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Posts from the ‘Train’ category

Steamtrain Museum Katwijk Leiden

Close-up of an old, rusty steam locomotive in a museum with visible wear and tear, showcasing its historical significance.
Close-up view of a vintage steam train locomotive in a museum, showcasing its weathered metal exterior and unique design.
Close-up of a weathered metal plaque with inscriptions, displaying the numbers and text related to bridges, tunnels, and earthworks, mounted on a rusty background.
Close-up of an old, rusty steam engine cabin displayed in a museum, with a cobblestone floor and a transparent roof.
A close-up view of old steam locomotives in a museum, showcasing their vintage design and machinery with informational plaques in a well-lit indoor space.
Rusty steam locomotive on display at the Steamtrain Museum in Katwijk, Leiden, showcasing vintage machinery and historical preservation.
The Netherlands, Valkenburg – October 2025

The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #374 is ‘on the move’. Most of what is on these photos has not moved in a long time. However, the machines they got moving again are brilliant. It is a place where they try to keep history alive and accessible, touchable and usable.

The Steamtrain Museum Katwijk Leiden is run by volunteers. It offers the history of steam trains and their use on narrow gauge tracks. And the volunteers fix up and restore old locomotives, carriages and other cars. They have a big storage full of old parts and rusty machines.

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Bird Under A Wire

A small bird standing on the platform of Amsterdam Central Station, beneath a large, arched glass roof.
The Netherlands, Amsterdam – September 2025

A small bird in a big Amsterdam Central Station. The things you see while waiting for a train.

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Connected

A group of people waiting at a train platform, some using their mobile phones, in black and white.
The Netherlands, Leiden – September 2025

On the platform waiting for a connection being connected by mobile phone.

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Brouillard

France, St. Samsom-sur-Rance – August 1996

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359 is ‘Tools of Photo Compositions: Lines, Colors and Patterns’.
A local railway track, disappearing in the fog. A photo from almost 30 years ago, taken in Brittany at St. Samsom-sur-Rance, near Dinan.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

On Policy

The Netherlands, Den Haag – May 2025

The LAPC challenge for this week (#354) is ‘reflections’. Reflecting can be visual but also in a way of contemplating. On the photo three Dutch government policy departments.

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From A Train Spotting

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – May 2025

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Arrival

The Netherlands, Den Haag – May 2025

Den Haag Central Station.

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Den Haag Central Station

The Netherlands, Den Haag – May 2025

Den Haag Central Station.

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Haagse Poort (Gateway to Den Haag)

The Netherlands, Den Haag – March 2025

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Sunset From Train


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Government Departments Soaring Over Den Haag

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2024

Government departments rise up in the sky. For some the only way is up.

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Capturing Views from a Train Window

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2024

Lines in the sky seen from one of the most beautiful frames for pictures in The Netherlands: a train window offering a beautiful frame with always changing content in it.

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Leiden Central Station

The Netherlands, Leiden – April 2024

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Haagse Poort

The Netherlands, Denmark Haag – March 2024

Office building Haagse Poort in Den Haag as seen from the train.

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Waiting

The Netherlands, Leiden – February 2024


The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #289 is ‘tools of photo composition’. Waiting for a train, enjoying the sun.

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Working from a Train

The Netherlands, Voorschtoten – November 2023

The commute from Den Haag to Leiden by train.

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Lines

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – October 2023

The trip from Den Haag to Leiden by train, offers a diverse view on fields and trees.

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Along the tracks

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – October 2023

The trip from Den Haag to Leiden by train, offers a diverse view on fields and trees.

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House at the tracks

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – October 2023

The trip from Den Haag to Leiden by train, offers a diverse view on fields and trees.

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Voorschoten

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – September 2022

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Rain and lights

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – September 2022

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Inside outside

The Netherlands, Den Haag – September 2022

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Rain Train 2

The Netherlands, Den Haag – September 2022

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Train Window

The Netherlands, Den Haag – May 2022

Lens Artists Weekly Challenge #202 is ‘Minimalism/Maximilism‘. I think this would categorize in maximalism. But I might be wrong.

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Train and Hyacinths

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

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Train and Tulips

The Netherlands, Sassenheim – April 2022

The Lens Artists Photo Challenge this week is #195: colorful expressions.

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Back to the Office

The Netherlands, Den Haag – April 2022

Hybrid working is part of the new normal: so some days at home, some at the office. It is nice to see Den Haag again.

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Close

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – March 2022

Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.

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Far

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – March 2022

Covid is still among us, but slowly we start up to the new normal. That means going back to the office some days a week, hence being in a train again. Here a view out of the window.

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Train

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – October 2021


One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful.

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Hybrid Working

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – October 2021

Since the pandemic started we worked from home. But now we start up to work at home and a few days at the office. Hybrid working. I enjoyed being on a train again, seeing the landscape, so familiar but so pleasingly fresh and new to my eyes, passing by. And yes, of course you meet a signpost on a photo.

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Rotterdam Central Station

The Netherlands, Rotterdam – October 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #117 is ‘A photo Walk’.

Last week I had to kill some time in Rotterdam near the Central Station. It was the first time I saw it close. The coming days I will post some impressions.

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Sundown Skyline

The Netherlands, Den Haag – February 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #85 is ‘treasure hunt’

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I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today

The Netherlands, Leiden – April 2019

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UK Exit December 2018

England, Folkestone – December 2018

Leaving the UK after a wonderful Christmas time with dear friends and family.

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At The End Of A Day At Work

The Netherlands, Den Haag – July 2018

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Window for Framing

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – July 2018

The windows of a train offer  a frame on a continuous changing view of the landscape.

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At the End of the Day

The Netherlands, Den Haag – July 2018

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The Hague’s High Rise

Arriving at Central Station Den Haag.

The Netherlands, Den Haag – February 2018

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Variations on a Theme – Lines in the Sky

The weekly theme is ‘variations on a theme’.

The Netherlands, Den Haag – January 2018

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Weathered – Platform

This week theme is ‘weathered’.

The Netherlands, Leiden – January 2018

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New Horizon: Get on board

This weekly theme is ‘new horizons’.

Get on board.

 

The Netherlands, Den Haag – November 2016

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On The Train: As Time Goes By

The Netherlands, Leidschendam – October 2016

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Morning (Vincent on a rainy Day)

This weekly theme is ‘morning’. It can be the start of the day, a greeting, or maybe a feeling that is coming from what you see when your morning has just started. Here is a view that makes me happy to be inside a train. This one reminds me a bit of a Vincent van Gogh painting, a nice way to start your day looking at something beautiful.

 

The Netherlands, Voorschoten – Juni 2016

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Morning (Rainy Day)

This weekly theme is ‘morning’. It can be the start of the day, a greeting, or maybe a feeling that is coming from what you see when your morning has just started. Here is a view that makes me happy to be inside a train.

The Netherlands, Den Haag – June 2016

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A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link