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Synagoge Tram Stop, Picture 2, Edited Version, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 2011

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:11:36 +0000

This may be out of chronological order with the Hbf shot, as it doesn't really make sense where this is on my list. In any case, this is the tram stop for the largest Synagogue in Dresden, seen on the right. It's actually a very well-equipped Synagogue, with sports facilities and so on, as well as this dedicated tram stop. The building isn't what it seems the first few times you look at it, as it has many interesting features hiding in plain view. For example, one portion of it (not visible here) is "twisted," in a not-so-obvious way, and it renaissance-style brickwork that you see here looks different depending on how close you are or what angle you're looking at it from. Needless to say, it doesn't look so Renaissance from every angle, as this is a thoroughly modern building. I didn't take this photo for the Synagogue, though. I just saw a tram coming, and took a couple of shots of the tram.

DPP #9203 at Narodni Divadlo, Prague, CZ, 2011

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:44:50 +0000

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This wasn't my first-ever shot of one of the new Skoda 15t trams, but it was my first shot of one in revenue service. This was at the Narodni Divadlo stop, and the only reason that I got the shot was that I was in the coffeehouse in the Nova Scena (formerly Laterna Magika) theatre connected to the Narodni Divadlo, or National Theatre.

Blurred Tatra T6A5 Tram at the Meet Factory at Night, Smichov, Prague, CZ, 2011

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:22:19 +0000

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This was a lucky shot with my cameraphone while I was waiting for a show behind the Meet Factory, a club closely connected to the alternative sculptor David Cerny. The tram is a Tatra T6A5 built around 1996, although the number is too blurred to read.

Building in Prazskeho Povstani, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:40:37 +0000

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I don't know the history of this building, other than that it's blatantly, obviously, Communist era. It's built directly over the Prazskeho Povstani Metro station.

Blurred Metro Train in Staromestska, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:40:37 +0000

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In going through my old cameraphone shots to find ones that might be suitable for iPernity, I found this one of a DPP 81-71M Class Metro train blurring into Staromestska station on Linka A. I actually have a few shots similar to this one, so I wasn't sure whether to post it, especially since it's a cameraphone shot, but I decided to post it to iPernity, anyway.

CD #682004-7 in Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:40:37 +0000

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After walking through Fantova Kavarna, I got lost in the construction, and ended up on Nastupiste (Platform) 1, where this Pendolino was sitting. Given that I don't get a shot of these every day, I took the picture even though my Ikoflex was empty and so I only had the cameraphone (as was the case with the earlier Hlavni Nadrazi shots in this series).

CD #451405-4 at Nadrazi Hostivar, Hostivar, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:23:07 +0000

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This was taken the same day as the pump shot, also at Hostivar. You can't see it easily in this shot, but this Class 451 Pantograph was in the new blue livery.

MVG #2211, Munchen (Munich), Bayern, Germany, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:42:23 +0000

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This was the only tram in Munich that I was able to get the number of, confirming it as an R3_3 class. The numbers on the Munich trams are quite small, so that's why I've had trouble capturing them properly in a photo.

Tram in Munchen (Munich), Picture 3, Bayern, Germany, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:43:53 +0000

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Here's another tram on Prielmayerstrasse.

Tram in Munchen (Munich), Picture 2, Bayern, Germany, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:43:51 +0000

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This is one of the trams operated by MVG, which is the Munich transit authority. I don't know a lot about the system, but this appears to be an R3_3 Class. This was taken on Prielmayerstrasse.

DPP #2272 on Chotkova, Edited Version, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:15:00 +0000

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I got this lucky shot walking on Chotkova. I've finally solved the mystery of the Moravian flags in Prague (which is in Bohemia), I should add. Wikipedia didn't make a mistake, rather, the flag of Moravia is also the flag of Prague. See here....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Moravia.svg

and here...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prague_flag_with_CoA.svg

Of course, the official flag of Prague, as seen on Wikipedia, has the city's coat of arms on it, but most of the flags actually flown in the city, even from government buildings, don't have it.

DPP #9156 at Sumavska, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:14:58 +0000

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9156 is a Skoda 14t, which makes it the most modern class of tram currently in service in Prague, but not for long. Two Skoda 15t's, #'s 9200 and 9201 are already in testing, and I've spotted 9201 several times already. That church in the background is St. Ludmila's in Namesti Miru.

DPP #8701 at Sumavska, Picture 2 Edit, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:14:57 +0000

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This is a considerable edit of a larger shot. 8701 is another Tatra T6A5.

DPP #8667 on Korunni Trida, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:14:55 +0000

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I was sitting in an Italian/Greek restaurant on Korunni and I discovered that it wasn't a bad tram watching spot. Nothing exotic showed up by Prague standards, but I generally like Prague trams. 8667 is a Tatra T6A5 built around 1996.

DPP #9201 on Spalena, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:01:46 +0000

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Here's my first shot of a Skoda 15t, as I was promising some people. There are two that I know of right now, both in testing. 9200 entered testing late last year, although I haven't seen it yet, and this is 9201, the newest tram in DPP's fleet as far as I know. I caught it on Spalena with my cameraphone.

Vysehrad Metro Station, Prague, CZ, 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:54:19 +0000

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Vysehrad had an exceptional amount of snow, maybe because the whole neighborhood (formerly a seperate city) is on a hill. This is an exterior view of the Metro station.

Malostranska Metro Station, Prague, CZ, 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:07:00 +0000

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In the past two years or so, I've noticed a really cool 19th-Century-style gas balloon (as opposed to a modern hot air balloon) that's been used for sightseeing over the Mala Strana. The last time I saw it, some idiot had thought it would be a good idea to cover it with grafitti, but this was when it still looked good, there on the upper right. The building in the foreground is the Malostranska Metro station, and the Metrocafe.

DPP #9170 at Podbaba, Prague, CZ, 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:06:49 +0000

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I spent a lot of time also in 2009 photographing the tram traffic in and out of Podbaba, and in addition, the massive disruption caused by the scandalous Tunnel Blanka project ensured that the usual tram #8 wasn't the service terminating in Podbaba, as the reorganization of the routes meant that tram service #20 covered it instead. I also got to bash and observe most of the new Skoda 14t fleet, as by 2009 all of them had been delivered. This is #9170, the last of the fleet, as the next order will be for the newer and boxier Skoda 15t model.

BR Ticket in Dejvicka Metro, Picture 2, Prague, CZ, 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:06:40 +0000

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Here's where it was, just to show I'm not making this story up....

BR Ticket in Dejvicka Metro, Prague, CZ, 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:06:38 +0000

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I've forgotten the full details of why I was in Dejvicka on this particular day, but often this is the first Metro station I get to after flying into Praha Ruzyne airport, although such was not the case on this day. Rather, I discovered a BR (British, Network Rail, etc.) train ticket dropped on the platform. Living in a major European city post-Schengen, you see all sorts of tickets from all the EU countries lying on the ground, but I liked this one because it reminded me of Britain. It wasn't the first one I had seen, and it probably won't be the last. I've also seen Paris and Brussels metro tickets lying on the floor of Prague Metro stations.