VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT-EXPRESS
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| I have several times seen the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express on my railfanning trips. | ||
København, Denmark, April 9-10, 2013 | ||
MZ 1401 with Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (291 kb) MZ 1401 heads Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, train EP 6324, through Hedehusene, Denmark, on April 9, 2013, 17:26. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3309 (247 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3309, Hedehusene, Denmark, April 9, 2013. |
DB Schenker Rail Danmark EG 3107 with Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (297 kb) DB Schenker Rail Danmark EG 3107 in Kastrup, Denmark, ready to depart with the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (as train GM 21328) to Stockholm on April 10, 2013. |
DB Schenker Rail Danmark EG 3107 with Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (365 kb) DB Schenker Rail Danmark EG 3107 in Kastrup, Denmark, ready to depart with the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (as train GM 21328) to Stockholm on April 10, 2013, with Hector Rail 241 002 "Skywalker" passing with a freight. |
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Innsbruck, Austria, August 19, 2009On the internet I had seen that the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express would come to Innsbruck late afternoon on August 19, 2009. The same night we had booked a small hotel about 1/2 hour south of Innsbruck, so this was a perfect opportunity to see the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. We arrived in Innsbruck at around 17 and found a parking garage.The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express had a planned arrival at 17:26, but it was about 5 minuttes late. At 17:31 it rolled into Innsbruck Hbf from the south. In Innsbruck the train had a scheduled stop of 20 minutes because it had to change direction, continuing south and west out of Innsbruck on the Arlberg line. The route for the train was Venezia - Brenner - Innsbruck - Buchs - Paris - Calais. The compositon of the train was: sleeping car 3425 + slepping car 3483 + sleeping car 3555 + slepping car 3525 + sleeping car 3482 + service car 3912 + bar wagon 3674 + dining car 4095 + Pullman car 4141 + dining car 4110 + service car 3915 + slepping car 3544 + sleeping car 3553 + sleeping car 3552 + sleeping car 3473. | ||
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express arrives in Innsbruck (302 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express arrives in Innsbruck headed by ÖBB 1116 051. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express arrives in Innsbruck (291 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express arrives in Innsbruck headed by ÖBB 1116 051. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (241 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Innsbruck. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express herald (169 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express herald. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (217 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Innsbruck. |
Ready for departure! (270 kb) ÖBB 1116 051 ready for departure with the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3425 (241 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3425. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3483 (244 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3483. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3555 (243 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3555. |
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3525 (222 kb) Venice Simplon-Orient-Express sleeping car 3525. |
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Hazebrouk, France, August 23, 2007On August 23, 2007, I was in Hazebrouck to railfan. I meet two french railfans - they told me they waited for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express - and of course I also had to see this famous train. It was delayed about 1 hour and while we waited we talked about trains and I got a lot of useful information. At 18:38 the Orient-Express showed up, headed by SNCF BB 115023. | ||
SNCF BB 115023 (226 kb) |
SNCF BB 115023 (204 kb) |
CIWL slepping car 3553 (189 kb) |
CIWL slepping car 3473 (187 kb) |
CIWL sleeping car 3555 (182 kb) |
CIWL bar car 3674 (183 kb) |
CIWL dining car 4095 (151 kb) |
CIWL slepping car 3544 (187 kb) |
CIWL slepping car 3539, built 1929 (187 kb) |
Train 18 (Nice - Moskow) in Nice, France, September 26, 2010Actually not the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, but still a kind of luxury train. On September 23, 2010, train no. 17 Moskow - Nice departed Moskow Belorussky station on its maiden journey, arriving in Nice on September 25. The next day, on September 26, 2010, at 19:22, the train departed on the maiden return journey to Moskow as train 18. And having arrived in Nice the same day, I of course was at the station to see this special train.The route from Moskow to Nice is via Minsk - Warszawa - Wien - Innsbruck - Verona - Milano - Genova. The speed is quite slow, here the train journey is the vacation, not just transportation. | ||
Train no. 18 Nice - Moskow ready for departure. The train is headed by SNCF BB 26138 and with SNCF BB 122318 as backup (212 kb) |
Train no. 18 Nice - Moskow ready for departure. The train is headed by SNCF BB 26138 and with SNCF BB 122318 as backup (186 kb) |
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Train D1249 (Berlin - Moskow/Saratov) in Berlin, Germany, November 9-10, 2007Not the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express but still an exotic train. D1249 went from Berlin Zoo to Moskow (with some cars going to Saratov) via Warszawa - Brest - Minsk - Smolensk. The train was composed of cars from Belarus railway (BCh) and Russian railways (RZD) and was pulled by Railion 189 098. | ||
Railion 189 098 heading D1249 at Berlin Friedrichsstrasse on November 9, 2007 (314 kb) |
BCh 03 0299 in train D1249 at Berlin Friedrichsstrasse on November 9, 2007 (191 kb) |
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Train D441/D443 (Berlin - Kiev/Moskow) in Berlin, Germany, December 9-10, 2011New train number, but else more or less the same train as above - D443 runs from Berlin Zoo to Moskow via Warszawa - Brest - Minsk - Smolensk, and D441 has Kiev as destination. The train was composed of cars from Belarus railway (BCh) and Russian railways (RZD). Actually, some of the cars had destinations beyond Moskow, destinations like Omsk and Ekaterinburg! | ||
DB 186 241 in front of D441/D443 in Berlin Hbf on December 9, 2011 (249 kb) |
DB 186 130 in front of D441/D443 in Berlin Ostbahnhof on December 10, 2011 (179 kb) |
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