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Germany - North-South-Line
The
North-South-Line is the main line from Hamburg and Bremen with
their large harbors located at the North Sea, and Hannover with
its industry to the South of Germany, like the airport in
Frankfurt, the large city Munich and to Austria and Italy. So,
this line has much long-distance passenger and freight trains. In
1990-06 the high-speed-line (in the map in red) was opened for
express trains, but during night time freight trains are using
this line also. This concept is different from other high-speed
lines e.g. France or Japan, which only have high-speed trains.
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Nostalgic train behind 012 100 is crossing an Intercity with
class 120 near Bebra. The 012 was one of the fastest and most
powerful German steam engines and was running on this line until
the electric traction started in 1964.
Photo by Rail-Fan World
Line Hamburg-Hannover
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This picture shows a part of the beautiful front side of the hall
of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. The sub-urban train (S-Bahn) class 470
has almost disappeared. The blue color was the orignal delivery
from 1956. Also the first class in these suburban commuter train
disappeared in 2000.
Photo by Michael Saunders 1990-08-22
downloaded from http://www.bahnfoto.de/regionen/schleswig/~schleswigindex.html
in 2003-01
Line Hannover -Fulda
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Class 103 and 141 are passing each other peacefully near a small
river near Kreiensen. Date: 1989-07-01
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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Class 103 with Intercity near Goettingen in the wide valley of
the Leine river. Date: 1987-08
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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DMU class 613, an old express train from 1953, runs the regional
express E6728 and is waiting to return back to the other endpoint
Braunschweig. This DMU was withdrawn in 1985, but one unit is
remaining and sometimes runs for fans. This station is in the
small village Eichenberg, which became famous as railway station,
because the line Nordhausen-Kassel is crossing the
North-South-line.
Date:1983-04-28
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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Two intercities IC680 and IC671 with class 103 are crossing
underneath a castle near Werleshausen in the beautiful spring
landscape. To take a picture of such crossing need a lot of luck,
because it often happened, that one of the train was delayed.
Date: 1983-04-28
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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Class 103 with intercity in Albungen, south of Fulda. This
landscape is typical for the middle part of Germany, hilly forest
at along the river, here the Fulda river. Date: 1990-05-26
Photo by Rail-Fan World
Line Fulda- Wuerzburg
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Car train with sleepers runs northbound through the morning sun
towards Hamburg. Date: around 1986-05
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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Expresstrain Frankfurt-Braunschweig D872 passes the Roehn
mountain range south of Fulda.
Date: 1984-05-08
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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Freight train with class 151 in the beautiful landscape between
Hessen and Bavaria in Mottgers. The high speed line passes this
area in its longest tunnel 10km. , 1987-05
Photo by Rail-Fan World
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One of the first intercity trains in the morning mist in the
hilly area between Fulda and Wuerzburg.
Photo by Rail-Fan World
This picture is from the "Neubaustrecke", the
high-speed-line which open in 1990-06.
This part between Wuerzburg and Burgsinn was the first part and
the picture shows a test train checking speed, equipment and
engines in 1986-11-11.
Photo: Andreas Ritz, adapted from "Baureihe 103"
published by Merker Verlag, Fuerstenfeldbruck
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This small town Gemuenden has a old castle ruin. It is the
starting point of a branch line to Bad Kissingen. 211-195 in
original red color with local train leaves Gemuenden for this
line on 1991-07-22.
Photo Michael Saunders, downloaded from
http://www.bahnfoto.de/regionen/bayern/0bayernindex.html
Line Wuerzburg-Muenchen
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Short Intercity like this were running late in evening or early
in the morning. After the locomotive runs a post coach, which
disappeared in the early nineties, when the advisory board of the
German post company decided to transfer the transport on the
road, rather unfriendly to the environment.
Date: 1989-10
Photo Bernd Eisenschink, published in "Baureihe 103" by
Merker Verlag, Fuerstenfeldbruck
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This night train carrying Danish tourists back has only sleepers
from DSB and is on the way leaving the alps in the background.
Since this is a transit train, it is not published in the German
timetable. Date: 1999-07-11
Photo Bernd Eisenschink, published in "Baureihe 103" by
Merker Verlag, Fuerstenfeldbruck
