Journée bien remplie avec des tâches ménagères et beaucoup de dessin l'après-midi dont, un "autoportrait" pour le fun.

Finissons avec un souvenir, puisque jeudi, c'est le jour des souvenirs, de décembre 2002 deux jours avant la disparition des trains IC/D Köln - Aachen - Liège - Bruxelles - Oostende en gare d'Aachen-Hbf.

Ainsi, le D/IC 420 Köln - Oostende avec en tête la vénérable 1606 en tête d'une rame de voitures I11 et l'IC/D 415 Oostende - Köln qu'une série 27 SNCB a amené de Belgique et qui est repris par une machine série 112.1 de la DB (ex-DR).

Et immortalisé pour l'éternité l'afficheur de l'époque annonçant le train 424 vers Oostende.

En complément, une photo du 8 septembre 2005 où les plus anciennes automotrices de la SNCB fréquentaient la gare d'Aachen-Hbf sur la relation IR Liège - Aachen-Hbf.

Bonne soirée!

A day with a lot of things to do and a lot of drawing too and for the fun, even a self portrait. :-)

As Thursday is the day of souvenirs, let's go back to december 2002 a few days before the IC/D services were scraped between Köln and Oostende via Aachen - Liège and Brussels.

Class 1606 heading D/IC 420 from Köln to Oostende with I11 coaching stock arriving in Aachen-Hbf

A DB Class 112.1 has taken over IC/D 415 from an SNCB Class 27 which brought the train from Belgium. Class 112 is a former DR locomotive.

Departure board on platform for train 424 to Oostende.

And a few years after, on Sept., 8 2005, the oldest SNCB EMU's were used on the ephemere IR-Service Liège - Aachen-Hbf.

Have a nice evening!

For anyone who's curious about the leaked plans for the Sydney train network in the SMH today.

The YouTuber who leaked the plans has a *very* detailed video going into the weeds of how if will all work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNcnwGu4eM #train #trains #rail #railways #Sydney #nswpol

More positive NZ rail news: https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/09/11/electrifying-the-north-island-rail-network/

I don't normally comment on Nigel Farage's fantasy policy pronouncements as right now he could say absolutely anything, what will actually matter is what appears in a future Reform Manifesto (not that one would even expect them to keep to any formal commitments therein either), but it is notable that he has taken aim at rail investment in the North which he sees as a waste of money.

One more example of the predominant SE focus on UK (or perhaps English) politics...

#politics #railways
h/t FT

Le Petit Train de Blonay-Chamby, Mallet Locomotive No 104 - Perrochet CPM

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/le-petit-train-de-blonay-chamby-mallet-locomotive-no-104-perrochet-cpm-223186405.htm

Mes dernières contributions au Grenier Ferroviaire

Régulièrement, je contribue au Grenier Ferroviaire, un site incroyable qui propose des archives ferroviaires et tramivaires qui auront de quoi ravir tous les amateurs!

Depuis ce dimanche sont disponibles deux brochures de l'ex-RDA.

• La première est consacrée à l'exposition de matériel ferroviaire qui a eu lieu à Berlin Wiezener Bahnhof en juin 1985 dans le cadre des quarante ans de "chemins de fer aux mains du peuple"

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• La seconde est un inventaire richement illustré de plans et de photos des lignes à voies étroites et autres curiosités ferroviaires de la RDA. Seconde édition de cette brochure parue en 1985

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Pour encore plus de découvertes : Grenier Ferroviaire

N.B. : Ces deux brochures ont fait l'objet d'une publication en avant-première sur Mastodon.

North British Railway Locomotive No 256 Glen Douglas - J Arthur Dixon Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/north-british-railway-locomotive-no-256-glen-douglas-j-arthur-dixon-postcard-223186162.htm

Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 40 years ago, 44 class Alco diesel locos 4436 and 4431 haul the Canberra Express into Queanbeyan, NSW, September 8 1985.

The NSW #Railways purchased 100 of these locos from AE Goodwin between 1965 and 1967. Powered by Alco 12-cylinder engines, they were examples of Alco's 'World' model, developed from their FA series in the USA. Similar units were delivered to the South Australian Railways (930 class), Pakistan, Argentina, Greece, Spain and elsewhere.

Battery trains for the lower North Island: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360816651/lower-north-island-get-brand-new-fleet-electric-trains

Actual positive railway news for once. That's refreshing.

Great Western Railway Gooch Bogie Class 4-4-0ST Corsair - Colourmaster Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/great-western-railway-gooch-bogie-class-4-4-0st-corsair-colourmaster-postcard-223181618.htm

पुणे रेल्वे स्थानकाच्या इमारतीला नुकतीच १०० वर्षे पूर्ण झाली आहेत. त्या निमित्ताने मी माझ्या ब्लॉगवर लिहिलेल्या लेखाची लिंक खाली देत आहे.

https://avateebhavatee.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog-post.html
#rail #blog #railway #railways #railwaystation #indianrailways #trainstation #station

A little bit of local history for those who are interested in such things

#bristol #railways #SuspensionBridge #clifton #wwii #history #avon #AvonGorge #LocalHistory #SWEngland #WestCountry

https://youtu.be/vc7bn27sCzA