151 092-4 with a westbound ore train seen in the new overtaking station
Dorsfeld (on Cologne-Aachen) on 11 November 2001. Behind it is 151 111-2.
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>