Thalys PBKA arrives at the station of Essen (B) to pick up te travellers to Disneyland Paris. They had to travel from the Netherlands by bus because of strikes at ProRail, the Dutch Railway Operating Company. Normaly the Thalys doesn't stop at Essen. (June 17,2005 by Walter M. Brands, wmbrands@hotmail.com, http://brands.host.sk)