560 of RWE Rheinbraun returns from the opencast mine Hambach on 10 October
2001. There is a turning loop at the loading facility so the train has not to
be pushed on the way back. The driver sits in the left gondola. In forward
operation he is free to choose the side, I guess the left side gives a better
view onto the signals in curves. The train consists of 14 wagons, this seems to
be the standard length at least for the old EL 1 class locos. As far as I know,
each wagon contains 100 metric tons of brown coal.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>