As 565 of RWE Rheinbraun pulls it's train of empty coal wagons to the opencast
mine Hambach another time on 10 October 2001, it passes 542 which returns with
a full train. 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. Both of the big pantographs are used in normal operation.
The two little tilted pantographs on the sides are used under the loading
facility, where a normal catenary is not possible. In the background is
Neurath, one of the power plants that take most of the brown coal.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>