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HGK workshop in Brühl, 05-12-2011. © Eddy Konijnendijk.

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This building is located where the line Cologne-Frechen of the former Köln-Frechen-Benzelrather Eisenbahn (KFBE) crosses the Friedrich-Schmidt-Straße in the west of Cologne, at the northern edge of the urban forest. Today this line belongs to the network of the Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK), the level crossing is remote-controlled. Note that the narrow path behind the building has a St. Andrew's Cross (meaning "give way to trains") and a traffic light, too. Picture taken on 28 May 2006. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz (christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de)

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This is near the junction Köln-Lind, where the line of the former Köln-Frechen-Benzelrather Eisenbahn (KFBE) meets the tram line 7 at the southern edge of the urban forest, in the west of Cologne. The KFBE line, which belongs to the network of the Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) now, crosses the Dürener Straße by a level crossing with full barriers. The tram line, which runs along the Dürener Straße towards the city centre, turns left in the picture. At the main signal it changes from tram signalling rules to railway signalling rules, up to the station at Frechen trams and freight trains share the same tracks. Line 7 is a low-floor line, thus platforms allowing a stepless entrance can as well be passed by railway vehicles (the trams are narrower than railway vehicles). Picture taken on 28 May 2006. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz (christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de)