The last day of operation for the Class 420 on the S1 line of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr.

What used to be the standard bi-level cab car has now become a rare sight.

At the start of the evening rush.

An 3-car DMU begins its journey towards the airport.

One of the new cab cars leads an evening rush-hour train past the staging yard along Front St. West.

A TGV Thalys passing a cut of freight cars west of Bochum-Ehrenfeld, on its way to Paris Nord.

An ICE 3 working an early morning service to the south.

An InterCity train departs from the west end of Wuppertal Hbf.

An RE 7 continuing along its circuitous route to Krefeld Hbf via Cologne.

An ICE 3 rounding the final curve west of Bochum Hbf, before making a routine stop. The platform of Bochum Ehrenfeld S-Bahn Station can be seen on the right.

Although it is not, Cologne Central Station acts as a stub-end station for ICE services connecting the north and south of Germany. This train had just made a station stop here, changed ends, and w... (more)

An RE4 service rounds the curve towards Bahnhof Wetter.

The older trains serve the Dortmund Hbf-Essen Steele Ost portion of the S1 route (Dortmund Hbf-Solingen Hbf) these days, while the newer Br 422 terminate in Bochum Hbf.

The older trains serve the Dortmund Hbf-Essen Steele Ost portion of the S1 route (Dortmund Hbf-Solingen Hbf) these days, while the newer Br 422 terminate in Bochum Hbf.

An ICE 3 on its journey towards the south.