{"id":12388,"date":"2015-09-13T02:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T06:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12388"},"modified":"2015-09-13T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T14:22:57","slug":"traxx-roll-freight-at-kaub-september-11-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/traxx-roll-freight-at-kaub-september-11-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAXX Roll Freight at Kaub\u2014September 11, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Right Bank of the Rhein is a busy freight corridor. Trains run in waves, and often follow each other several minutes apart on their north-south journey across Germany.<\/p>\n

Kaub station sits wedged into a hillside with a castle above, and a sweeping curve to the south. In the afternoon, the sun swings around, which makes it a great place to photograph trains on the move.<\/p>\n

Bombardier\u2019s TRAXX locomotives family includes several classes of electrics. While the DB red class 185s may seen repetitive, open access operations make for a bit of variety. It seems that there\u2019s always another freight working its way up or down the Rhein Valley. And this provides an opportunity to refine photographic angles and technique.<\/p>\n

\"Doubleheaded<\/a>
Doubleheaded DB class 185 electrics lead a southward freight at Kaub, 4:40 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Northward<\/a>
Northward intermodal train at Kaub, 4:41 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Southward<\/a>
Southward freight with a DB class 185 electric at Kaub, 5:15 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"VIAS<\/a>
VIAS Flirt makes a station stop at Kaub, 5:19 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"5:24pm.\"<\/a>
Kaub, 5:24pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kaube,<\/a>
Kaub, 5:28 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Southward<\/a>
Southward empty auto train at Kaub, 5:40 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Swiss<\/a>
Swiss BLS intermodal train at Kaub, 5:58 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made this selection using my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera.<\/p>\n

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The Right Bank of the Rhein is a busy freight corridor. Trains run in waves, and often follow each other several minutes apart on their north-south journey across Germany. Kaub station sits wedged into a hillside with a castle above, and a sweeping curve to the south. In the afternoon, the sun swings around, which … Continue reading TRAXX Roll Freight at Kaub\u2014September 11, 2015<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[2940,263,94,1300,1289,1284,2939],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DB_class_185_w_sb_frieght_at_Kaub_DSCF2643.jpg?fit=3456%2C2304","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3dO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12388"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12394,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12388\/revisions\/12394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}