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Germany - West- Mainline
Running on this line, the landscape will
change very much. From the cold, windy North of Germany through
the beautiful Rhine valley, the train reaches one of the wormest
parts of Germany, the vine yards near Wiesbaden, Mainz or
Frankfurt(Main) and finally along the Bergstrasse between
Darmstadt reaching the famous tourist spot Heidelberg.
Along the Rhine river are two railway lines, the left one mainly
for express trains, the right one mainly for freight train. In
August 2002 the high-speed-line between Frankfurt(M) and Koeln,
shown in red, has been opened. The ICE trains reduced the speed
from more than 2h to about 1h.
Line Norddeich - Rheine (- Muenster - Koeln)
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Class 011, the coal-fired version of the powerful oil-fired class
012, with a passenger train between Norddeich and Rheine. This
line was the rail-fan eldorado in the last days of the steam
locomotives until Summer 1977.
Photo by Eduard Erdmann, downloaded from
http://www.eisenbahnbildarchiv.de/main.html?E7=./pages/jipe.html
in 2003-01
Line Koeln - Frankfurt
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Class 103 with an Euro-Night-Line train with the top-class
sleepers arriving in Koeln Hbf. The building on the right is the
famous factory for Eau de Cologne 4711.
Photo unknown adapted from Eurorail advertisement 2001
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Typical landscape at the Rhine river near Bacharach. The train on
this picture is the famous TEE "Rheingold", which was
the top-train on this ine from 1937, then became famous again in
1967, and finally ended in 1990 due to the new system
organization. The train has just passed the narrow valley near
the Loreley rock, which inspired the ship captains to create
famous songs and stories.
Photo by Bernd Eisenschink
published in "Baureihe 103" by H. Merker Verlag,
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Railways in Frankfurt (M)
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Expresstrain leaving the Central station in Frankfurt (M) for
Strasbourg, for which this dual-system locomotive class 181.2 is
necessary.
Date: 1981-04-12
downloaded from http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/ in 2003-01
This Intercity with 103 leaves Frankfurt (M) Hbf. On the left
side class 110, in the background the main station and the
skyscrapers of several banks of Frankfurt (Main), therefore this
city's nickname is Bank-furt or Main-hattan.Date: 1981-05-02.
Photo Rail-Fan World
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This club of railway enthusiasts concern narrow gauge. Date:
1981-04-04
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50 685 is the nostalgic locomotive for the "Historische
Eisenbahn Frankfurt". This is the return train from
Koenigstein in Taunus back to Frankfurt. Date: 1981-06-08
Photo Rail-Fan World
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This electric motor unit class 517 had rechargable batteries. The
home was Limburg and due to its unique design it had the nickname
"Limburger Zigarre" (cigar). It was withdrawn around
1980. At the station in Wiesbaden, shown here, the trains had to
change the direction, the same as in Frankfurt(M). Date:
1978-04-06
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Class 181.2 in original blue livery in the suburbs of Frankfurt.
Date: 1981-04-07
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This is the bridge across the Main in the East-side of Frankfurt.
Date: 1981-04-12
Photo Rail-Fan World 2001-02-04
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The same bridge as before shown from aside at sunset of a warm
day in May 1981-04.
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Class 211 with a local train on a suburban line south of
Offenbach. Meanwhile this line is converted to a S-Bahn-line
running directly to the center of Frankfurt.
Photo Rail-Fan World, 1981-05-02
Line Frankfurt - Mannheim and towards South
Light railway between Frankfurt City and Neu Isenburg, which also
has a DB station. This small part is the remaining from the deep
forest which was covering most parts of middle Germany about
hundred years ago. Date: 1981-05-02
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