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Andreas WiedenhoffSome design elements of the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/DiningCar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiningCar</a> on a <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/DB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DB</a> 🇩🇪 <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/AutoZug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AutoZug</a> car-carrying train. The car of the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/WRmh132" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WRmh132</a> type was still displaying its <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Produktfarben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Produktfarben</a> livery from the mid-1980s when I took this photo at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hamburg</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Altona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Altona</a> in July 2006: Orient-red, pastel violet, light grey. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/@diningcar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@diningcar</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA pair of Italian FS Ale663 Fiat railcars, ready to depart from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Nice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nice</a> Ville station 🇫🇷 to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Torino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Torino</a> 🇮🇹 across the Alps via the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Tenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tenda</a> line. July 1985. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffWhile travelling from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Venice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Venice</a> to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Milan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Milan</a> in November 2002 I came across this <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/FS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FS</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Trenitalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trenitalia</a> 🇮🇹 class E.402A electric working an eastbound <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Intercity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intercity</a>. Back then the loco was still displaying its original red and white livery and the “logo inclinato” on its nose. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas Wiedenhoff<a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Bergen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bergen</a> 🇳🇴, summer 2005: an <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/NSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSB</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/InterCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InterCity</a> bound for <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Oslo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oslo</a> awaits departure. A Class <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/El18" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#El18</a> electric of Swiss design, similar to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/SBB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SBB</a>’s <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Re460" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Re460</a>, will haul the train, composed of Type 7 cars. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffAmong the train photo classics from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Zagreb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zagreb</a> 🇭🇷 main station: the night train for <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Zurich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zurich</a> 🇨🇭 via <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ljubljana</a> 🇸🇮 and <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Villach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Villach</a> 🇦🇹 waiting for departure in the evening sun, with the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/H%C5%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HŽ</a> sleeper right behind the Class 1142 electric. Picture taken in May 2018. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA picture taken at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Binche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Binche</a> 🇧🇪 in June 2004, on the occasion of a railfan event organised by the Belgian train enthusiasts association <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PFT</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/TSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TSP</a>: on the right, the “farewell to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/SNCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNCB</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/NMBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NMBS</a> Class 25 (and 22)” charter train and on the left a type <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/AM75" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AM75</a> unit, working an hourly regional service. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Montenegro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Montenegro</a> 🇲🇪 Railways <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C5%BDCG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ŽCG</a> local train for the country’s capital city <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Podgorica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Podgorica</a> is seen here departing from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Bar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bar</a>, a port city by the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Adriatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Adriatic</a>. A six-axle Class 461 electric hauls the train, composed of just three carriages. Pictures taken in July 2017. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA railfan event from the early 2000s: <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/SNCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNCB</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/NMBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NMBS</a> 🇧🇪 multi-current electric loco 1501 passes <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Maastricht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maastricht</a> 🇳🇱 signal box with a charter train, composed i.a. of Dutch and Belgian Dining Cars <a href="https://rail.chat/@diningcar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@diningcar</a> and couchettes. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffFor about two years only, <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/DB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DB</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> TD Class 605 diesel units ran between <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Munich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Munich</a> 🇩🇪 and <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Zurich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zurich</a>🇨🇭 via <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Bregenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bregenz</a> 🇦🇹. Two of these tilting trains, composed of four cars each, are seen here after arrival at Zurich HB, in the early 2000s. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffAn <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/SNCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNCF</a> 🇫🇷 class <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/X72500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X72500</a> diesel trainset, probably after arrival from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Brian%C3%A7on" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Briançon</a> and <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Gap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gap</a>, or ready to depart for <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Grenoble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Grenoble</a>, and a <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Z2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Z2</a> EMU working a regional service over a section of the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Marseille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marseille</a> to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Lyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lyon</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PLM</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Rh%C3%B4ne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rhône</a>-valley line. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Valence_Ville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Valence_Ville</a> in August 2000. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas Wiedenhoff<a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Valence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Valence</a> 🇫🇷 in August 2000: an <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/SNCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNCF</a> service worked by a class 67300 diesel and composed of <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Corail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corail</a> stock and one <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/USI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USI</a> carriage, has just arrived from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Geneva</a>🇨🇭<a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Cornavin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cornavin</a> station. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA photo taken at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Etterbeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Etterbeek</a> station in <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brussels</a> 🇧🇪 in February 2013: pictured here is a late afternoon southbound regional service - probably a “peak time” one - worked by various multiple units. Twin unit number 164, part of the batch from 1962, is leading. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffPictured here is the eastbound <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Arlberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arlberg</a> Express on the eponymous railway line in Austria 🇦🇹. Destination: <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Vienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vienna</a>, via <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Innsbruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innsbruck</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Kitzb%C3%BChel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kitzbühel</a> and <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Salzburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Salzburg</a>. Positioned right behind the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C3%96BB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ÖBB</a> Class 1044 electric are the mail van and the <a href="https://rail.chat/@diningcar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@diningcar</a>. Through coaches from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paris</a> 🇫🇷 via <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Basel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Basel</a> 🇨🇭 are at the rear. Picture taken through the open window of a westbound train. Mid 1980s. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffBordeaux 🇫🇷 station in October 2005: an <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/SNCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNCF</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/X2800" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X2800</a> railcar with two trailers is seen here just before leaving for an evening run on a <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/TER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TER</a> regional service. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas Wiedenhoff<a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Cordoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cordoba</a> 🇪🇸 in August 1985: a <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/RENFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RENFE</a> Class 269 <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Mitsubishi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mitsubishi</a> electric is seen here with a long distance train, composed of type 9.000/9.300 cars (the first two, in matching colours) and an <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Estrella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Estrella</a> liveried car, possibly of the 10.000 type, positioned third. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA photo taken at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Helsingborg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helsingborg</a> 🇸🇪 in spring 1985: this is the 14:25 international service, train number 464, with through cars from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Copenhagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copenhagen</a> 🇩🇰 to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Oslo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oslo</a> 🇳🇴. They were transferred from <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Helsing%C3%B8r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helsingør</a> by train ferry across the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C3%98resund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Øresund</a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C3%96resund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Öresund</a> a few minutes earlier. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffIt’s not one of Europe’s fastest train journeys but its old railway charm is hard to beat: <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bulgaria</a>’s 🇧🇬 <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Rhodope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rhodope</a> narrow-gauge line, reaching 1,267 m a.s.l. at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Avramovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Avramovo</a>, making this the highest point of any railway line in the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Balkans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balkans</a>. Pictures taken in June 2010. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>.

Andreas WiedenhoffAn <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C3%96BB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ÖBB</a> 🇦🇹 Class 2095 narrow-gauge diesel at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Gm%C3%BCnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gmünd</a>, awaiting further duties on the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Waldviertel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waldviertel</a> 760mm network. We note the Opel Kadett behind the loco, its varnish matching almost perfectly with the 2095’s <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Jaffa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jaffa</a> livery. Summer 1991 <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffA photo taken while travelling on an <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/InterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InterRail</a> ticket in August 1985: pictured here are two <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/RENFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RENFE</a> 🇪🇸 Spanish Railways classics: a Class 269.2 <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Mitsubishi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mitsubishi</a> electric with a long distance train composed of type-9000 cars and a UT-440 unit for regional services. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

Andreas WiedenhoffThe <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Vienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vienna</a> 🇦🇹 to <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prague</a> 🇨🇿 and <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> 🇩🇪 train named <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Vindobona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vindobona</a> is seen here at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Gm%C3%BCnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gmünd</a> on a summer day in 1991. The <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C3%96BB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ÖBB</a> 2143 diesel will give way to the <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/%C4%8CSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ČSD</a> class 754, partly visible on the right. This locomotive change comes with the addition of two DR cars. <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/PastTrainTrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PastTrainTrips</a>

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