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As most of you will know, I really like class 110 engines, and it's getting tougher and tougher to spot one. This specimen came as a surprise for most railfans, as it wasn't scheduled to run on this line. The most probable cause would be one of the regular trains having technical problems etc., with this old 110 pulled (or in this case pushed) "Silberling" train having to substitute it. Shot at Düsseldorf Central when we had two days worth of sunshine. I wanted to upload it for quite some time, but only got around to do it now.

Also, this is the same engine Torsten uploaded a pic of for my birthday, and I shot her as well once. She was built in 1966.

As for the title, the pantograph somehow felt much taller than what I'm used to, probably because the catenary hangs quite a bit lower in and near stations. These tracks seem to have higher ones due to the autorack train ramps being nearby, and having a low catenary wire isn't very practical for that. I don't think I've ever shot a 110 "in the wild", except for one that was just passing through under a bridge, where the catenary is also closer to the ground than on open track.

Description
As most of you will know, I really like class 110 engines, and it's getting tougher and tougher to spot one. This specimen came as a surprise for most railfans, as it wasn't scheduled to run on this line. The most probable cause would be one of the regular trains having technical problems etc., with this old 110 pulled (or in this case pushed) "Silberling" train having to substitute it. Shot at Düsseldorf Central when we had two days worth of sunshine. I wanted to upload it for quite some time, but only got around to do it now.

Also, this is the same engine Torsten uploaded a pic of for my birthday, and I shot her as well once. She was built in 1966.

As for the title, the pantograph somehow felt much taller than what I'm used to, probably because the catenary hangs quite a bit lower in and near stations. These tracks seem to have higher ones due to the autorack train ramps being nearby, and having a low catenary wire isn't very practical for that. I don't think I've ever shot a 110 "in the wild", except for one that was just passing through under a bridge, where the catenary is also closer to the ground than on open track.