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Dresden Saxony Germany 15th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:14:10 +0000

Immaculate DR Kriegslok 2-10-0 52 8141-5 streams past the shed light engine during the Dresden Steam Festival.

Or is it a Märklin model???

Built in 1943 for Deutsche Reichsbahn 8141 was rebuilt by DR in 1965 & equipped with a combustion chamber boiler and mixing preheater (type IfS/DR).

HWW Heidelberg Baden-Württemberg Germany 12th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:53:58 +0000

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The Altstadt of Heidelberg. The twin white towers of the gate at the south end and the walls of the Old Bridge over the river Neckar.

HWW to everyone. Have a great day.

HBM Tharandt Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:25:53 +0000

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On the Sunday morning of the 15th Dresden Steam Engine Festival two steam-hauled specials from Dresden to Freiberg ran in parallel from Tharandt southwest of Dresden.

One of the pair was this freight train headed by Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 52 2-10-0 52 8154-8 waiting in Tharandt station for the second train which was running an hour late.

I confess I wasn't concentrating on the bench when I took this shot.... Anyway HBM to everyone. Have a great day.

HWW Bayreuth 14th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 07:18:55 +0000

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Let's climb!

HWW to everyone. Enjoy your day.

Dresden Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 18:29:33 +0000

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We were double-headed by DR Class 50 2-10-0 50 3648-8 and Class 23-10 2-6-2 35 1097-1 from Dresden to Freiberg on the Sunday of the 15th Dresden Steam Festival.

The driver in the cab of 1097-1 was checking out the Dresden platform activity while waiting to depart.

Bingen am Rhein Rheinland-Pfalz Germany July 1973

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 21:47:57 +0000

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Deutsche Bundesbahn Class 50 2-10-0 050-042-1 Kriegslok simmers with several other locomotives around the turntable of this modern half roundhouse shed in the summer heat of 1973.

Although I knew that DB steam was still in service in this area I only saw the smoke drifting across by chance alongside the road while hitch-hiking along the western side of the Rhein Valley.

50-042-1 was built in 1939 by Henschel (works number 24662) and at this time was shedded at Saarbrücken. It was withdrawn from that depot in March 1974 and scrapped by Metallum AG, Saarbrücken.

Meissen Triebischtal Saxony Germany 14th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:27:30 +0000

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he first steam train of the Dresden Steam Festival hauled by DR Class 23-10 2-6-2 35-1097 from Dresden Hauptbanhof to Rosswein west of the city. We intercepted the special at Meissen on the single track line.

35-1097 powers around the sharp curve on the un-electrified section south out of Meissen to Nossen after the one minute station stop at Meissen Triebischtal S-Bahn station. This was originally a main line to Leipzig but after the Second World War one track of the line was dismantled to provide reparations to the Soviet Union.

HFF Trier Rhineland-Palatinate Germany 29th April 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:02:07 +0000

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We were in Trier for the Dampf Spektakel so most of our time was spent at the station! However we did explore the city centre and this most impressive building is the Porta Nigra a monumental Roman gateway dating from the Second century AD.

HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

Meissen Triebischtal Saxony Germany 14th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:14:05 +0000

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DR Class 23-10 2-6-2 35-1097 powers around the sharp curve on the section south out of Meissen to Nossen with a Dresden Steam Festival special to Rosswein.

This was originally a main line to Leipzig but after the Second World War one track of the line was dismantled to provide reparations to the Soviet Union.

The heavy rain held off for a while fortunately but there was still a steady drizzle.

Rüdesheim Rhineland-Palatinate Germany 30th April 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 14 May 2023 08:50:17 +0000

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DB electric 185 198-9 on a tank train heading north towards Koblenz passes the ruins of Ehrenfels Castle and the vineyards on the east bank of the Rhine.

Together with the Mäuseturm and the Klopp Castle it formed a northward barrier from the 13th Century, in order to protect the territory of the archbishopric of Mainz. The castle, which was used in times of war as a hiding place for the cathedral treasury of Aachen, was extensively destroyed in 1689.

HFF Tharandt Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 31 May 2023 07:27:37 +0000

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On the Sunday evening of the 15th Dresden Steam Engine Festival we rode the 16.29 steam-hauled special from Dresden to Freiberg double-headed by DR Class 50 2-10-0 50 3648-8 and Class 23-10 2-6-2 35 1097-1.

I have only just noticed the two firemen taking photos of each other from the cab windows!

HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

HFF Dresden Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:03:31 +0000

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HFF Another take on our departure from platform 1 under Dresden station's splendid overall roof.

We rode on the 16.29 Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Freiberg via Tharandt Steam Festival special which was double-headed by Class 50 2-10-0 3648-8 and Class 23-10 2-6-2 35 1097-1.

Wishing everone HFF & have a great weekend.

HWW Dresden Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 03 May 2023 06:39:22 +0000

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An early Sunday morning stroll while the streets were still empty. A view from the Augustus Bridge over the river Elbe and the St Trinity Cathedral.

HWW to everyone.

Dresden Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 11 May 2023 05:58:41 +0000

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A view of Theatreplatz with the St Trinity Cathedral on the right, the roof of the Semperoper bottom left and the Augustus Bridge over the river Elbe.

An early Sunday morning stroll while the streets were still empty & for the first time it wasn't raining so I managed to fly the drone to get this aerial view.

Dresden Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:04:10 +0000

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We rode on the 16.29 Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Freiberg via Tharandt Steam Festival special which was double-headed by Class 50 2-10-0 3648-8 and Class 23-10 2-6-2 35 1097-1. Here we are departing from platform 1 under Dresden station's splendid overall roof. The locos are just visible at the head of our train! A fair crowd turned out to watch and film us leave.

It's not often that I get asked to explain my pics but I was asked a fair question about why this image should fit into the Naturally Occurring Collages Group.This deserves a fair answer.

One defintion of a collage is art that results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

On the face of it my image is of a railway station and it was taken as such. On another level the superimposed verticals, diagonals and curves of the silhouetted steelwork create an intriguing pattern. The shadowy figures "pasted' into the scene add to the effect of a collage of different shapes and angles.

That was how my mind was working when I uploaded this shot - a found collage - although not necessarily when I took the picture. Perhaps an element of blur or vignetting might have taken it out of the realm of just a railway scene.

Tharandt Saxony Germany 15th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:04:08 +0000

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This attractive glass & metal covered staircase, dating from the 1909 rebuilding leads down from the island platform at Tharandt railway station to the subway & exit.

I am reminded of the similar covered staircase at Quedlingburg station in the Harz.

HFF Eisenach Thuringia Germany 18th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:32:09 +0000

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HFF from Eisenach Bahnhof!
Have a great weekend.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber Bavaria Germany 13th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:21:10 +0000

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We broke our journey between Heidelberg & Bayreuth for lunch and a stroll around the walls of this fabulous medieval survivor.

The last time I was here was in 1972! It was nice to be back.

HFF Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia Germany 19th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:18:04 +0000

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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence...

HFF to everyone and have a great weekend

Tharandt Saxony Germany 16th April 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:54:16 +0000

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On the Sunday morning of the 15th Dresden Steam Engine Festival two steam-hauled specials from Dresden to Freiberg ran in parallel from Tharandt southwest of Dresden.

On the left is DR Class 41 2-8-2 41 1144-9 on the 09.29 passenger from Dresden Hauptbahnhof, running one hour late. On the right is Class 52 2-10-0 52 8154-8 on a goods train. This section is the beginning of the 1 in 40 climb to the south & both locos were working flat out.