504 of RWE Power (formerly Rheinbraun) slowly pulls it's coal train through the
loading facility at the opencast mine Garzweiler (north west of Cologne) on 22
July 2007. There are two loading units, each spanning two tracks to allow
continuous loading. The right unit, which spans the two foremost tracks and is
used for overburden, was not operating on that Sunday. The catenary, which
passes under the loading facility, is suspended laterally. Thus the main
pantographs of the loco are down and it is powered by the small tilted
pantograph which can be seen just below the stair of the facility.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)