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GDS - HFHJ M8356 viewsDiesel GDS-HFHJ M8- "Marcipanbrød Jubilee"
60 years ago Danish factory Frichs delivered 9 diesel-electric engines to 8 private lines in Denmark.
The North Zealand Railway Club owns two of these engines: former GDS locomotive L1 and former HFHJ M8 (above)
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351 viewsGribskovbanen, GDS L 1
Built in 1952 - GDS L 1 is equipped with 2 x 6-cylinder 375 HP turbocharged Frichs diesel engines, each pulling a main and auxiliary dynamo. Dynamo are supplying power to the two traction motors that draw the locomotive. Motorvolumet is 2 x 42 liters.
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347 viewsGasworks, INCREASE No. 1 - 0-4-0 Saddle Tank - Built by Hudswell Clarke as No.498 in Leeds in 1899
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344 viewsAn hour later at Gronnehave, 4-4-0 DSB K 582 has run around the train and is ready to depart back to Graested
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340 viewsNow running forward on the return, the timetable is for a shorter return time and therefore even faster speeds.
It had started to rain on the return but I was not going to miss a shot from behind the tender from the front platform of the now front open carriage. Worth getting damp for!!
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339 viewsLyngby - Nærum Railway, LNJ Sm 13 Railbus
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339 viewsMore rolling stock in the sheds at Graested.
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337 viewsThis actually works - The bell rings to tell of approaching trains !!
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337 viewsService trains passing at Graested station
     
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