Belgium & Holland November 2011
Another spin over to Belgium and Holland over a long weekend off work, starting on Friday November 25th. As I had coupons and the weather was manky, I did some bashing until sunset.
3019/3020 St Pancras-Brussels Midi
UNIT Brussels Midi-Brusses Airport
UNIT Brussels Airport-Brussels Nord
2002 Brussels Nord-Brussels Midi
2756/2751 Brussels Midi-Leuven
1834 Leuven-Tienen
1824 Tienen-Brussels Nord
2357 Brussels Nord-Brussels Midi
2739 Brussels Midi-Brussels Central
2139 Brussels Central-Brussels Midi
2340 Brussels Midi-Brussels Central
2372 Brussels Central-Brussels Midi
UNIT Brussels Midi-Brusses Airport
UNIT Brussels Airport-Brussels Nord
2002 Brussels Nord-Brussels Midi
2756/2751 Brussels Midi-Leuven
1834 Leuven-Tienen
1824 Tienen-Brussels Nord
2357 Brussels Nord-Brussels Midi
2739 Brussels Midi-Brussels Central
2139 Brussels Central-Brussels Midi
2340 Brussels Midi-Brussels Central
2372 Brussels Central-Brussels Midi
After a manic evening runnin up and down staircases to get in position for the shots, I retired to the Ibis for some food and ale. Up not so early the next day and more manky weather! So - more bashing!
1352 Brussels Midi-Gent
2747/2743 Gent-Brussels Midi
2825 Brussels Midi-Antwerp
I bailed at Antwerp for a look round the city and very nice it is too! Snapped a tram on my walk back to the station as well!
1352 Brussels Midi-Gent
2747/2743 Gent-Brussels Midi
2825 Brussels Midi-Antwerp
I bailed at Antwerp for a look round the city and very nice it is too! Snapped a tram on my walk back to the station as well!
Onwards to Holland for where I also had coupons
2802 Antwerp-Rotterdam Central
1721 Rotterdam-Dordrecht
2835 Dordrecht-Rotterdam
At Rotterdam, the announcer was gleefully tellling everyone that no FYRA supplement was payable today, and as I fancied a look at Schipol before dusk fell, that seemed like a good idea!
186121 Rotterdam Central-Amsterdam Schipol Airport
A quick couple of shots at Schipol before escaping on the international train to Centraal
2802 Antwerp-Rotterdam Central
1721 Rotterdam-Dordrecht
2835 Dordrecht-Rotterdam
At Rotterdam, the announcer was gleefully tellling everyone that no FYRA supplement was payable today, and as I fancied a look at Schipol before dusk fell, that seemed like a good idea!
186121 Rotterdam Central-Amsterdam Schipol Airport
A quick couple of shots at Schipol before escaping on the international train to Centraal
2811 Amsterdam Schipol Airport-Amsterdam Centraal
With dusk having fallen, out came the tripod, which duly broke, so I was grateful for my back-up tripod - my trolleycase! It's surprisingly steady too with several images being taken on ISO100 with the associated 20 second shutter speed!
With dusk having fallen, out came the tripod, which duly broke, so I was grateful for my back-up tripod - my trolleycase! It's surprisingly steady too with several images being taken on ISO100 with the associated 20 second shutter speed!
My hotel for the night was the Park Plaza at Schipol which Hotwire had provided for me at a knockdown price. Back to Schipol on a rancid unit then to await the shuttle bus!
Sunday 27th November dawned gloomy, but I spent most of the morning at Schipol clearing off my KLM long-haul needs, and wagging the somewhat rare Glock Ce750 OE-HGG, much to Steve Hay's disgust! After all that excitement, it was off on the bash, and FYRAs were supplement-free once more. This took me to Breda where an old Fokker 100 plane is dumped in a scrapyard near to the railway. Nice way to kill two birds with one stone!
2816 Amsterdam Schipol Airport-Rotterdam Central
186120 Rotterdam Central-Breda
186116 Breda-Rotterdam Central
186117 Rotterdam-Breda
4221 Koplopper UNIT Breda-Roosendaal
The Koplopper was a small minus for the Brussels Midi train. No problem I thought - they are always late. Wrong!!!!!! This one left on time:-( So, faced with the best part of an hour at Roosendaal, I did:
1712 Roosendaal-Bergen Op Zoom (for the inevitable UNIT back)
I then fotted a 17 in the sidings
Sunday 27th November dawned gloomy, but I spent most of the morning at Schipol clearing off my KLM long-haul needs, and wagging the somewhat rare Glock Ce750 OE-HGG, much to Steve Hay's disgust! After all that excitement, it was off on the bash, and FYRAs were supplement-free once more. This took me to Breda where an old Fokker 100 plane is dumped in a scrapyard near to the railway. Nice way to kill two birds with one stone!
2816 Amsterdam Schipol Airport-Rotterdam Central
186120 Rotterdam Central-Breda
186116 Breda-Rotterdam Central
186117 Rotterdam-Breda
4221 Koplopper UNIT Breda-Roosendaal
The Koplopper was a small minus for the Brussels Midi train. No problem I thought - they are always late. Wrong!!!!!! This one left on time:-( So, faced with the best part of an hour at Roosendaal, I did:
1712 Roosendaal-Bergen Op Zoom (for the inevitable UNIT back)
I then fotted a 17 in the sidings
Back to Midi then for a few snaps and a meal:
2836 Roosendaal-Brussels Midi
2836 Roosendaal-Brussels Midi
3219/3220 Brussels Midi-London-St Pancras
