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Photo gallery
This section shows some photos
from some of my railway adventures around Europe. Click on the small pictures at the top of the page. The
comments to each photo are found below the big pictures.
DSB EG3100 and DB Cargo BR185 in Abisko, Sweden Class 357 Electrostar at the test track in Cerhenice, Czeck Republic BR185 and B1300 in Wasserbillig, Luxembourg BR185 and CFL Z2000 EMU, Luxembourg BR185 in Daglösen, Sweden BR185 and BR189 in Gällivare, Sweden IORE and BR185 in Svappavaara, Sweden Interference testing, BR185 BR185 tests for Green Cargo, Sweden 2005 Continued Green Cargo tests TGOJ workshop in Eskilstuna OeBB locomotive class Rh 1012 in Borlange, Sweden, 2005-10-27 I think this is the best railway photo I ever took....
This is from my first winter test of locomotives in northern Sweden, January-February 2001. One DSB loco EG3100 and two DB Cargo BR185 were tested on the Iron Ore line between Luleå and the Swedish-Norwegian border. Here the locos are seen at the well-known tourist station in Abisko 19th of February, 2001. A maintenance vehicle is approaching to the right. This is another shot from Abisko, taken 22nd of January 2001. A major part of the interference testing with the Electrostar was performed at the test track in Cerhenice. These tests are from July 2001. On the hottest day during the two weeks we made a test simulating ice on the overhead line (by reducing the air pressure to the pantograph). This is from my 3rd series of measurements in Luxembourg. The photo was taken in Wasserbillig 15th December 2001 during a series of comparative tractive effort tests between the locomotives BR185, B1300, and CFL3000. This photo shows a Z2000 in scheduled operation passing the test site, but we had actually made some interesting tests with two BR185s and one Z2000 on a frosty night just a few days earlier. These tests provided lots of useful information about the problems caused by ice on the overhead line - please refer to the downloads page. In August-September 2002 we did some compatibility tests for the Swedish Banverket. Here we are waiting for a crossing train in Daglösen. This beautiful picture was taken by Dietmar Aurich from Bombardier at sun-up in Gällivare, January 2003. This time we had one BR185 and one BR189 for testing. This is the proud test crew upon the first arrival of the BR185 and BR189 in Narvik. The BR185 was heading the train on that day - but the BR189 could have made it all the way from Brindisi on its own machinery. Two great locomotives indeed. Here we met the mighty IORE locomotive. I can surely recommend you to go have a look at the Iron Ore line - in particular at wintertime. That's real railroading! Here I am with my PC-based data acquisition equipment in the driver's cab of the BR185. We did a lot of interference measurements during the winter tests. The BR185 and BR189 were tested for signalling compatibility in Norway during the first week of March, 2003. Here we are in the new-build station at Sande South-West of Oslo. Green Cargo tested two BR185's in Sweden in October 2005. Here we are standing in Storvik, prepared to pull a steel train up the Granstanda slope. Swedish Steel AB runs several such trains with raw steel each day from the plant in Luleå to the works in Borlänge. Don't get fooled by the seemingly short train - it's heavy . . . . Here we are in Eskilstuna, prepared to draw 2650 tonnes and 700 meters of steel to Borlänge. The Rc4 in the front is included just due to the Swedish ATC, and the two other Rc's should normally have pulled the train. Is any type of locomotive not here? Ma, Rc, El 16, BR185, and: "Ladies and gentlemen, proudly presenting to the right - a Mz diesel loco from DSB". Well I am Danish, so please forgive . . . . The Swedish operator Hector Rail has hired the three Austrian locomotives class Rh 1012. These 6.4 MW engines were a sort of prototypes for the Taurus locomotive.
Here is Rh 1012-002 during the electrical compatibility tests in Borlange, with Banverket's headquarters in the background From the winter tests with the Vectron. A passenger train just passed at full speed, causing the powder snow to whirl around
DSB EG3100 and DB Cargo BR185 in Abisko, Sweden
This is from my first winter test of locomotives in northern Sweden, January-February 2001. One DSB loco EG3100 and two DB Cargo BR185 were tested on the Iron Ore line between Luleå and the Swedish-Norwegian border. Here the locos are seen at the well-known tourist station in Abisko 19th of February, 2001. A maintenance vehicle is approaching to the right.
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