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I took my camera, drove to a bridge in Schwerte East and had some chances for train pictures. Nearly every five minutes there was a train:

The first train was a commuter train coming from Dortmund to Schwerte. The two tracks to the left are the commuter line to Dortmund.



A few minutes later came an ICE train from Hagen via Schwerte (without stop) to Hamm. I was too slowly with my digital camera.



This is the end.



Then came a commuter train from Hamm (via Unna) to Schwerte. It's pulling.



Wolfgang

 

This train is the counter part to the first picture above. It's running to Dortmund.



Some minutes later a freight train from Hamm:



A tank car behind the engine. Therefore the first pantograph was used! And auto loaders.



And flat cars with concrete ties:

 

more tank cars:



more auto loaders, this time with cars:



and the last cars:




Wolfgang

 

Very cool. Wish the area around here would have more action, i'm in a backwater of sorts.

 

Wolfgang, very nice photos, thank you.

I'm surprised at how much lighter the commuter line rail appears when compared to the main line rail. It looks almost half the height.

 

I will have to take a closer picture. I don't remember to recognize a big difference.


Here comes the next train:
This freigt is coming from Schwerte on its way to Unna:



Then I run again to the other side of the bridge:



flat cars with stakes (Rungenwagen):

 

These gondolas are called "Offene Wagen":



A few minutes later came a passenger train, commuter:



You see this train is pushed. The engine has the last pantograph working!

 

And again in this half an hour, I guess, the next commuter train from Dortmund to Schwerte, they run then to Iserlohn, our son Benjamin uses them :angel:



And the shot in the other direction, looking to Schwerte:



You can see in the distance just ahead of the train a signal bridge. It's for going into Schwerte yard.

With these pictures I had some problems. My six years old camera is too slowly.

Happy toooot
Wolfgang

 

Wolfgang, thanks for the pictures. Especially for those of us in the US who do not see Europe enough at all, it's very educational and interesting.

More please in the future!

 

John,

the same is for me. I've never been to the USA. So all my knowledge comes from books, magazines and internet. Therefore the TrainBoard is a big source of information.

Thank you all.

Wolfgang

 

Keep'em Coming!!!!!!!

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Great stuff wolfgang! Thanks.

Those gondolas look very beat up and well used. How new/old do you think they are? I have some Lima models of those from the 70's. Would they be the same design?

 

Im going to take some pictures

Thanks for the great shots. I trade pictures with some friends and I ll make it a point to post some to this site. I usually do high quality digital movies but I ll get some stills, like of the 8 (40,000hp)unit coal trains on the RioGrande line last Saturday.

 

Geeky, you're right. I think those gondolas are 40 years old.

Wolfgang

 

This time I choosed another spot, about 1 mile east. Here's the Junction where the commuter line to Dortmund departes. Also a freight bypass departs (with speed limit to 60 km/h):
This place has the sun at the wrong side. :angry:

looking west to Schwerte (and the old photo spot), a commuter arrives.



Same train, looking at the rear end, pushing:



Another commuter to Schwerte:

 

Close up from the rails. Hank, do you still think about different rail sizes???




A freight train from Schwerte with many autos:




And a commuter to Schwerte:



Another freight to Schwerte:

 

The end of this freight. You see also the men from the tower. He has twice a week to put some grease onto the gliding plates of the switch points.




And a commuter from Dortmund to Schwerte. At the left side in front of the Autobahn-bridge the Junction-tower:




Another commuter, this time from Hamm, Unna to Schwerte, Hagen. In the distance the signal for the Jct with "go", here "Hp 1".




And the last train:



This was it for about 40 minutes. One train I missed, I was too slowly. It was a freight which run over the turnouts coming from behind the tower, from Unna and going to Schwerte. This freight run over the diverging turnouts with about 80 km/h (about 50 miles/hour). My shot didn't meet only a few cars, and not sharp!

Wolfgang

 

Wolfgang, wonderful photos, thank you. The photo where I assumed there were two different rail sizes (weights?) might have have been due to lighting, or shadows, or perspective, or color, or....??? Obviously, the rails are all the same weight and size.