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Flirt and Fence

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Hagen is the home of Abellio Rail NRW, a private railroad company (recently bought by dutch government railway NS), who won the franchise for a total of four lines in the vicinity. Apart from a few LINTs for the so-called "Glückaufbahn", they only use the Stadler FLIRT (Fast Light Innovative Regional Train), in both three- and two-car configurations. Their silver-black-red design can be seen as boring, but I like it. I'm not too fond of their interior branding. Futura is always great, but any Helvetica mixed in looks like you couldn't find the right font. Oh well.

Here, a three-car one is parked at the exit of the depot. According to the signs, it will operate the RB40 line from Hagen to Essen central. Right next to it is a large hardware store, separated from the sharply rising line by a yellow fence. I had thought about cropping this picture so that you couldn't see it (and only the cab of the train), but apart from proving that I wasn't trespassing, the fence also adds some welcome color to the composition. What do you think?

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Update: Forgot color management so the colors were not as bright as I wanted them.
Image size
1500x1000px 1.35 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 1000D
Shutter Speed
1/400 second
Aperture
F/11.0
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Jul 4, 2009, 3:31:25 PM
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Vesko-from-Munich's avatar
Eine sehr gelungene Bildgestaltung, gerade wegen dem Geländer! Auch das Sonnenlicht finde ich schön. Sehr gekonnt im Bild festgehalten!