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Photofreights in Denmark - Why Club 40?

The name has been chosen for several reasons: 40 is about the right number of participants in a price/room ratio, and steam photographers are not getting any younger!

Club 40 was established early in 1998 as a support group for photo freights and organizer of railtours in Denmark and abroad. The Club is not supposed to generate any assets - all profits will be used to arrange further specials.

We are trying to arrange one or two events every year with historical locomotives and rolling stock. While most of our specials have been steam hauled, we have also used NOHAB/GM and other historic diesel stock.

As many quality photostops and runpasts as practically possible are part of every tour.

Club 40 enjoys the continuing support of a number of regular passengers. The regulars come from all over the world; mainly Germany and Denmark, but an increasing number of Dutch and English photographers are joining our tours. We have even been able to attract interest from photographers from Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Japan.

Since 1984 we have helped planning and running railtours in Denmark for a number of visiting groups and tour operators. During recent years we have assisted Steam Loco Safaris, The Railway Touring Company, DGEG, IGE Railtours, the Belgian GM Society and LCGB in arranging railtours in Denmark.

We collaborate closely with the Danish Railway Museum and the railway preservation societies.

We will be happy to suggest an itinerary for a visit to Denmark and/or South Sweden with visits to museums and special trains on mainline and preserved railways.

Further information from:

Club 40 c/o Jakob Stilling, Svalevej 7, DK-2900 Hellerup, tel. +45 39 40 01 19.

Coming events:

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Our CV - Railtours organized by Club 40:

1997

October: R 963 and photofreight Roskilde-Næstved return (co-organizer: Johs. Damsgaard Hansen)

1998

May: E 991 and photofreight Roskilde-Gedser return

K 563 and photofreight Roskilde-Avnsøgård return

September: Hs 415 shunting in Odense Docks

1999

May: PR 908 Randers-Struer-Randers and K 563 Randers-Auning-Randers & F 441 + F 653 shunting in Randers Docks

September: LJ 19 + LJ 20 on photofreights + harbour shunt on Maribo-Bandholm line

2001

May: R 946 and mixed train Skanderborg-Herning-Skjern-Struer-Randers (two days)

2002

August: Mx 1001 and mixed train Skanderborg-Borris return

2004

March: HTJ  S50 Tølløse-Høng-Slagelse return

May: F 441 shunting in Randers Docks & K 563 and mixed train Randers-Viborg-Randers.

S 736 and mixed train Randers-Viborg-Stoholm return.

2007

September: K 564 with non-bogie wooden open veranda passenger stock Tølløse-Roskilde-Svebølle-Tølløse-Høng

S 736 with steel mainline stock Roskilde-Køge-Næstved-Køge-Roskilde

2009

May: E 991 with steel mainline stock (Randers-) Viborg-Rønbjerg (-Randers)

November: E 991 and photofreight Randers-Struer and return

December: My 1101 and Mo 1846 with steel mainline stock Copenhagen-Gedser and return

2010

May: November: E 991 with steel mainline stock Randers-Struer and return

F 441 shunting in Randers Docks

Mo 1954 Randers-Stoholm

September: My 1159 with steel mainline stock "Neptun" Roskilde-Gedser and return

2011

June: HV 3 + K 563 and photofreight Randers-Mariager

Furthermore, we did a 5 day tour for Steam Loco Safaris in 2000, using K 563 and PR 908 on Sealand and E 991, F 441 and R 946 in Jutland, and assisted LCGB and RTC planning specials with K 563 and E 991 and on the Mariager-Handest preserved line in 2004.

Please also have a look at the photographs in our gallery page - most of them were taken by participants in the tour, during runpasts and should, we hope, give you an idea of the photographic possibilities of joining a Club 40 tour.