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Classic Chrome: On this day, 24 May 1996 Views along the Rhein.

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Classic Chrome: On this day, 24 May 1996 Views along the Rhein.

On this day in 1996, my father and I made a circle trip along the Rhein from Köln to Koblenz, traveling south via the Right Bank and north via the Left Bank lines.

Working with two cameras, I exposed these views on Kodachrome and Fujichrome slide film.

Looking back, its amazing to see how much has changed on German railways in the last 22 years.

Confluence of Rhein and Mosel rivers at Koblenz. 24 May 1996.
DB shunting locomotives at Koblenz Hbf on 24 May 1996.
View of a northward freight on the Right Bank line along the Rhein from the walls of the Festung Ehrenbreitstein (fortress).
A northward IC train passes Namedy, Germany at speed behind a class 103 electric.
Minutes later a northward EC (EuroCity) long distance train passes Namedy, this view with a 28mm lens.

The scenic Mittelrhein are among the great railway trips profiled in my new book Brian Solomon’s Railway Guide to Europe, now available from Kalmbach Books/Kalmbach Hobby Store.

My new guide book on European Railway Travel with a cup of Barry’s Tea.

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Along the Rhein at Festung Ehrenbreitstein, May 1996.

Exposed on Fujichrome Provia with a Nikormat FTN and Nikoor f1.8 105mm lens. Ehrenbreitstein-Koblenz station on May 24, 1996. Image modified slight to correct color balance and improve contrast.
Exposed on Fujichrome Provia with a Nikormat FTN and Nikoor f1.8 105mm lens. Ehrenbreitstein-Koblenz station on May 24, 1996.

I made this view from the massive fortress above the Rhein opposite Koblenz. My father and I had traveled by train from Köln.

The train pictured was a local train gliding in for a station stop.

The fortress is a popular attraction and offers magnificent views of the confluence of Rhein and Mosel Rivers, while also providing some nice elevated angles on the railway along the ‘right bank.’

Trains are plentiful on this line, and every few minutes freights would rumble along the river. To view the river and railway from the massive stone walls is an experience. We arrived by cable car, and departed by a Mercedes Taxi. What a cool place!

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