PCC 1147 on the Statenplein in the Hague

Trains & trams


Anything on rails.

Dutch train 4059

The Hague Central Station

Randstadrail – the train back home

20 Nov 2006 105
I went to a concert of Andreas Scholl, the famous countertenor. He sang two cantatas of J.S. Bach. This is the light rail/metro line from Rotterdam to the Hague.

Railway bridge at Schalkwijk

03 Feb 2007 188
Railway bridge at Schalkwijk

Public transport in Antwerp

PCC tram in Antwerp

PCC tram in Antwerp

Harwich International train station

02 Apr 2007 152
The train is waiting to go to London Liverpool Street station

Interior of a One train

02 Apr 2007 159
At Harwich it was empty. It became very cramped later on.

Open door to the cabin

02 Apr 2007 160
They left the door to the cabin open, so I took a picture of the interior (before I closed it).

The Northen Line

More fun with the convex mirrors in the Undergroun…

Etoile du Nord

20 Apr 2007 165
This is the Thalys train to Paris, passing through Leiden. Leiden is not big enough to make the Thalys stop. Etoile du Nord was the old name of the train service between Paris and Amsterdam.

Motorrijtuig “Jaap”

20 Apr 2007 95
An old Dutch electric train from 1924 passed Leiden today. The number is C9002, but it is named after Jaap Mol, a employee of the Dutch national railways. Motorrijtuig means motorcar. More info www.c9002.nl (in Dutch, but with lots of pictures, click on "Foto's" on the left)

The rear of motorrijtuig “Jaap”

20 Apr 2007 1 151
An old Dutch electric train from 1924 passed Leiden today. The number is C9002, but it is named after Jaap Mol, a employee of the Dutch national railways. Motorrijtuig means motorcar. More info www.c9002.nl (in Dutch, but with lots of pictures, click on "Foto's" on the left)

Trams of Amsterdam

20 Apr 2007 110
I grew up in The Hague, with the PCC tram and as a consequence I never thought much of the trams in Amsterdam. They were ugly, slow, noisy, with little comfort and with hard benches. You can judge for yourself.

Trams of Amsterdam

20 Apr 2007 102
I grew up in The Hague, with the PCC tram and as a consequence I never thought much of the trams in Amsterdam. They were ugly, slow, noisy, with little comfort and with hard benches. You can judge for yourself.

Trams of Amsterdam

20 Apr 2007 118
I grew up in The Hague, with the PCC tram and as a consequence I never thought much of the trams in Amsterdam. They were ugly, slow, noisy, with little comfort and with hard benches. You can judge for yourself.

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