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  Union Pacific
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  • Union Pacific
      Union Pacific
    by Luchonda
  • Winter in ... Lourdes
      Winter in ... Lourdes
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  • Tsoecke tsoecke train
      Tsoecke tsoecke train
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  • Union Pacific
      Union Pacific
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  • The real station, today - 2008
      The real station, today - 2008
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Hotel de Lourdes: A meal with good blessing shadows

Hotel de Lourdes: A meal with good blessing shadows, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  The ambience is double faced. One side is the atmosphere of many tourists looking for a good acceptable meal, an ice cream or pancake - a good Belgian beer (Trappist) - On the other side - a location for businessmen to have a quick lunch in this becoming industrial area of... 

Transportation  

Never a bridge too far

Never a bridge too far, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  Train spotting, a hobby for young and old. My parents gave us a complete set at he occasion of X-mas, it might be 40 years ago. Fleischman and Marklin were the top brands.If i still would have this antique toys..... i never will make an offer on E-bay. 

Union Pacific

Union Pacific, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  I can imagine that the "union pacific" is only to be spotted in the States. But in dreams of old and young, the UP can operate in every hobby room, cellar or ceiling. 

Get the train 25004 - Steel Cabooses

Get the train 25004 - Steel Cabooses, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  After retirement by UP, the road's CA-3s were donated, sold, and scrapped. In one of the more flamboyant examples of post-railroad service, UP CA-3 25004 was painted purple and used as a visitor information center near the campground of the Lagoon amusement park in... 

Union Pacific

Union Pacific, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  No "Asperin" needed when the Union Pacific is passing by on a model railroadway , longer than 50 meters. The remembrance on railroad history, about 2 decades ago, started in little Belgium ( Antwerp and Mechelen). 

Next stop is "Oostakker" station

Next stop is "Oostakker" station, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  The essence of model railroading is creating a miniature slice of life with trains as the focal point. Besides a fantastic "Comic strip" library - a seperate film studio and a private ..... 

Trans Europ Express

Trans Europ Express, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  Locomotive model railroading comes with a digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, sound effects generator, and other auxiliary functions. 

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Winter in ..... Oostakker/Ghent

Winter in ..... Oostakker/Ghent, Oostakker

 Luchonda Says:  There is not much to tell, and to see in Oostakker. It is just a nice little town, eastern side of Ghent, my hometown. In wintertime it is special to stroll around in "Lourdes" - to relax in a so called "green area" near Ghent A nice little town, some good pubs and... 

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 Oostakker is a pelgrimage for many catholic believers in Flanders and located in "Parc Slotendries" very close to the highway R4 - Kennedylaan. Pieter De Rudder was cured of a bone disease in 1875 - a... 

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