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Eifeltor yard (Köln) next with 23 on. DB, private and Swiss. Once again no one about to ask. many ex-DR Cl.201s and 202s have been completely rebuilt and renumbered Cl.203. and sold to private owners but DB also have some. as with 203383 owned by Swiss Cargo. It also carries number 203149! Eifeltor, 17 th April 2011 many DB Cl.360s, originally V60s then 260s have been sold to private owners and in some cases renumbered back as with 360770 and 360312 now 260770 and 260312, Köln Eifeltor yard, 16 th April 2011 Köln’s main freight depot is at Gremburg. The office is on the first floor, down a corridor and through a door. As I opened the door the boss was waiting for me and nodding his head. How long had he been watching me? The shed had 57 on and this is not a lot for this shed. A good selection including 3 Belgian 28xxs and my last Hagen shunter. an assortment of Cl.294 and 335 locos on Köln Gremburg shed 294725 and 335027 face the camera, 17 th April 2011 if you are looking for Belgian Cl.28xxs then Aachen West is one place to find them, here is a line of 12 with 2831 nearest the camera, 17 th April 2011 Now about to leave Germany we went to Aachen West which had 12 Belgian 28xxs and 6 DB locomotives on. Our next call should have been Maastricht but we ended up at the Simpelveld Museum in the Netherlands (country 7). Now not having time to follow our itinerary it was on to Liege for the depot at Kinkyplace (Kinkempois). We got round and saw 47 before heading to Hasselt. Another ghost shed. Not a soul to be seen and on shed were 47 locomotives and units. 34

a brief stop in the Netherlands at the Simpelveld ZLSM (Zuid Limburgsche Stoomtrein Maatschaappi) Museum saw Swedish Railways 4-6-0 No 1220 preparing to take the first train of the day out 17 th April 2011 no need to describe this locomotive ex-NS No 639, Simpelveld ZLSM Museum 17 th April 2011 once the mainstay of the Liege to Luxembourg route, the Cl.55s are now in decline. 5505 stands on Kinkempois (Liege) depot, 17 th April 2011 another sad case, the Cl.15xxs used to work the Amsterdam – Brussels – Paris expresses but are all now withdrawn with 1501 dumped on Kinkempois depot, 17 th April 2011 Belgium only has one class of diesel multiple units, the Cl.41xx, here 4195, 4174 and 4135 are stabled at Hasselt depot, 17 th April 2011 35

Eifeltor yard (Köln) next with 23 on. DB, private and Swiss. Once again no one about to ask.<br />

many ex-DR Cl.201s and 202s have been<br />

completely rebuilt and renumbered Cl.203. and<br />

sold to private owners but DB also have some.<br />

as with 203383 owned by Swiss Cargo. It also<br />

carries number 203149! Eifeltor, 17 th April 2011<br />

many DB Cl.360s, originally V60s then 260s<br />

have been sold to private owners and in some<br />

cases renumbered back as with 360770 and<br />

360312 now 260770 and 260312,<br />

Köln Eifeltor yard, 16 th April 2011<br />

Köln’s main freight depot is at Gremburg. The<br />

office is on the first floor, down a corridor and<br />

through a door. As I opened the door the boss<br />

was waiting for me and nodding his head. How<br />

long had he been watching me? The shed had<br />

57 on and this is not a lot for this shed. A good<br />

selection including 3 Belgian 28xxs and my last<br />

Hagen shunter.<br />

an assortment of Cl.294 and 335 locos<br />

on Köln Gremburg shed<br />

294725 and 335027 face the camera,<br />

17 th April 2011<br />

if you are looking for Belgian Cl.28xxs then Aachen West is one place to find them,<br />

here is a line of 12 with 2831 nearest the camera, 17 th April 2011<br />

Now about to leave Germany we went to Aachen West which had 12 Belgian 28xxs and 6 DB<br />

locomotives on. Our next call should have been Maastricht but we ended up at the Simpelveld<br />

Museum in the Netherlands (country 7). Now not having time to follow our itinerary it was on to Liege<br />

for the depot at Kinkyplace (Kinkempois). We got round and saw 47 before heading to Hasselt.<br />

Another ghost shed. Not a soul to be seen and on shed were 47 locomotives and units.<br />

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