Schnabel Car visits Markdorf
Who does not know them from model railroad catalogues - the large heavy duty centipede cars to move heavy
equipment. But who has ever seen one in reality and in motion?
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Today, on Friday December 8, 2006 I had the chance to see one just rolling through my hometown! I left work early for
lunch break and took place at one of my usual foto locations near Markdorf. Full in time the transport of a 400 tons
transformer left Markdorf yard at 11. 54.
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Slowly this short but heavy train rumbles by. In the background you the the Gehrenberg mountain.
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The weather was just right. Only one hour later it became cloudy.
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Reliable motive power is 225 803-6.
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20 Axles make a special sound when rolling by at about 40 mph.
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A railfan friend runs back to his car to chase the train at the next stop in Friedrichshafen.
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Through the woods and away to the mountains... |