Andreas Wiedenhoff

Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

#SNCF 🇫🇷 #RGP units were built in the 1950s for long-distance trains, including #TransEuropExpress. They ended their careers on local duties, like #X2722 and #X2745 seen here at Bourg-en-Bresse around 2004. The latter one got an engine room door “second hand”, from a yellow unit.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:38 UTC

Earlier this month, #FS #Trenitalia 🇮🇹 ran their last diesel loco hauled passenger train: the services are now being worked by #DMU Diesel Multiple Units. My photo below shows a Class D.445, with the daytime Reggio Calabria to Taranto #InterCity, in February 2015.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 18:54 UTC

it's been working for quite a while I think. I first saw this type of train at Interlaken in October last year.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 17:32 UTC

Seen yesterday at #Spiez🇨🇭station: the gauge-changing #BLS #MOB #GoldenPassExpress, allowing passengers to travel from #Montreux to #Interlaken on metre gauge and standard gauge tracks without changing trains. This is a push-pull operation with the “Prestige” class cab car leading.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:40 UTC

A day out on the #Centovalli🇨🇭 #Vigezzina 🇮🇹 line. The #SSIF #ABe8/8 units, built 1956, are still going strong, including on the #Locarno to #Domodossola “Diretto” services. A “Birra 100”, brewed locally for the line’s centenary and for purchase from the #minibar trolley, comes in handy.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:21 UTC

#Brig🇨🇭 to #Domodossola 🇮🇹 earlier today, via the #Simplon railway line on board a #BLS #RABe528 #Stadler #FLIRT “Mika” trainset. The unit comes with a #Bistro area, equipped with vending machines for snacks and drinks and a few tables, creating a sort of @diningcar.at atmosphere.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:23 UTC

A somewhat sad sight this (former …) #SNCB #NMBS 🇧🇪 I2 type @_DiningCar, numbered 11911. It was rebuilt for #railtour overnight services for Belgian holiday makers. Occasionally it was also used on international daytime trains. Photo taken ca. 15 years ago at #Raeren, #Vennbahn.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:02 UTC

A picture taken in October 2006 at the workshops of the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij #ZLSM, #Simpelveld 🇳🇱 : this is the #CIWL @diningcar.at #4268, restored to its former glory. The underframe dates back to 1927 and the upper structure was built in 1955.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:50 UTC

A picture, technically rather poor, taken at #Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Centraal in spring 1985: a #NederlandseSpoorwegen #NS 1100 electric, a class similar to #SNCF BB8100 locos, and its rake of (I think) plan E carriages, is seen here departing in a south-easterly direction.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

An #SNCF 🇫🇷 Class #BB67400 diesel, equipped for operating trains in push-pull mode, is seen here arriving at #Lille-Flandres station in the early 2000s. This is a #TER regional service. The cars are of the lightweight #RRR (Rames Réversibles Régionales) type.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:53 UTC

A picture taken while spending a month travelling on European rails with an #InterRail pass, in August 1985: two #BritishRail #InterCity125 #HST trainsets are seen here at #Plymouth 🇬🇧 station.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:22 UTC

Kind of taking a piece of #Vienna 🇦🇹 for the road, well, the rail-road for that matter: enjoying some Apple Strudel (and coffee of course) from the #ÖBB #railjet @diningcar.at on my way to #Switzerland🇨🇭.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

#Vienna 🇦🇹 Hütteldorf: 21st century trains and 19th century “Otto Wagner” Art Nouveau train station architecture. Pictures taken earlier today.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:53 UTC

A classic and one of my all-time favourites when it comes to train window views: #Salzburg 🇦🇹, its old town and Salzach river, seen while approaching the city’s main station from a westerly direction. Picture taken a moment ago.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:51 UTC

Seen at #Rosenheim 🇩🇪 a moment ago from on board #DB #ICE 115 (93 minutes late): 357kph #WorldRecord #ÖBB 🇦🇹 #1216.025, working the #Munich 🇩🇪 to #Venice 🇮🇹 #EuroCity 85 … running more than four hours late. No world record today. Instead, strategic patience is of the essence. 😉

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 15:54 UTC

When visiting #Opicina 🇮🇹, a stop at the lovely “Bar alla Tramvia” is always part of our programme. However, once again, there aren’t any trams operating on the line to and from #Trieste, a line which includes a funicular section. Some paperwork is still outstanding, we are told.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 15:54 UTC

#Istria, #Umag 🇭🇷 earlier today. 🌊☀️

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

#Rijeka 🇭🇷 station at dusk in July 2018: arrival of train 702, from #Osijek, via #Zagreb.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 16:32 UTC

Our holidays in #Istria usually come with a visit to the #Parenzana trail. This is a hiking and cycling route, built on the trackbed of the disused #Trieste 🇮🇹 and #Koper 🇸🇮 to #Poreč 🇭🇷 narrow gauge railway line which dates back to Habsburg times. Some mileposts are still there.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 15:28 UTC

#Istria 🇭🇷. Finally.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 17:44 UTC

#Primolano 🇮🇹 is a small village on the #Trento to #Venice “Valsugana” railway line. It’s got quite a big station building, opened in 1910. How come? Well, for a few years this used to be a border station - with Habsburg #Austria to the West and the Kingdom of #Italy to the East.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 17:17 UTC

Seen earlier today at the Trentino Trasporti museum #TtrAM at #Trento 🇮🇹: narrow gauge unit #ET008, originally built for the #SFD, the Dolomites Railway, in the 1950s. Later used on the Trento - Malé line and finally repainted to its initial colour scheme.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 17:28 UTC

“Cindy’s Diner” a rest stop on the #Swiss motorway above Lake #Zurichsee. The very last one of this kind in #Switzerland🇨🇭they say. It comes with a very American 1950s feel. Great fun!

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

A picture taken while at #Helsinki 🇫🇮 station in August 2018: this is a Finnish #VR #Alstom Class #Sm6 #Allegro high-speed #Pendolino trainset, bound for #SaintPetersburg 🇷🇺. This service came to a halt in spring 2022, as a consequence of #Russia’s aggression against #Ukraine 🇺🇦.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 07:52 UTC

Good morning from #Basel🇨🇭SBB. Spotted a few minutes ago: the #ÖBB 🇦🇹 #nightjet 408 from #Berlin 🇩🇪 to #Zurich🇨🇭with through cars from #Prague 🇨🇿. A very colourful consist, on the last leg to Zurich hauled by two #SBB🇨🇭#Re460 electrics. (Power output: 8,180 hp each.)

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

#SNCF 🇫🇷 #X2800 railcar “noses” at Saint-Claude. In the early 2000s, this place in the #Jura hills, east of Lyon and not too far from the Swiss border, used to be a refuge for aging railcars working regional services in the area.
Picture taken in autumn 2004.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

#Plymouth 🇬🇧 in August 1985: a #BritishRail #Class47 diesel is leading a westbound service composed of #Mk1 carriages. Picture taken while on an #InterRail tour.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 15:40 UTC

A Slovenian Railways 🇸🇮 class 664 diesel, together with its rake of #SŽ carriages with #FensterAuf opening windows, is pausing at #Rijeka 🇭🇷 station while on a #PTG charter run for (mainly) British railfans in April 2016.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 15:14 UTC

#Lille-Flandres 🇫🇷 and its impressive station roof: a photo taken in the early 2000s. Two lightweight consists are awaiting further duties. These trains are designed for push-pull operations: the locomotive is positioned at the rear.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 16:18 UTC

#Normandy. Picture taken from on board a #Portsmouth 🇬🇧 to #Caen Ouistreham 🇫🇷 ferry about a year ago. Early morning. The sun just breaks through the clouds: light wins over darkness.
#DDay80

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 05:04 UTC

6 June 1944, 80 years ago today: the landing of American, British, Canadian and other troops in Normandy. Many of these heroes, who came to liberate us from Nazism, paid the highest price for our freedom. We will always be grateful to these soldiers. We will always remember them.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

A photo I’ve taken at La Roche-sur-Foron 🇫🇷 station in April 2002: Pictured here is dual-current (1.5 kV DC and 25 kV AC) #SNCF #Z2 unit #9614 still in its original livery from the 1980s.
#PastTrainTrips

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 06:28 UTC

Going back home on the last day of my little #worldtour: an early morning departure from beautiful #Paris 🇫🇷 Est train station, with #SNCF #TGVINOUI. And - first things first - breakfast in the stylish Bar #TGV @diningcar.at ☕️😊

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 02, 2024 at 04:56 UTC

Taking the #train at #Singapore 🇸🇬 Airport. Well, the “Skytrain” for that matter.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 17:45 UTC

#Perth 🇦🇺 is the terminus station for the #IndianPacific from #Sydney, yet it’s not the end of the line: on a suburban train one can reach #Fremantle, a port town right by the Indian Ocean. (And it’s got a really nice train station.)

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 11:19 UTC

Next to the #Sleepers and the #LoungeCar|s, the long consist of the #Sydney to #Perth #IndianPacific 🇦🇺 includes some beautifully decorated @_DiningCar|s where freshly cooked breakfasts, lunches and dinners can be enjoyed in a cosy atmosphere.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 11:12 UTC

#Cook 🇦🇺 in the middle of no… err, in the middle of the #Nullarbor Plain. A fresh-air stop, as remote as it can get: #Adelaide and #Perth are each more than 1,000 kms away. And: it’s THE opportunity for everyone to take pictures of the #IndianPacific, its 27 cars and the loco.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 06:58 UTC

Through the #Australia|n 🇦🇺 #Outback with the #IndianPacific. One last #Kurventweet photo looking towards the front of the train before we enter #Nullarbor Plain: not a single tree out here (that’s in the name) and not a single curve either. 478 kms of perfectly straight line.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 11:34 UTC

The #IndianPacific 🇦🇺 from #Sydney to #Perth via #Adelaide has got a number of Lounge Cars in its consist: perfect places to unwind, to enjoy some really good coffee ☕️ or a drink.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 05:59 UTC

The first full day on the #IndianPacific 🇦🇺 with an afternoon arrival into #Adelaide. Nice views from the cabin window throughout. On some occasions, when the train is going through a curve, one can see the two engines at the front of the train‘s long consist.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 10:36 UTC

Leaving #Sydney 🇦🇺, the stainless steel cars of the #IndianPacific shine in the last rays of sunlight as the train climbs up the #BlueMountains at dusk.
First evening on the train. First dinner (🦘😉) in the @diningcar.at

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 07:17 UTC

Boarding the #IndianPacific 🇦🇺 at #Sydney Central. The train is almost 30 cars long. The 4,352 km long journey to #Perth, on the other end of #Australia, will last 65 hours they say. Plenty of mileage ahead then. And what a beautiful train!

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:14 UTC

#Sydney’s 🇦🇺 commuter network is not only land-based: a range of passenger ferry lines are serving neighbourhoods bordering the harbour. And the fine catamarans operating on these waterborne routes provide some nice sightseeing opportunities. 😊

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 22:34 UTC

Some long distance #InterCity services to and from #Sydney 🇦🇺 that run over night come with a car which British #HST trainsets don’t have: a First Class #Sleeper, labelled #Daysitter for daytime travels. And there is also a nice @diningcar.at #Buffet service on these lovely trains.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 22:19 UTC

Early morning sees quite a number of #InterCity services coming and going to and from #Sydney 🇦🇺 Central. These services are usually worked by very nice trainsets that look familiar to the British traveller: their design is very close to the #InterCity125 #HST.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 21:42 UTC

Good Morning from #Sydney 🇦🇺 Central Station, a busy transport hub with #InterCity and #Suburban train services, #LightRail and more. It also is a nice place for the railfan (and, I understand, a convenient one for the commuters).

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 03:54 UTC

#Blenheim 🇳🇿 to #Christchurch with a #SoundsAir #PilatusAircraft #PC12. These fine #Pilatus aircraft are being manufactured at #Stans, #Switzerland🇨🇭- about an hour’s drive away from where we live. Nice to see them here in New Zealand, right on the other side of our planet. 🌎😊

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 23:09 UTC

Arguably one of the world’s most scenic ferry crossings: #Wellington 🇳🇿 to #Picton, from New Zealand’s North Island to the South Island. The crossing takes three hours - three hours of pure bliss as we cross Cook Strait.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 10:01 UTC

Evening at #Wellington 🇳🇿: arrival of the “Northern Explorer” from #Auckland.
This undoubtedly is another one of the world’s great train stations.

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Andreas Wiedenhoff @andreaswiedenhoff.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 08:44 UTC

#Auckland 🇳🇿 to #Wellington by train means a full day of travelling. Yet time passes quickly with all these options on the table, be it, literally, this delicious cheese platter (together with some New Zealand Merlot) or, figuratively, with these vistas from the fresh air car. 😊

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