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On the way at the new highspeedline Frankfurt - Cologne with 300 km/h Digital photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen - julius@kleinpoppen.de

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On the way at the new highspeedline Frankfurt - Cologne with 300 km/h Digital photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen - julius@kleinpoppen.de

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On the way at the new highspeedline Frankfurt - Cologne with 300 km/h Digital photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen - julius@kleinpoppen.de

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On the way at the new highspeedline Frankfurt - Cologne with 300 km/h Digital photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen - julius@kleinpoppen.de

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On the way at the new highspeedline Frankfurt - Cologne with 300 km/h Digital photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen - julius@kleinpoppen.de

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New ICE line Cologne - Frankfurt near Thomasberg. This is a very rural area and already a quite noisy place due to the motorway next to the high speed line. Nevertheless noise reduction measures have been taken. Oct. 2005 (c) J. C. Stiller (stiller_the_at_symbol_brain.uni-freiburg.de)

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Tracks of the new line Cologne - Frankfurt near Thomasberg. Instead of conventional ballast mainly concrete is used. The striped structures help to reduce the noise. Oct. 2005 (c) J. C. Stiller (stiller_the_at_symbol_brain.uni-freiburg.de)

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Kilometer marker 87,8 ICE-3 heading to Frankfurt am Main via Limburg Süd and Frankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof. Passing the 87,8 kilometer mark sign, somewhere north of Montabaur (Westerwald). Taken Wednesday 1 March 2006. © 2006 Josh Hanz (josh_hanz@hotmail.com)

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25 Feb 2001, Erbenheim, Germany Zweiglinie in Richtung Wiesbaden der Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt in der Nähe von Erbenheim. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Erbenheim, Germany Zweiglinie in Richtung Wiesbaden der Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt in der Nähe von Erbenheim. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Erbenheim, Germany Zweiglinie in Richtung Wiesbaden der Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt an der Unterführung der Autobahnanschlußstelle Erbenheim. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Erbenheim, Germany Zweiglinie in Richtung Wiesbaden der Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt an der Unterführung der Autobahnanschlußstelle Erbenheim. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Erbenheim, Germany Zweiglinie in Richtung Wiesbaden der Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt an der Unterführung der Autobahnanschlußstelle Erbenheim. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Erbenheim, Germany Zweiglinie in Richtung Wiesbaden der Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt an der Unterführung der Autobahnanschlußstelle Erbenheim. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Markerwald, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped on this parking space to take a few photographs of the line that parallels the Autobahn to the west in this location. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Markerwald, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped on this parking space to take a few photographs of the line that parallels the Autobahn to the west in this location. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Markerwald, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped on this parking space to take a few photographs of the line that parallels the Autobahn to the west in this location. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Markerwald, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped on this parking space to take a few photographs of the line that parallels the Autobahn to the west in this location. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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10 July 2000, Raunheim, Germany Temporary end-of-line of the new high speed line Cologne-Frankfurt currently under construction. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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10 July 2000, Raunheim, Germany Near Frankfurt Airport a stretch of the new high speed line Cologne-Frankfurt currently under construction is already in use. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Theißtal, Germany Blick Richtung Nord auf die im Bau befindliche Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt. Sicht von der A3 südlich vom Parkplatz Theißtal. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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25 Feb 2001, Theißtal, Germany Blick Richtung Süd auf die im Bau befindliche Neubaustrecke Köln-Frankfurt. Am linken Bildrand befindet sich der Parkplatz Theißtal an der A3. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (kf@ph.ed.ac.uk)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Theißtal, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped once again to take a few photographs of the line that enters a tunnel right next to the Rastplatz. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Theißtal, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped once again to take a few photographs of the line that enters a tunnel right next to the Rastplatz. Looking South now. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Theißtal, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped once again to take a few photographs of the line that enters a tunnel right next to the Rastplatz. Looking South now. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Theißtal, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped once again to take a few photographs of the line that enters a tunnel right next to the Rastplatz. Looking South standing above the tunnel entrance. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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23 December 2001, Rastplatz Theißtal, Germany Heading South on the Motorway A3 along the new railway line Köln-Frankfurt I stopped once again to take a few photographs of the line that enters a tunnel right next to the Rastplatz. Looking South standing above the tunnel entrance. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)