Growing up in the #Dutch #Frisian north the #Koplopers (head walkers) were the #trains you took for serious long journeys (locally we had the diesel #Wadloper units) to far away places like #Groningen or #Utrecht. Now they're just local Dutch trains I take to get to the international one :-) After four decades they still look sharp!

*Koploper: originally the three and four wagon units had doors that opened and allowed passengers to cross below the drivers cabin.