The western end of the tracks 7, 8 and 9 (from right to left) in Aachen Hbf
seen on 19 October 2001. In the background is the line towards Belgium, it is
electrified with 3 kV DC and climbs with 2.7% to the Buschtunnel near the
border. The voltage changeover is done by switchable tracks in the station. D
424 (Cologne-Oostende) is just leaving, it is pulled by the belgian DC electric
2729, at the end 225 020-7 is pushing. Above the platform ends runs the road
bridge to Burtscheid. The line to Mönchengladbach is further right, it is
not visible in the picture.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph Schmitz</a>