MAV M61-017 arriving at Tapolka with a train from Budapest summer 1991
MAV 324-540 Badacsonytomaj with this beautiful museum train tourist trips ran that summer in 1991
M61 014 and M61 019 at Tapolka summer 1991
MAV M41-2149 near Tapolka – summer 1991
MAV 194 M61-13 Tapolka and a 2D boiler loco
A line up of 5 M61 Nohab diesels with 001 at the front at Tapolka when it still was a depot for M61 and others. On the left ancient A mot 176 diesel motor car. Summer 1991
The Geilenkirchen Kreisbahn (district railway) was an almost 38 km, metre gauge railway in the West of the present-day Federal State North Rhine-Westphalia. Geilenkirchen district railway station formed the operational hub, from two branches of routes opened up the rural and structurally weak Selfkant and a part of the Jülich country, with the northern part of the worm’s run. The operation of the railway was abandoned in stept in 1953 successively and 1973 entirely.
On a preserved piece of 5.5 km length between Schierwaldenrath
and Gil
Km 21,4 of the former line now Gillrath terminus
Selfkantbahn Birgden
Langbroich-Schierwaldenrath 19 May 2013
Passing Birgden, the Selfkantbahn 19 May 2013
Near Birgden, the Selfkantbahn 19 May 2013
lrath is todays museumline under the name Selfkantbahn.
Daf torpedo DS575 from 1965 and bus trailer AA8 from 1946 rebuild in 1963
Daf ralleycar from Jan de Rooy 6 October 2013
Zuid Ooster 6778 from 1962 at the Daf Truck Factory Sunday 6 Oct 2013 in service on the museum bus service to the Daf Museum and a 1964 build Daf B1100DA406 “P. Kapitein” passing by.
Infra 667-612 and sister 623 plus unknown third passing east bound near Chalmaison on 22-10-2013
Europorte 67-0004 going westwards near Chalmaison on 22-10-2013
At full speed CC 572-190 heading east bound near Chalmaison on 22-10-2013
SNCF CC272145 in attractive “en voyage”colours” heading towards Gare du l’Est in Paris here passing Flamboin-Gouaix at the deviation point for the branche towards Montereau (this 27,7 km freight line re-opened in 2012) on 22-10-2013 It was raining cats and dogs at that moment.
Rail operator VFLI operates with Vossloh Valencia E4000 lokomotives, here E4017 getting on the main line east wards at Flamboin-Gouaix 22-10-2013 These poweful 123 tonnes 6 axelled freight engines are 3178 Kw or 4325 Hp strong and good for a 120 Km/h top speed in the freight outfit. The line of Flamboin-Gouaix at Montereau, also called line of the East, is located in France, South of the Seine-et-Marne. About 27.7 km long. Closed for passengers before 1939 and freight traffic around 1980 it is recently re-opened completely. VFLI just comes from that Est & Midi connecting line.
Delayed by thirty minutes arriving early morning in Troyes, the second IC of the day to Paris Est. Resque (2)72186 is pulling 272148 with its 6 car Corail load. Troyes gare Wednesday 23-10-2013
SNCF CC 72018 at Basel SNCF on 7 August 1978
CC 72172 with its Corail IC heading westwards passing Nogent sur Seine on a bright moment on 23-10-2013
CC572138 passing Culmont – Chalindrey heading west 24-10-2013
On a rainy day a CC 72000 running towards Paris near Haute Amance on 25-10-2013
With bright autum leaves near Grattery CC 272151 on 26-10-2013
CC 172-186 on 26-10-2013 seen from the road to Raincourt near Cemboing, classic rail line and classic train.
This plus 400 kilometer line was the main Paris – Basel rail link before the TGV’s were introduced. Today its traffic is marginal. Operated mainly with the magnificent 4000 Hp CC72100 locomotives and BiBi diesel multiple units. The CC 72100 are expected to leave service in April 2014 and the Chalindrey depot and workshops are perhaps closed. Trains reach 160 km/h on parts of the line. In 2015 the whole line is expected to be electrified.