Steam locomotive BR 65 #018 is pulling a photo freight train on the museum railway VSM (De Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij) on a cold September morning. This 2-8-4 Tank engine was built in 1956 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn DB by Krauss-Maffei in München-Allach. It had a short career in regular service, was already retired in 1973, went afterwards to the German steam locomotive museum (DDM - Deutsches Dampflokomotivmuseum) in Neuenmarkt. It has been owned by the Stoom Stichting Nederland since 1991 and is now running on the VSM on loan.
Landscape photography is difficult due to the challenge of combining good light and good scenery. Good railroad photography enters another level of complexity since it requires the first two while there is a train in view.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)