558 of RWE Power (formerly Rheinbraun) is waiting underneath the loading
facility at the opencast mine Garzweiler (north west of Cologne) with it's coal
train on 22 July 2007 while the train on the next track is loaded. The catenary,
which passes under the loading facility, is suspended laterally. Thus the main
pantographs of the loco are down and it is powered by the small tilted
pantograph which is clearly visible in this picture. The signals looking like
traffic light in the upper left corner of the picture are used to inform the
loco driver how he has to operate the train during the loading.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)