With some more sunny weather in the forecast I decided to give the RWE coal railways another visit, hoping to find better photo angles on the Hambachbahn. The Hambachbahn did indeed offer much better prospects than the Nordsüdbahn, but here too the trees are growing quickly. Due to all the disruptions due to coal protests and the extensive signage, I didnt dare try to do any tree clearing on the embankments. Most of my photos were only possible holding my camera over my head for an extra little bit of elevation. Thanks to the usual DB chaos I arrived an hour late but just after setting up a westbound empty rolled into view, even with a cobalt blue EL1. A good start I thought, but the rest of the day was a wash. All day the railway sent only eastbound trains while I was setup for westbounds, the two westbounds that did run came after shadows encroached on my position and running one after the other with no time to switch spots. Maybe there will some more sun soon and I can try again, preferably before the leafs return to the trees and make photography more difficult.
RWE EL1 546 is seen at Sinndorf after passing under the A4, the Niederaußem power plant can be seen in the background. This segment was built in 2014 to replace part of the line that would be swallowed up by the expansion of the Hambach open pit mine.
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An einem kalten ersten Februar, RWE EL1 546 zieht ein Leerkohlezug in Richtung Hambach entlang der 2014 neu trassierte abschnitt bei Sinndorf. Im Hintergrund ist das Kraftwerk Niederaußem zu sehen
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