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This is a pretty photo (of a not-terribly-attractive train station, albeit one with great views of the city's cathedral), but the blurred train detracts considerably from the EV. It would have been better to have taken the photo while the train was stopped or waited for it to have cleared the
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Considering primarily the potential EV of this image you are certainly right. From a purely photographic point of view, however, I disagree strongly. Without a dynamic element such as the train in motion, the station is rather boring imo.
218:- How did you manage to get such an empty platform at 21:00 hour? About encyclopedic value, next time try with another picture of RE1 towards Aachen ;) It's timetable holds real EV, something oppose German-Engineering.
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We used to get tons of railway and train nominations, but we haven't in a while. So... here's a beautiful shot of the interior of the Köln
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