Dominic Stucki

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European, democrat, public transport specialist and rail nerd from Zürich, Switzerland. Writes endless rail travel threads. Job: Concepts and network design at SBB. 🦣 urbanists.social/@dominicstucki 🌐 dominicstucki.ch

Detail of a very rusty OLE mast somewhere in France. Original Chemins de fer de l'Etat from 1937.
An old building in the last rays of sunlight of a late evening
Interior of a dimly lit Corail train in the evening
The same spot as before, only that the shadows have advanced considerably towards the bridge. A Prima locomotive hauls a container train towards the West.
A low bridge spanning the canal and a nearby road in a valley. All surrounded by forest. A Sybic with a Corail train passes the bridge in warm evening light.
An old multi-storey industrial building at a canal in the forest in the warm evening light.
A stone arch viaduct spans a slightly rippled Canal in the middle of a forest in a valley. A silver "Fluo" liveried Sybic with a rake of Corail carriages, of which only the first is visible, crosses the bridge.
TGV Duplex at Strasbourg station
Ouigo train classique with a Nez Cassé in Nogent station. Not my train, sadly.
A street in town. To storey buildings lit up by the first sunlight of the day
Wild berries in the soft morning light
Old bus stop sign for Nogent's city bus network, called "nobus"
The Corail train glints in the morning sun
A Néz Cassé in livrée béton hauls a rake of Corail carriages under old, rusty askew catenary masts.
A diesel loco, in former Fret SNCF colours, at the rear of a construction train
In grey-ish morning light just before sunrise, a silver fantôme liveried Nez Cassé hauls a long rake of Corail carriages past an old telephone or electricity pole.
In a strange grey light shortly before sunrise, an AGC passes. Straight stretch of line across fields, old catenary, a wooden electricity or telephone pole to the left.
Dawn over a little town. Orange colours on the horizon.
One side of an old house and a few leafs in trees are still illuminated by an incredibly warm evening light. The rest is in the shadow
Going away shot of the loco and a Corail after they passed the photographer
The same picture as above, but taken a second or so later. The loco is now closer to the photographer and hides most of the station building. On the other hand, the old catenary pole forms a nice frame, there are nearly no shadows on the loco and it looks a bit more dynamic, as the train enters a curve.
A béton liveried Nez Cassé BB 7200 with a long rake of Corail carriages bolts through the small station of Condé sure Huisne. An old, surprisingly big and surprisingly well preserved station building to the right - even if it's not in use anymore. Warm evening light, the bushes on the platform throw long shadows on the train.
The centre of Nogent-le-Rotrou with older houses in the hot evening sun
Profile view of a 2NNG in Centre Val-de-Loire livery at Chartres station
Ouigo Train classic speeding through Chartres station with a BB22200 Nez Cassé in béton live, hauling another Nez Cassé in Ouigo livery and its train.
Croissant, Pain au Chocolat, Coffee and Orange Juice
Screen shot of Rémi Trains twitter account, accessed through a third party site. Tweets informing about the disruption and that all trains are cancelled.
View across the station square after sunset to the station building. Orange colours in the sky.
The new footbridge across the tracks at Chartres stations. Lifts and stairs leading down to the platforms. A Corail train on platform 1B, the Chartres cathedral in the background.
The small station building of Saint-Piat with a ticket machine in Rémi design.
An old bus Stop sign. A yellow board with a huge black "A" on it, below a blue rectangle with a bus symbol and the logo of Eure-et-Loire - not actually a design masterpiece...
A small Bar Tabac at the main intersection in an old house. A few tables and chairs outside, shaded by a very old tree. Two locals having a chat.
On a stretch of railway next to a dirt path through the fields, a fantôme liveried Nez Cassé with 7 Corail carriages on her way towards Paris.
Two Diesel locos hauling a service train from a track work site, which was set up during the night
The same spot as before where the railway line passes between two bushes next to the little road. Only this time, it's a class BB7200 Nez Cassé in fantôme livery with 8 Corail carriages. As the photo is taken from a slightly lower position as usual, the loco looks narrow and high, a bit like the first Nez Cassé ever, the CC 40100.
A table with all the diagrams in the morning peak towards Paris, provided daily by Rémi Train on their Twitter account. It shows which departures are worked with which rolling stock. 862504, the second Corail, is cancelled completely. 862506, the third Corail, is only cancelled between Chartres and Paris.
A TER 2NNG double deck EMU passing between two bushes under the old catenary. To the left, a small and quiet route départementale.
A Régio2N at the same spot as the Nez Cassé in the post above, but the picture is taken without the pole. High grass is blocking the view on the lower part of the train.
Under completely rusty but beautifully filigran catenary poles leaning in all directions, a silver-blue class BB7200 Nez Cassé hauls a rake of nine identicalliy looking Corail carriages in standard TER silver liver. A harvested cornfield in the forground, a row of trees and bushes in the background.
Chartres station at blue hour. Of course, it has a newly built car-free station square with plants and trees.
A Corail train at Chartres station in the evening
The huge Cathedral of Chartres behind a row of old town houses.
Vierzon station
A four-car AGC in Centre-Val-de-Loire livery at the same spot as the Intercités a few posts above.
Two Rémi AGC in close to original livery at the station in Vierzon
The France Tractée map, a bit adapted: Fire icons splattered across the south, suitcase icons in Grand-Est, the lines around Lille crossed out, a few ticks around Paris and a construction barrier on the Line to Le Mans.
A dry field seen from the bike. The Shadow shows me on the Birdy. And no, I wasn't wearing a Cowboy hat. 😅
Fantôme Néz Cassé in front of a standard rake of seven Intercités carriages. The line runs through dry, high grass which looks golden in the morning light
Just after sunrise, a very weird looking Nez Cassé, livrée fantôme, but with a green nose, hauls a long rake of Intercités and Intercités de Nuit carriages. It's the Aurillac/Albi/Brive-Paris, first train on the POLT in the morning. The line has filligrane old catenary poles.
High street in Vierzon. Not very nice looking apartment buildings at the entrance to the old town.
A golden tram in a street in the historic centre, leading right up to Orléans' cathedral. Absolutely huge french flags over the street.
The train at the platform in Orléans
Fantôme Sybic working in Intercité service with 7 Corail carriages passing through the station past the old freight hall.
The small station of Angerville.
Météo France weather forecast for Toulouse. 39° to 41° C max temperatures.
Under a dull grey sky, a Nez Cassé in white-blue-orange livery hauls a night train with white Corail carriages.
Sunrise over the flat landscape along the railway line. But out of a sudden, a grey wall of clouds appeared on the horizon.
Silhouette of a row of trees against the pastel colours in the early morning before sunrise
Shot half against the light. A Sybic BB 26000 with vinyls coming off at the front hauls a rake of silver Corail carriages, the 2nd one in a dire looking condition. Very warm light, the front of the loco is completely in the shadow, but the side of the loco glints in the low evening sun.
Fresh baguette, a glass with tapenade, Cantal cheese, tomato and water next to the old Nikon D200 camera in the grass.