{"id":15062,"date":"2016-04-28T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15062"},"modified":"2016-04-29T02:39:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T06:39:20","slug":"rastatt-germany-part-1-tgv-and-the-tram-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rastatt-germany-part-1-tgv-and-the-tram-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Rastatt, Germany: Part 1 TGV and the Tram Train."},"content":{"rendered":"

The railways around Karlsruhe, Germany are some of the most versatile and most thoroughly integrated in the world.<\/p>\n

Karlsruhe was the\u00a0pioneer of the \u2018Tram-train concept,\u2019 which enabled trams to utilize the heavy rail network.<\/p>\n

As a result, trams can travel on city streets and reach beyond using the DB network.<\/p>\n

Rastatt, south of Karlsruhe is a busy place where you can see high-speed passenger trains, Intercity and Regional Express passenger trains, freights, and Karlsruhe tram-trains using the same rails.<\/p>\n

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An SNCF TGV approaches Rastatt on DB rails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made these views of a French TGV and tram-trains in April 2016 using my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera. It was a bright morning and nearly ideal for photography.<\/p>\n

The imaging challenge at Rastatt is making the shadows work for you and not against you. The curve of line, platform canopies and shadows cast by catenary masts and wires all result in visual elements that can make or break an image.<\/p>\n

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You have to love it: the TGV and a freight were both \u00a0‘looped’ (over taken) by a Tram Train at Restatt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The railways around Karlsruhe, Germany are some of the most versatile and most thoroughly integrated in the world. Karlsruhe was the\u00a0pioneer of the \u2018Tram-train concept,\u2019 which enabled trams to utilize the heavy rail network. As a result, trams can travel on city streets and reach beyond using the DB network. Rastatt, south of Karlsruhe is … Continue reading Rastatt, Germany: Part 1 TGV and the Tram Train.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[263,94,2251,3508,1390,2252],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3UW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062"}],"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=15062"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15066,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions\/15066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}