Past the Vierendeelbridge across the Albertcanal the track disappears from sight until it surfaces again in Eigenbilzen from the bushes !
At Eigenbilzen for a few hundred meters the track follows the road on streetlevel, after that it descends into a deep excavation. (station-location?)12 Aug 2007
Op deze locatie stond ooit het station van Eigenbilzen.12 Aug 2007
The Eigenbilzen station in the old days.
From the collection of Guy Demeulder.
for more old postcards see : Les gares belges d'autrefois
Across this excavation there are two viaducts. The first one seems to be the oldest.
12 Aug 2007
View from this viaduct into the deep. No tracks to be seen.
12 Aug 2007
View over this viaduct in direction of the church.12 Aug 2007
Here the second, younger looking viaduct.
12 Aug 2007
At Hoelbeek we find this fine looking bricked viaduct.
12 Aug 2007
Viaduct in Hoelbeek.
12 Aug 2007
In Munsterbilzen was on this location a larger stationhouse, from where trains were being served until the late 50th..
12 Aug 2007
During the reconstruction of the road the railway crossing had to disappear.
12 Aug 2007
vThe Munsterbilzen station in the old days.
From the collection of Guy Demeulder.
for more old postcards see : Les gares belges d'autrefois
Past the station location we look in direction of Hasselt. Sleepers and rails piled up.12 Aug 2007
Driving in the Spurk direction we find an old railway crossing. Rails still in the pavement.12 Aug 2007
At Spurk 3 railroads come together. The oldest line is Maastricht-Hasselt, then the connection Beverst-Bilzen and the higher line Genk-Bilzen. At this railroad junction is a tangle of viaducts and railway crossings. To make it more clear the locations are numbered; you can also click on a mumber to orientate.
1 The rails in the former railway crossing of the Ribusweg in Spurk is covered with sand.Aug 12, 2007
2 Across this viaduct the single-track freight-railway 21C from Genk-Goederen to Bilzen. This line was built in 1932.Aug 12, 2007
Line 21C in direction of Bilzen.Aug 12, 2007
Looking from the viaduct on the old railway Maastricht-Hasselt.Aug 12, 2007
3 Further on in Spurk we find an old viaduct across the railway Maastricht-Hasselt at the Hoogbrugstraat.Aug 12, 2007
No more track to be seen.Aug 12, 2007
At the same Hoogbrugstraat is a railway crossing in the line Hasselt-Tongeren. Here a lease-loc of the MRCE (Mitsui Rail Capital Europe B.V.) with a freight train heading for the crossing.Aug 12, 2007
4 Notice the Belgian railways ride on the left side.Aug 12, 2007
5 Further on in the Hoogbrugstraat a viaduct of the line 21C.Aug 12, 2007
On this viaduct a Dieselpair (ie. NMBS 5503) is waiting for the green light to enter line 34.Aug 12, 2007
6 At this spot our line 20 connected to the Hasselt-Tongeren railroad.
Aug 12, 2007
As an extra a freight train pulled by the NMBS 5518 heading for Hasselt.Aug 12, 2007
H.J.Vos
2002/2007
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