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Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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.

Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt Shed Door, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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Very oddly, the Bruckenmeisterei shed isn't considered part of the park, and is in fact still occupied.

Coal Bunker, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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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.

Water Spout, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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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.

Bruckenmeisterei West Office, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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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)?

Turntable, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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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.

Water Tower, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:29:01 +0000

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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.

ex-DR #503707-2, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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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.

Track to Trail, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Picture 2, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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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.

Track to Trail, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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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.

Abandoned Turnout, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Picture 3, Berlin, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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I'm not actually posting Picture 2, as it was a bracket and I don't think it was very good. :-) This is another, clearer shot of the abandoned turnout in the last shot.

Abandoned Turnout, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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Here's the turnout that the abandoned switchstand was connected to. If I'm not mistake this was on or near the hump.

Abandoned Power Switchstand, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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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.

Pipe Tunnel Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Picture 3, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:28:01 +0000

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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.

Selkirk Railroad Yard, Selkirk, NY, USA, 1993

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:35:01 +0000

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This is a difficult shot to get if you're not a railroad worker, as it's from the tower. I was with a tour group, so I was lucky. The whole place is amazing, as it is (or was at that time) the largest active railroad yard in the Eastern United States. I like the sky on this shot, too.

Conrail G.E. Dash 8s At Selkirk, NY, USA, 1993

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:35:01 +0000

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This is another shot from the Selkirk tour. We had an exceptionally good view of these side tracks, the reasons for which weren't clear to me. I really like the dual-use tunnel on the left for both trains and trucks, made out of a culvert pipe!!!