Berny's photos with the keyword: Orientexpress

train 654 inside - a little bit of decayed luxury see PiP!

I think the diesel tanks above made a strange feeling..... There was a cockpit with an 8 cylinder engine on each end of the train (2 x 365 PS).

It's a strange story about this abandoned train, rotting on a siding track in Leuven, east of Brussels. An urban explorer posted images of this train a time ago and called it "Orientexpress". Another photographer took this story for real and posted a very detailed description and history of the real Orientexpress and so on. Today you can find numerous misleading stories. But actually it was not the Orientexpress, but a luxurious and a very intersting diesel train built in 1936 and we were happy to explore it especially inside, before it disappears. In fact, it's a Type 654 DMU (diesel multiple unit) of the Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB). Those trains were once the pride of Belgium railways, but today this is the only one left.