{"id":3919,"date":"2013-09-27T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2013-09-27T08:56:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T12:56:28","slug":"netherlandse-spoorwagen-koploper-near-dordrecht-zuid-septemeber-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/netherlandse-spoorwagen-koploper-near-dordrecht-zuid-septemeber-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlandse Spoorwagen Koploper near Dordrecht Zuid, September 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Distinctively Dutch Train.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Koploper\"<\/a>
A classic Netherlandse Spoorwagen (Dutch Railways) \u2018Koploper\u2019 approaches a pedestrian\/cycle crossing at Dordrecht Zuid in September 2013. Appearently, the name loosely translates to \u2018Head Walker\u2019, or so I\u2019m told. Does anyone know more about the name?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier this month (September 2013), I traveled with an Irish railway photographer to the Netherlands<\/a>. We spent a few sunny hours at a pedestrian\/bicycle crossing near Dordrecht Zuid on a busy north-south line.<\/p>\n

This was one of the most intensely used double-track mainlines that I\u2019ve witnessed in any country. For two hours we photographed a constant parade of local and long distant passenger trains plus a great variety of freight. Trains passed the crossing every couple of minutes.<\/p>\n

\"Bicycles<\/a>
Bicycles are a Dutch national transport obsession. These cyclists had waited patiently for the barriers to lift before crossing the line near Dordrecht Zuid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For me one of the most interesting trains to photograph are the Netherlandse Spoorwagen (translated as \u2018Dutch Railways) \u2018Koploper\u2019 style electric multiple unit.<\/p>\n

These are distinctively Dutch. As European railways are rapidly moving toward standard commercial train models, it’s nice to still see nationally characteristic equipment on the mainline.<\/p>\n

I exposed these photos with my Lumix LX-3.<\/p>\n

\"Koploper\"<\/a>
A classic Netherlandse Spoorwagen (Dutch Railways) \u2018Koploper\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Distinctively Dutch Train. Earlier this month (September 2013), I traveled with an Irish railway photographer to the Netherlands. We spent a few sunny hours at a pedestrian\/bicycle crossing near Dordrecht Zuid on a busy north-south line. This was one of the most intensely used double-track mainlines that I\u2019ve witnessed in any country. For two … Continue reading Netherlandse Spoorwagen Koploper near Dordrecht Zuid, September 2013<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[1386,1377,1384,1381,1383,1380,7535,1382,1379,1378,1385,546],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NS_Koploper_Dordrecht_Zuid_P1550532.jpg?fit=800%2C534","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-11d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919"}],"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=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}