https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/album/29673 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/57/5C/23639.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/album/29673 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:02:12 +0000 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:02:12 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/2138515/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2008-06-05,doc-2138515 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:54:25 +0000 2008-06-05T13:54:25+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/2138515/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/106/85/15/2138515.ef5a97cc.240.jpg?r2" width="161" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I decided to have a Weissbier in one of the pubs in Berlin Hbf while I waited for train #NZ242. From Berlin, it would be on to Brussels, then to London St. Pancras on the Eurostar, the London Underground to Paddington, and finally the Intercity 125 for Cardiff.</div> Franziskaner Weissbier, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/2138515/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/106/85/15/2138515.ef5a97cc.240.jpg?r2" width="161" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I decided to have a Weissbier in one of the pubs in Berlin Hbf while I waited for train #NZ242. From Berlin, it would be on to Brussels, then to London St. Pancras on the Eurostar, the London Underground to Paddington, and finally the Intercity 125 for Cardiff.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/651045/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-06,doc-651045 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:01 +0000 2007-09-06T15:31:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/651045/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/10/45/651045.00ba9cd2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The new Berlin Hbf, while based on an older design, is so heavily rebuilt at this point that it's basically a two-year-old station. It's crammed with shops of all kinds, in addition to hosting an immense number of trains everyday (It would be cool to know the precise number, but I don't.). While waiting for my train, and photographing the Scandlines night train that had just arrived, I also noticed the opportunity to compose this shot, so I did.</div> Berlin Hbf Ceiling, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/651045/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/10/45/651045.00ba9cd2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The new Berlin Hbf, while based on an older design, is so heavily rebuilt at this point that it's basically a two-year-old station. It's crammed with shops of all kinds, in addition to hosting an immense number of trains everyday (It would be cool to know the precise number, but I don't.). While waiting for my train, and photographing the Scandlines night train that had just arrived, I also noticed the opportunity to compose this shot, so I did.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/649001/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-649001 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:30:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:30:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/649001/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/90/01/649001.aaa9dba7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="170" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the entrance to a World War II bomb shelter that was located in one of the Untergrundbahn stations, although regrettably I've forgotten which one. If anyone remembers I would love to know.</div> World War II Bomb Shelter, Unknown U-Bahn Station, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/649001/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/90/01/649001.aaa9dba7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="170" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the entrance to a World War II bomb shelter that was located in one of the Untergrundbahn stations, although regrettably I've forgotten which one. If anyone remembers I would love to know.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/649000/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-649000 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:30:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:30:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/649000/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/90/00/649000.8e8524cf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was one of the most difficult photos that I took on my whole visit to Berlin, as they wouldn't let me take my tripod into the museum, so I had to wedge the camera between some things, I forget exactly what. Somehow, in spite of this, and in spite of shooting Agfa APX, which is only a 100 ISO film, I managed to get a reasonably crisp shot in lighting that was so dark it was even noticable to the human eye.</div> Steam Marine Engine, Technical Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/649000/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/90/00/649000.8e8524cf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was one of the most difficult photos that I took on my whole visit to Berlin, as they wouldn't let me take my tripod into the museum, so I had to wedge the camera between some things, I forget exactly what. Somehow, in spite of this, and in spite of shooting Agfa APX, which is only a 100 ISO film, I managed to get a reasonably crisp shot in lighting that was so dark it was even noticable to the human eye.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648999/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648999 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:30:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:30:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648999/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/99/648999.cc2d4b13.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="150" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the Berlin Technical Museum....or whatever that is in German. I've forgotten. :-) The airplane, unless I'm wrong (please someone correct me if I'm wrong) is a Douglas DC-3, which was closely related to the C-47 Skytrains used during the Berlin airlift.</div> Technical Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648999/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/99/648999.cc2d4b13.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="150" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the Berlin Technical Museum....or whatever that is in German. I've forgotten. :-) The airplane, unless I'm wrong (please someone correct me if I'm wrong) is a Douglas DC-3, which was closely related to the C-47 Skytrains used during the Berlin airlift.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648998/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648998 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648998/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/98/648998.bbf72c77.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="65" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This technically bad, blurred, photo was shot from a train, as this was about the only chance I got to see Tempelhof, and I didn't want to pass it up. As Wikipedia says, "Designated by the ministry of transportation on October 8, 1923, Tempelhof is the world's oldest commercial airport, and the world's first airport being connected to a subway-network in 1927." That's something very impressive to me, especially when you consider that it was also the first with restaurants and shops like modern airports, all 25 years before the first jet airliners. It has long enough runways to take 747 jumbo jets, but aircraft visiting Tempelhof are often expected to taxi under certain overhead bridges in the airport that were constructed long before aircraft got so large, so today most planes using Tempelhof are very small by the standards of modern airliners, and there has been talk of closing the airport. I hope myself that it will survive as a museum, and I would support any such effort to preserve it.</div> Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648998/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/98/648998.bbf72c77.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="65" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This technically bad, blurred, photo was shot from a train, as this was about the only chance I got to see Tempelhof, and I didn't want to pass it up. As Wikipedia says, "Designated by the ministry of transportation on October 8, 1923, Tempelhof is the world's oldest commercial airport, and the world's first airport being connected to a subway-network in 1927." That's something very impressive to me, especially when you consider that it was also the first with restaurants and shops like modern airports, all 25 years before the first jet airliners. It has long enough runways to take 747 jumbo jets, but aircraft visiting Tempelhof are often expected to taxi under certain overhead bridges in the airport that were constructed long before aircraft got so large, so today most planes using Tempelhof are very small by the standards of modern airliners, and there has been talk of closing the airport. I hope myself that it will survive as a museum, and I would support any such effort to preserve it.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648997/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648997 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648997/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/97/648997.e59203e4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="154" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">And...here it is, an active rail facility, Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt, still in existence in a railyard that's been abandoned for so long that trees are growing through the tracks and the whole place has become a park. I wasn't trespassing when I took this, by the way, but rather I found a crack in the door just barely big enough for my lens, and then I had to crop this before I posted it. That train sitting there, by the way, is an old untergrundbahn, or subway/metro train, and I have no idea what it's doing here.</div> Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648997/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/97/648997.e59203e4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="154" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">And...here it is, an active rail facility, Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt, still in existence in a railyard that's been abandoned for so long that trees are growing through the tracks and the whole place has become a park. I wasn't trespassing when I took this, by the way, but rather I found a crack in the door just barely big enough for my lens, and then I had to crop this before I posted it. That train sitting there, by the way, is an old untergrundbahn, or subway/metro train, and I have no idea what it's doing here.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648996/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648996 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648996/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/96/648996.bac2a2c2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Very oddly, the Bruckenmeisterei shed isn't considered part of the park, and is in fact still occupied.</div> Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt Shed Door, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648996/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/96/648996.bac2a2c2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Very oddly, the Bruckenmeisterei shed isn't considered part of the park, and is in fact still occupied.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648995/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648995 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648995/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/95/648995.275835b3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the coal bunker at Bruckenmeisterei shed, and very surprisingly it still has coal in it, although indeed everything is surprising in this yard-turned-park.</div> Coal Bunker, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648995/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/95/648995.275835b3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the coal bunker at Bruckenmeisterei shed, and very surprisingly it still has coal in it, although indeed everything is surprising in this yard-turned-park.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648994/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648994 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648994/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/94/648994.d534ab2e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the waterspout at Bruckenmeisterei shed, pretty well intact, from the look of it, although I doubt that there's any water left in the tower posted earlier.</div> Water Spout, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648994/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/94/648994.d534ab2e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the waterspout at Bruckenmeisterei shed, pretty well intact, from the look of it, although I doubt that there's any water left in the tower posted earlier.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648993/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648993 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648993/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/93/648993.1078d34d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is one of the signs that I've been talking about all this time, over the former yard office which is now the park office. So which is it? Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, or Bruckenmeisterei (or for that matter, Bruckmeisterei West)?</div> Bruckenmeisterei West Office, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648993/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/93/648993.1078d34d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is one of the signs that I've been talking about all this time, over the former yard office which is now the park office. So which is it? Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, or Bruckenmeisterei (or for that matter, Bruckmeisterei West)?</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648991/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648991 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648991/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/91/648991.e02d847d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was the turntable for near the Bruckenmeisterei West office, which also is situated close to the Bruckenmeisterei shed and the Class 50 2-10-0 I found, as well as other steam-related facilities.</div> Turntable, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648991/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/91/648991.e02d847d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was the turntable for near the Bruckenmeisterei West office, which also is situated close to the Bruckenmeisterei shed and the Class 50 2-10-0 I found, as well as other steam-related facilities.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648990/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648990 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:29:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648990/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/90/648990.c7f8f470.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the water tower at Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, or Bruckenmeisterei, if you will. This was where I found the Bruckenmeisterei signs, on the former yard office, which is now occupied, appropriately enough, by the offices of the park's management.</div> Water Tower, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648990/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/90/648990.c7f8f470.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the water tower at Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, or Bruckenmeisterei, if you will. This was where I found the Bruckenmeisterei signs, on the former yard office, which is now occupied, appropriately enough, by the offices of the park's management.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648989/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648989 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:28:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648989/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/89/648989.31beef1f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was one of the highpoints of my visit to Berlin. You know how I said that everything in the yard was just left as-is? Well, that even included this former Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 50 2-10-0, although it's been stripped for parts. Someone repainted it, though, in order to control rust on it and make it look nicer in what is now a relatively clean and green park.</div> ex-DR #503707-2, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648989/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/89/648989.31beef1f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was one of the highpoints of my visit to Berlin. You know how I said that everything in the yard was just left as-is? Well, that even included this former Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 50 2-10-0, although it's been stripped for parts. Someone repainted it, though, in order to control rust on it and make it look nicer in what is now a relatively clean and green park.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648988/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648988 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:28:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648988/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/88/648988.df9ee22e.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is another shot of the path through the Rangier Bahnhof Tempelhof park, showing a turnout in the track. This was approaching the hump, as this railyard was a hump yard, in spite of being built and abandoned in the steam era.</div> Track to Trail, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Picture 2, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648988/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/88/648988.df9ee22e.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is another shot of the path through the Rangier Bahnhof Tempelhof park, showing a turnout in the track. This was approaching the hump, as this railyard was a hump yard, in spite of being built and abandoned in the steam era.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648987/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648987 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:28:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648987/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/87/648987.064af54e.240.jpg?r2" width="175" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is part of the trail through the Bruckenmeisterei/Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof park, made out of one of the old tracks, as like I said almost nothing was scrapped.</div> Track to Trail, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648987/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/87/648987.064af54e.240.jpg?r2" width="175" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is part of the trail through the Bruckenmeisterei/Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof park, made out of one of the old tracks, as like I said almost nothing was scrapped.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648984/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648984 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:28:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648984/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/84/648984.f44722d0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was a switchstand that I found near the hump in the Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof park, by all appearances a powered one, again somewhat unusual for a steam-era yard, illustrating how sophisticated this yard once was.</div> Abandoned Power Switchstand, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648984/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/84/648984.f44722d0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This was a switchstand that I found near the hump in the Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof park, by all appearances a powered one, again somewhat unusual for a steam-era yard, illustrating how sophisticated this yard once was.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648983/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648983 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:28:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648983/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/83/648983.f797a7ff.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This tunnel, not original, but made out of a pipe found somewhere, is part of a park that used to be a railway freight yard. The tour guide said the yard was originally called Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, although all the signs I saw said Bruckenmeisterei, so whichever one it is. Much of the infrastructure, all of it steam-era, is still intact, as the yard was in control of the Soviets (as was all of the rail infrastructure in Berlin) after World War II, and lacking adequate international traffic to keep it going, it was eventually abandoned, with almost everything sitting abandoned until 1989, when it became the park that it is now.</div> Pipe Tunnel Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Picture 3, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648983/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/83/648983.f797a7ff.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This tunnel, not original, but made out of a pipe found somewhere, is part of a park that used to be a railway freight yard. The tour guide said the yard was originally called Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, although all the signs I saw said Bruckenmeisterei, so whichever one it is. Much of the infrastructure, all of it steam-era, is still intact, as the yard was in control of the Soviets (as was all of the rail infrastructure in Berlin) after World War II, and lacking adequate international traffic to keep it going, it was eventually abandoned, with almost everything sitting abandoned until 1989, when it became the park that it is now.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648981/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-05,doc-648981 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:27:01 +0000 2007-09-05T22:27:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648981/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/81/648981.b192bc70.240.jpg?r2" width="157" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This photo, logically, should be the first rather than the last in the series, as it was the first on the roll, but I didn't notice it on the list of files until later, so I decided to put it last. This plaque is on the steps of the West Berlin City Hall (if I'm not mistaken), where U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech against the undemocratic Communist regimes of East Germany and East Berlin.</div> John F. Kennedy Plaque, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/648981/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/89/81/648981.b192bc70.240.jpg?r2" width="157" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This photo, logically, should be the first rather than the last in the series, as it was the first on the roll, but I didn't notice it on the list of files until later, so I decided to put it last. This plaque is on the steps of the West Berlin City Hall (if I'm not mistaken), where U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech against the undemocratic Communist regimes of East Germany and East Berlin.</div> Jon Searles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/636318/in/album/29673 tag:ipernity.com,2007-09-03,doc-636318 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:28:01 +0000 2007-09-03T12:28:01+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/636318/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/63/18/636318.0b5e4607.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I took this on Lotte-Lenge-Bogenstrasse, and until I looked at the full size version of the scan, I couldn't remember why I had taken it. Up on the railway bridge is the answer, however, as this is one of my only photos (and maybe the only one) of a Berlin S-Bahn Zug, or train.</div> S-Bahn Zug, Lotte-Lenge-Bogenstrasse, Berlin, Germany, 2007 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/23639">Jon Searles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/23639/636318/in/album/29673"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/102/63/18/636318.0b5e4607.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I took this on Lotte-Lenge-Bogenstrasse, and until I looked at the full size version of the scan, I couldn't remember why I had taken it. Up on the railway bridge is the answer, however, as this is one of my only photos (and maybe the only one) of a Berlin S-Bahn Zug, or train.</div> Jon Searles