Photo gallery of December 2001

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Germany
DB DMU 624 622 eases out of Gronau on 8 December 2001 towards Enschede on the just reopened railway line Gronau, BRD - Enschede, NL

the Netherlands

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 in Nijkerk as chartertrain 28309 'West Falen Express' on its way from Utrecht to Enschede on 8 December 2001

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 in Nijkerk as chartertrain 28309 'West Falen Express' on its way from Utrecht to Enschede on 8 December 2001

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 in Den Nulde, between Zwolle and Deventer, as chartertrain 28309 'West Falen Express' on its way from Utrecht to Enschede on 8 December 2001

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 pull out of Deventer as chartertrain 28309 'West Falen Express' on its way from Utrecht to Enschede on 8 December 2001, meeting a modern NS ICM Intercitytrain

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 as chartertrain 28309 'West Falen Express' (Utrecht - Enschede) meet DB DMU 628 539 (Enschede - Gronau, BRD) in Enschede on 8 December 2001

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 approach Hengelo as chartertrain 28310 'West Falen Express' on its way from Enschede to Utrecht on 8 December 2001

Historic Stichting Mat'54 Hondekop-Vier electric EMU 766 and Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum EMU 273 approach Hengelo as chartertrain 28310 'West Falen Express' on its way from Enschede to Utrecht on 8 December 2001

NS 1778 + 1 NS Plan W coach + 4 rented DB coaches + 3 NS ICR coaches + 2 rented DB coaches as a train Den Haag Centraal - Heerlen near Weert, December 2001

NS 1743 + 7 rented NMBS K4 coaches + 2 NS ICR coaches as a train Den Haag Centraal - Heerlen near Weert, December 2001

VSM 2459 + 5 VSM coaches + VSM 2530 as NVBS train enthusiasts special train 31101 (Apeldoorn - Maasvlakte) near Beesd, December 2001

VSM 2530 + 5 VSM coaches + VSM 2459 as NVBS train enthusiasts special train 31101 (Apeldoorn - Maasvlakte) near Beesd, December 2001

1775 + 4 rented NMBS K4 coaches + 3 ICR coaches + 1 plan W coach as train 2535 (Den Haag Centraal - Heerlen) near Budel Legerplaats, December 2001

Railion Benelux 1629 + empty limestone train 49605 (Beverwijk Hoogovens Centraal - Hermalle, Belgium) near Budel Legerplaats, December 2001

HGK DE 11 in use by ShortLines as chemicals train 60160 (Rotterdam Botlek - Geleen-Lutterade DSM) near Budel Legerplaats, December 2001


End December 2001 I also made pictures of the heaviest and longest freight trains in the world in Mauritania (Africa)!
SNIM GM CC 114 + GM CC 104 + Alsthom CC 12 + empty mineraltrain from Nouadhibou to Zouérate in Ben Amira (Mauritania) on 24 December 2001