Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: railway

Frankfurt Hbf, Picture 2, Edited Version, Frankfur…

17 Apr 2012 257
The steam-era beauty of Frankfurt Hbf is to be seen everywhere, even in little details like this clock. More impressive is that this station survived World War II, although I'm sure it had to have been rebuilt (I don't know all the history of that).

DB #110432-2, Edited Version, Frankfurt Hbf, Franf…

17 Apr 2012 390
Introduced in 1952, and originally designated the E10 Class, these electrics represent one of the oldest surviving locomotive classes in Germany, and for that matter the world. Equally impressive is that these units have managed to stay in passenger service in the country of the ICE. Power output is 3,700Kw, or 5,000 horsepower, which is also impressive for its era, tractive effort is 62,000 lbs., which is also good, and this is distributed through a Bo-Bo (or B-B) wheel configuration, with 85 metric tonnes overall weight (so figure 21.25 tonnes per axle, a heavy axle loading for Europe). The cruising speed for the best-maintained units is 140Km/h, although the maximum design speed is 150Km/h.

DB 403 Class ICE, Edited Version, Frankfurt Hbf, F…

17 Apr 2012 301
Here's one of the newer Classes of ICE introduced around the time of my first visit to Germany in 1998. At the time, the Class were still in testing, but now they have been in service for many years. Although there isn't a high-speed line in Germany yet that can accommodate their full 330Km/h (205 m.p.h.) cruising speed, they still get to run quite fast, up to at least 250Km/h on most high-speed lines.

DB 401 Class ICE, Edited Version, Frankfurt Hbf, F…

17 Apr 2012 319
Incredible as it may seem now, the original Class 401 are already over 20 years old and counting, and showing little of their age. I got to meet up with some old American friends on this trip, including one old hot rodder who was suitably impressed, not to mention surprised at our train's age. "It works," he said.

Frankfurt Hbf, Edited Version, Frankfurt, Hesse, G…

17 Apr 2012 281
I first got to see Frankfurt's impressive Hauptbahnhof in 1998, and it still looks more or less the same. It naturally hosts a lot of ICE's and other express trains, so it's fun to watch trains here. The trainshed is also spectacular.

DB #440812-6 (originally DB Trains in Nurnberg Pic…

17 Apr 2012 360
Although DB are famous for their ICE high-speed trains and respectable Intercities and Eurocities, local services worked by EMU's are still more in abundance. Here a Class 440 EMU, #440812-6, arrives in Nurnberg Hbf. In recent years, local-specific paint schemes have been given up in favor of all-red schemes not dissimilar to those used on Intercities (although the coaching stock on elite locomotive hauled trains and ICE's remains white with a red stripe).

DB 411 Class ICE, Edited Version, Nurnberg Hbf, Nu…

17 Apr 2012 330
Also called the ICT for its tilting mechanism, this class of ICE can be spotted by its stubbier nose than the similar (and contemporary) Class 403.

DB Class 111 (originally Trains in Nurnberg Pictur…

17 Apr 2012 316
Believe it or not, the old DB Class 111 electrics from the 1970's, immortalized in Railroad Tycoon 2 and many other things, are still in service. This one was at Nurnberg (Nuremberg) Hauptbahnhof.

Nadrazi Kladno, Picture 2, Kladno, Bohemia (CZ), 2…

02 Apr 2012 249
Kladno is a junction for local and commuter services in and out of Prague from the Northwest, and this Class 854 DMU had just brought me from Prague. There is also a small airport here, which I visited on my trip.

Nadrazi Hostivice, Hostivice, Bohemia (CZ), 2011

02 Apr 2012 243
Hostivice is a suburb of Prague, and is one of the stations on the way to Kladno, where there is a small airport. The line is unelectrified, so most of the services are either Class 854 DMU's, like the one I rode, or Class 810 railbuses, seen here.

Trutnov Hlavni Nadrazi, Trutnov, Kralovarske kraj,…

02 Apr 2012 258
This is Trutnov Hlavni Nadrazi in Trutnov, where I had gone in an attempt to attend the Trutnov Open Air Music Festival. The Trutnov festival is an annual mainstream rock festival with hippie roots that was one of the first to start up after the Velvet Revolution. I ended up skipping it in the end in spite of having bought the train ticket, as it was overcrowded, secured like a prison (meaning that if there wasn't any place to camp, I would be stuck there with no place to sleep), and the security looked intrusive and hostile. By managing it like Woodstock '99, they lost the large ticket price that I could have paid them, and I ended up spending the day photographing the city of Trutnov. Trutnov isn't a bad place to sightsee, after all, as it dates to the 12th Century, and features many preserved buildings from the Baroque period and earlier.

DPP #7210 at the Hlavni Nadrazi Stop, Prague, CZ,…

02 Apr 2012 252
This was my first rail photo with the new cameraphone. #7210 is a Tatra T3SU, built sometime in the 1970's.

CD Class 150 Electric in Hradec Kralove Hlavni Nad…

30 Mar 2012 257
This was my train back to Prague. If I'm remembering correctly, the only reason I made it was that it was late.

Hradec Kralove Hlavni Nadrazi, Hradec Kralove, Kra…

30 Mar 2012 219
Here's a night shot of Hradec Kralove Hlavni Nadrazi after the long walk back from the airport, which I shortened towards the end with a night bus.

CD #363115-7, Rokycany, Plzensky kraj, Bohemia (CZ…

29 Mar 2012 310
This was my train back to Prague at Rokycany. This 363 Class electric has the new CD blue and grey livery.

Nadrazi Rokycany, Rokycany, Plzensky kraj, Bohemia…

29 Mar 2012 262
This is the station in Rokycany, near Plzen. Rokycany is also the location of a small airport for microlight and ultralight aircraft.

Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi at Night, Plzen, Plzensky kra…

27 Mar 2012 426
This was a lucky shot that I got coming back to Prague through Plzen.

CD #362085-2, Marianske Lazne, Karlovarske kraj, B…

27 Mar 2012 393
This was my train back to Prague, with #362085-2 on the point.

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