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Nice panning shot of an ICE departing Zürich station. Photo by Dreamer7112.

The Brockenbahn is the most popular part of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, a narrow-gauge (metre gauge) steam network in Germany’s Harz Mountains. Photo by kohelet74.

Quite by accident, this week’s Daily Flickr Photos will all be of German railways. For today’s picture, here’s a stunning sunset shot from Bergisch Gladbach. Photo by little_wing.

Oh. Oh dear. I assume there’s a simple explanation for this bit of track in the Ruhr Valley in Germany. Photo by nemo585.

A German ICE (Inter-City Express) leaves Berlin in the snow; this photo was apparently taken about a year ago. Photo by JoJo4Art.

A pretty shot of a train loading at a grain terminal in Kingfisher, Oklahoma after sunset. Long exposure. Photo by marvin908.

Beautiful shot from a coal mine in Inner Mongolia, China. (See also this neat shot of a steamer hauling coal in empties Heilongjiang Province by the same photographer.) Photo by tarboat.

A speeder decked out with decorations and gifts in Portland, Oregon. Photo by patmans.

Trains come in plastic wrapping too? (This is a Stadler FLIRT.) Photo by derbaron.

This abandoned rail line in Illinois appears to have had its bridge burned out from under it. Photo by jimfrazier.