The upgraded line Cologne-Düren
(<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">ABS 4</a>)
seen looking towards east from the Breitestra&szlig;e in Sindorf on 18 November
2001. In the foreground is the new track for the S-Bahn (urban trains). It is
connected to the southern old track, which was cut and shifted sidewards, some
old ballast can be seen in the trackbed. The connection is not welded, and the
rails are bent down at their ends. This will be fixed later, the connection was
just made the previous night. At this time there is a speed limit of 70 km/h.
The northern old track in the background remained unchanged by now.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>