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UK trip part 5 - Scotland and Amsterdam

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Reini

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Hi again to the last part of my UK trip, now I headed down to south eastern europe, where I spent another week.

The Caledonian sleepers were two hours late due to a power failure in Preston. Finally I arrived in Inverness at 10:30:

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This unit will take me to Aberdeen:

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In Aberdeen I canged for Dundee, where I’ve gone for a walk to find this spot of the Tay Bridge:

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Another Aberdeen bound HST is crossing the bridge:

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After I spent a night in Glasgow I went down to Harwich International via Preston, Leeds, Chesterfield and Norwich.
A DRS Class 66 in Preston:

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Once again some photos from Leeds:

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In Chesterfield, I got some HST in the MML livery:

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Norwich:

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My train is arriving in Norwich:

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And departing from Manningtree:

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The last shots of the UK of this year were taken in Harwich International:

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„Thank you for using Harwich International Port“

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Now it was time to board the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland. I slept very well in this cabin:

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On the next morning, another ship followed us:

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NS Sprinter is awaiting the departure from Hoek van Holland Haven, it will bring me to Rotterdam Centraal:

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The „Stena Hollandica“ in full length:

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In Rotterdam I had to change for Amsterdam, where I planned to spend some hours:

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Amsterdam is a lovely city, but crowded with tourists:

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The Hard Rock Café:

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Amsterdam Centraal station:

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I took the 14:34 ICE service to Köln, where I had to change for Munich. Finally I arrived in Munich where I one hour time until my sleeper to Zagreb will leave.
The Austrian 1116 041 arrived with an EC train from Vienna. It is one of the locos who got a spezial livery for the European Championship:

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Some time later, Arriva 183 002 arrived:

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From Zagreb I went to Sarajevo where I met a friend who plannend the second part of my trip containig all states of former Jugoslawia.
 
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richa2002

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Wow, this sounds like an amazing trip. Any chance of seeing the pics from Eastern Europe? It's certainly very interesting over there!
 

richa2002

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Ohh, and, nice shot of the French Taurus! I saw the German one whilst I was away :).
 
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