One of the last FORD trains (here empty stock) passes through Venlo Vierpaardjes, hauled by 189 078 on 20 December 2025. The once daily FORD car ...

One of the last FORD trains (here empty stock) passes through Venlo Vierpaardjes, hauled by 189 078 on 20 December 2025.

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Scanned photo of 143 635 with S-Bahn at Essen Hbf on 16 April 1998.

Time warp? On 6 December 2025 DB 111 158 stands at Venlo with an extra train to Bonn that constists of some DB coahces from the 1960s and 1970s, but also one or two coaches from the 1930s.

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One of the last FORD trains (here empty stock) passes through Venlo Vierpaardjes, hauled by 189 078 on 20 December 2025. The once daily FORD car trains will soon be history due to the planned closure of the FORD factory at Dillingen (Saar).

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RRF 18 hauls the Routier intermodal train into Venlo on 6 December 2025 from Gekkengraaf.

One of the last FORD trains (here empty stock) passes through Venlo Vierpaardjes, hauled by 189 078 on 20 December 2025.

Side view on Mp 3029 -now a historic EMU- at Roosendaal on 18 February 2023.

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Die 189 992-1 ES 64 F4 092 mit einer angemieteten SBB International 193 erreichen mit einem Güterzug den Bahnhof von Brig. 12. September 2024 
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DBC 189 037 hauls a mixed freight through Tilburg on 9 May 2026. 
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MRCE/Beacon Rail 189 999 hauls an intermodal train through Valburg on 14 April 2026. 
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OPen door policy with ERS 189 098 at Weil-am-Rhein on 29 June 2013. ERS Raiwlays sadly went bankrupt in 2017 and Weil-am-Rhein is being rebuild, diminishing good photo opportunities massively. 
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On 11 November 2022 (Armastice day but for the fact that the Netherlands did not take part in World War One) DBC 189 024 hauls an empty automotive train through Tilburg-Reeshof.

DBC 189 026 hauls a steel train through Wijchen on 29 January 2019.

On 18 March 2018 DBC 189 027 hauls a coal train through Venlo-Vierpaardjes into Germany.

From the platform with some zooming: at Blerick this near frontal shot on 189 028 with her coal train could be made safely on 2 December 2023.

On 1 November 2014 DEBC 189 029 with her block train had to be sidelined for a short while at Tilburg to let a slightly delayed intercity service to Eindhoven pass.

On 4 November 2020 DBC 189 030 hauls an empty iron ore train through Hulten toward the Rotterdam port area, where the wagons will be filled with ore from Brazil or Australia.

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On 15 February 2023 DBC 189 086 takes a break at Blerick with the FORD automotive train to Vlissingen-Sloehaven.

On 8 March 2022 DB cargo 189 031 hauls a car parts carrying train through Tilburg-Reeshof.

DBC 189 066 hauls a coal train through Angeren toward Germany on 24 October 2024.