On the left is 111 148-3 at the rear end of RE 12720 to Rheine, waiting for departure in Düren (on Cologne-Aachen) on 23 February 2003. As there were construction works going on west of Düren, the RE 7 line did not serve the section Düren-Aachen that day (only the RE 1 line did), the trains ended here in track 4 to return to Rheine. On the right is 423 051-2 at the rear end of an S 13 service to Cologne. Originally the class 111 locos with this livery were ordered to move S-Bahn trains in the Rhine-Ruhr area. Now the S-Bahn is operated with class 423 EMU's and trains moved by class 143 locos, and the S-Bahn livery was replaced by the traffic red livery used for all local and regional trains. Class 111 locos are used for regional express trains, mostly with double deck cars.

Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz