Waiting to depart Lübeck Hbf 20191024--036

DB (Deutsche Bahn - German Railways) electric loco 112149 stands at Lübeck Hbf, waiting to depart with an evening RE8 service to Hamburg Hbf. The train is formed of six double deck coaches, with the one at the far end being a driving trailer, and the loco will propel the working in this direction.

I was in Germany for a few days for a two-day IBSE railtour around Osnabrück, but there was one other objective: to do the line to Puttgarden and the train ferry across to Rødby in Denmark, as that train ferry route (the last international train ferry in Europe) was ceasing with the December 2019 timetable change (after which time the trains between Hamburg and Copenhagen) would be rerouted. I'd attempted to do this route during my summer 2019 trip, but had left trying to get reservations (only needed during the summer) until I arrived in Germany, and the trains were already fully booked.

I'd flown from Stansted to Bremen the previous morning, and then travelled to Lübeck via a slightly roundabout route (in order to travel lines I'd not previously covered). Today I'd made it to Rødby and slightly beyond, but not without incident as a signalling problem meant the Regional train I was on was overtaken by the IC train I'd intended to catch at Puttgarden, and I ended up on the IC four hours later (and therefore only made it to Nykøbing on the Danish side rather than travelling all the way to Copenhagen and back). This photo was taken after I'd returned to Lübeck, hand-held (at 1/10s!) because I did not have a tripod with me and there was also nowhere to plonk the camera down. I then went for dinner in town (at the same place as the previous evening), before having a go at photographing the Holstentor (see this photo on my non-transport site), this time with the camera on a wall with various things under parts of it to make it point in the right direction.

As I was using a Global Inter-Rail ticket (because I was travelling in two countries), the following day I returned to Denmark, doing a circular trip from Hamburg via the Flensburg / Padborg border crossing, Esbjerg and the Tøndor / Niebüll border crossing, ending up in Osnabrück for the IBSE tours the next two days. On the Monday evening (day 6 of the trip) I flew back from Bremen.

Unfortunately, the weather was heavily overcast much of the time (and it rained while I was in Denmark on the third day), and photographic opportunities were also limited. I also attempted some hand-held night shots at Osnabrück Hbf, but the station lighting made this much more difficult and I didn't get any satisfactory results.

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Taken on: October 24, 2019

Sets appears in: • Germany October 2019 (IBSE tour and Puttgarden train ferry)

Groups appears in: • After Dark - Night Photography • passenger trains more » • Night Rails • ESTACIONES DE TREN - Railway Station. • Classic and Modern Cars, Trucks, Buses, Trams and Trains worldw • Trenes viajeros • All about rails, worldwide. « less

Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II, f/4.0, 1/10 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.1 sec (1/10)
Focal Length:	35mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm)
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 24.0 (Windows)
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