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Far-West Germany

Pictures from the triangle Cologne - Aachen - Düsseldorf in the far western part of Germany. There's quite a bit of traffic variety, in no small part due to the international trains running into Belgium and the Netherlands and a sizeable industrial base in the nearby Ruhr area.
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    SBB Cargo 482 026 pulls the diverted 40290 (Gallarate/I - Antwerp-Combinant/B) through Übach-Palenberg. The regular route via the KBS480 was blocked due to bridge construction work in Düren.
    111 009 on a peak-time extra RE4 in Übach-Palenberg. Save for the paint this is a classic late-1970s consist down to the old-style pantograph.
    2839 on the chemical tanks 47562 (Ludwigshafen - Antwerp-BASF/B) passes the idled signal box Üf in Übach-Palenberg.