This is where the branch line from Horrem to Kerpen crossed the mainline
Cologne-Aachen. The bridge was removed long ago, but the pillars remained. Some
years ago, when the
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">upgrading project</a>
at the mainline began, the northern pillar and a part of the line next to it
were removed to build two new tracks. Looking from the southern pillar on 1
February 2002, the new tracks and the recultivated remains of the old line
behind them are visible, the old tracks next to the pillar are hard to see.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph Schmitz</a>