151 092-4 and 151 111-2 with a westbound ore train seen in the new overtaking
station Dorsfeld (on Cologne-Aachen) on 11 November 2001. Travelling on the
straight track, the train had to wait at the exit. Such trains are uncommon on
this line, coming via Cologne and crossing the border in Venlo, they normally
go via Grevenbroich. As the ore is transported from Rotterdam to the Saar area
and Austria, this train should be empty. Automatic couplers are used, as the
train can have up to 5400 tons when it is full, this can't be handled with
screw-link couplers.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>