It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of blue trains, it was the age of green trains.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of blue trains, it was the age of green trains.
Growing up all trains were yellow. And we had two types. Today I really like how we have such diversity in train liveries

We could do with a high-viz option.
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@cazmockett inspired by mini Caz!
@Pepijn she says "hi"

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@sorenhave Look at it shine!

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Live report from the railroad-bridge-replacement-bus-replacement-bicycle:
Yes, #bahn indeed just leaves the fricking #Friesenbrücke in non-accessibility mode overnight (with, and I'm not kidding, up-to-date opening times on an obscure Instagram page).
No 14 km impromptu hike this week. I got my bike and more-so I had already made the choice to take the western route from Leer.
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@Pepijn In Low German (Plattdüütsch) 'Motacilla alba' is also called 'Wippsteert' (spelling may vary). There's even a folk band with this name.
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Huh. Surprising lack of Schengen violations here at the German - Dutch border. They should try that approach to busses and trains.
Also a surprising lack of a bike lane on the Dutch side of the border

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@Pepijn In Low German (Plattdüütsch) 'Motacilla alba' is also called 'Wippsteert' (spelling may vary). There's even a folk band with this name.
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@Pepijn not to mention to signmakers around the world. That font and.. well, everything.. my eyes!
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Huh. Surprising lack of Schengen violations here at the German - Dutch border. They should try that approach to busses and trains.
Also a surprising lack of a bike lane on the Dutch side of the border

Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
@Pepijn er ligt er nog een naast met een paal erin?
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@Pepijn er ligt er nog een naast met een paal erin?
@venite daarnaast is alleen een paal (3x dacht ik). Waarschijnlijk om de berm te beschermen. Dit ding ligt niet in de lijn van de palen.
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
@Pepijn I'm curious! Perhaps the maintenance of the sign must be done from a firm plateau?
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@venite daarnaast is alleen een paal (3x dacht ik). Waarschijnlijk om de berm te beschermen. Dit ding ligt niet in de lijn van de palen.
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
No offence meant to the inhabitants of the Netherlands but o m g is your landscape boring. It's the skies that save it.
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
@Pepijn uitkijkpost voor als de Duitsers binnenvallen?
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
Ooo, fun mystery!
My first guess, based on the size/shape of the opening, is accessing a pump for the canal. But I do not, personally, know of an appropriate cement for such an application without lift points in the plug.
The lid is likely required to meet a set of security requirements to prevent tampering, thus must be quite difficult to remove in an apparently remote location.
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@venite daarnaast is alleen een paal (3x dacht ik). Waarschijnlijk om de berm te beschermen. Dit ding ligt niet in de lijn van de palen.
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
Now this is #infrastructure. By the people, for the people.
Beautiful.
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Ok. Wtf fietspad / bikelane is this.
I get the concrete path but what mystical CROW guideline required installation of a one square meter super well finished block of red concrete.
@Pepijn probably a cover for something to do with that drain/ditch in the background?
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Now this is #infrastructure. By the people, for the people.
Beautiful.
@Pepijn #olifantenpaadjes are the best!
They even have a website...
http://www.olifantenpaadjes.nl/