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DB AG overhead work car (DR type) in Dresden Hbf. Summer 1999. Photo: tobias b köhler

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This is probably the simplest imaginable rail vehicle - a frame, four wheels, and a brake. It is used to support a ladder, for works on the overhead wire, and can be easily lifted out of the track. Note also the old signal tower, signal and water cranes in the background. Dresden-Neustadt, 2000-11-16. Photo: tobias b köhler

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DBAG Ol-Bauwagen 575, No. 80 80 979 0 039-9. An unpowered work car for installing new overhead wires. Dresden-Neustadt, 2001-01-28. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Small catenary service car built by Adtranz, seen in Bitterfeld in August 1998. Photo and scan by Tobias Nink and Michael Weingärtner ( Tobias' Homepage - Micha's Homepage )

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Catenary works in Horrem (on Cologne-Aachen) on 16 December 2001. The catenary is built while the track is still partly missing. So the work train with the drums of wire is parked at the end of the track, and the contact wire is pulled into place by a skylift that can operate from another track, too. A second skylift assists near the train. The brackets are equipped with pulleys for this operation. The messenger wire is already in place. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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Catenary works in Horrem (on Cologne-Aachen) on 16 December 2001. The catenary is built while the track is still partly missing. So the work train with the drums of wire is parked at the end of the track, and the contact wire is pulled into place by this skylift operating from another track. The worker just inserts the wire into the pulley that was attached for this operation. The messenger wire is already in place. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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Catenary works in Horrem (on Cologne-Aachen) on 16 December 2001. The catenary is built while the track is still partly missing. So the work train with the drums of wire is parked at the end of the track, and the contact wire is pulled into place by this skylift operating from another track. The overview shows the tire-based skylift standing on a flatcar. It is moved by a dual mode excavator hidden by the bridge. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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Catenary works in Horrem (on Cologne-Aachen) on 16 December 2001. The catenary is built while the track is still partly missing. So the work train with the drums of wire is parked at the end of the track, and the contact wire is pulled into place by a skylift that can operate from another track, too. The messenger wire is already in place. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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Catenary works between Buir and Merzenich (on Cologne-Aachen) on 20 April 2002. The catenary seems to be more or less finished. This is one of the smallest powered rail vehicles I've ever seen. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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DB AG Catenary service car OMF 706, seen in Naumburg (Saale) in August 1998. Photo and scan by Tobias Nink and Michael Weingärtner ( Tobias' Homepage - Micha's Homepage )

ladder_si1.jpg (105876 bytes)

A catenary work vehicle consisting of a frame with four wheels and a ladder, seen in Sindorf (on Cologne-Aachen) on 5 September 2001. The ladder can be extended (on the right side) and shifted sidewards. Note the two brakes and the handlebars to lift the vehicle onto the track. Next to it are some parts for a bracket which will be attached to the new mast visible in the picture. Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz

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GAF 100 R-H 97 17 49 006 18-7 in Mainz-Mombach(12.2.08) Photo by Wolfgang Mauser (wolfgang-mauser@t-online.de)

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GAF 100 R-H 97 17 49 006 18-7 in Mainz-Mombach(12.2.08) Photo by Wolfgang Mauser (wolfgang-mauser@t-online.de)