brig with godson Gregory-Peter and godfather Peter sharing a meal. Railfanning with two is much more pleasant 16 Oct 2009 thank you waiter -
Peter walking along the BLS Südrampe Wanderweg on 12 June 2007 -
At Haythe engeneer talks with visiting school boys.
Crich The National tramway museum
About LUT 159: A message from Curly; This design of tram was run in large quantities by the Metropolitan Electric and the London United companies in London. The Metropolitan Electric ones were very fast. The London United ones were very slow. Outside London only Cardiff had cars of this type, but I have a feeling they were four wheelers.
The London United ordered far too many cars, planning them to serve wildly optimistic extensions which never came about. This made them available to send to other systems in the 1914-18 war, when rollingstock was needed in other places. Blackpool had some, so did Erith and I can’t remember offhand which others. None of these systems loved them, as they were extremely slow!
After London Transport was formed in 1933, the new LPTB sent some (which had been fitted with very primitive roofs) to the South Metropolitan Tramways, which then only had ancient 4 – wheel open-toppers. They put them on the West Croydon to Sutton route.
I was taken by my Father on some errand or other to Wallington, and I remember well (I was scarcely 5) waiting for a tram back to Croydon, and this extraordinary monster arrived! I had never seen anything like it! Even though very young, I well remember how rattly, leaky and primitive it all was, and painfully slow. The Sutton route was trolleybussed in 1935, which was the last year these cars ran.
I reckon I must be one of the very few tramway enthusiasts still alive who have memories of riding trams of the LUT 159 type! I would therefore have liked to have been at Crich for the first run, but I am due for Glasgow at Crich in September. I can’t manage both!
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Crich 30 June 2006 New York Third Avenue Transit 674 and Den Haag PCC HTM 1147 car 30 June 2006 -
Crich 30 June 2006 Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad Company 2 with volunteer tram crew and B.J.Cross 30 June 2006 -
Crich 30 June 2006 Paisley 68 at the city terminus 30 June 2006 -
Crich 30 June 2006 crossing half way with Johannesburg 60 on 30 June 2006 -
Crich 30 June 2006 the exhibition from left to right Oporto 9 from 1873, Sheffield 264 from 1937 and LPTB 1 from 1932 and the balcony of Hill of Howth 10 from Dublin a 1902 build car -
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Crich museum Leicester City Tramways 76 from 1904 on 30 June 2006 -
Former London United 159 car being re build from almost scrap. Restoration started in 2005 seen in the workshop on 30 June 2006 -
Paisley District Tramway’s 68 Built in 1919, enclosed by Glasgow Corporation before being restored to its original condition. 30-6-2006
Nantes
Le Mans
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Le Mans Gare with tram 1015 Many new France tram systems give very connections between different transport modes, train, and car on free or combined tram ticket and P&R stops. -
The statue of Leon Bollee oversees the Avenue du General Leclerc and the second generation of trams in Le Mans -
Le Mans view of "le conducteur" Rue Gambetta -
Le Mans 1007 Place de la Republique -
Le Mans 1026 Avenue Jean Jaures just after the St Martin stop
Caen
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In front of the Railway station a line A TVR arrives to picks up passengers Caen 21 Avrille 2012 -
steep hills climbed at Rue de Gaillon with a line A car towards Universite, Caen 21 Avrille 2012 -
Caen TVR 518 at line B terminus Herouville – St Clair 21 Avrille 2012 -
Caen 523 line A service passing Chateau Ducal beside Rue de Geole on 21 Avrille 2012 -
Caen 506 on a line B service Rue de Geole with the cathedral and with some WW2 spared old houses 21 Avrille 2012
Angers
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20 April 2012 Angers 1006 Gare SNCF -
Palce de Ralliemant 20 April 2012 Angers 1011 -
Climbing towards Place de Ralliemant and on single track in Rue de la Roe on 20 April 2012 is Angers 1014 on one of the two APS track sections; alimentation par sole -
Angers 1006 on Pont Confluences that is specially build for the new tram, crossing the side river of the Loire here were Mayenne – Sarthe and Loir meet 20 April 2012 -
Two stops away from the Northern terminus here near Saint Gilles stop is the northern section of APS track. 20 April 2012 Angers 1016 Av Pierre Mendes