Thanks. I only saw steam in the BRD a few times in 1968 in Konstanz and again in 1970 in Kaiserslautern. By the time I finally visited the former DDR in 1993, it was gone.
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Thank you Karl-Heinz for sharing these pictures! Incredible as it may seem it looks like they actually still used steam then.
You bet. In the summer of 1976 my brother and I caught a train in Lund, Sweden, progressed to Trelleborg, Sweden, where the train, minus locomotive, was put on a ferry to Sassnitz, East Germany. To our surprise, a 4-6-2 Pacific hooked up and brought our train to East Berlin. There were many coal fired, mainline steam locomotives in the East Berlin Bahnhof. We then caught a train to Warsaw, Poland, where we also saw mainline steam. Big fun for a 25 year old...
Very nice! I was in Germany in 1970 (when I was a kid) and well remember German steam.
Hi all,
here are some Pics from 1971 from Helmstedt at the German Border to East Germany.
Steam and Diesel from the Deutsche Reichsbahn(DR):
DR Class 01 Pacific 01 2114 -5
DR Class 03 Light Pacific rebuild 03 2235-4 Russian Diesel DR Class V200 DR Class 118 316-6 East German built
DR Class 03 Light Pacific rebuild 03 2235-4
Russian Diesel DR Class V200 DR Class 118 316-6 East German built
Russian Diesel DR Class V200
DR Class 118 316-6 East German built
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