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Picture of the week: German 2-10-2 tank 99-7244

Alan Ledger February 6, 2014

A winter theme. Ex East German metre gauge 2-10-2 tank 99-7244 gets away from Sorge with the 11.02 from Wernigerode to Benneckenstein in the Harz mountains of Germany. This was definitely not a station to get off at when under East German rule as the border with the west was very close by and you were told in no uncertain terms not to do so. The trains ran along side the fence and no mans land for some distance, it

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Picture of the Week: East Germany 1994

Alan Ledger January 9, 2014

I have always wanted a cherry tree in blossom in a picture with a steam engine. We had been walking the line out in the country side near Kubshutz and there it was, so I had to get it at all costs! The bonus was when the train came two people from the house came out and the lady can be seen waving to the driver. Here we are 38 kilometres 600 meters from Dresden on the line to Gorlitz

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Picture of the Week: West German 012-055 at Rheine

Alan Ledger December 9, 2013

West German 012-055 oil burning 3 cylinder pacific from Rheine taken on a cold winters afternoon with the setting sun silhouetting the train. Here it is not long after passing Lathen, a small rural town in northern Germany, traveling at some speed with the 15.09 Norddeich to Cologne express. It wouldn’t be long before we set off back to our nice warm hotel by Lathen station for the night, having spent a cold winters day walking to different locations out

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Picture of the Week: West Germany

Alan Ledger December 9, 2013

2 pictures this week, same train. West German 012-055 oil burning 3 cylinder pacific from Rheine taken on a cold winters afternoon with the setting sun silhouetting the train. Here it is not long after passing Lathen, a small rural town in northern Germany, travelling at some speed with the 15.09 Norddeich to Cologne express. It wouldn’t be long before we set off back to our nice warm hotel by Lathen station for the night, having spent a cold winters

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Picture of the Week: West Germany

Alan Ledger November 7, 2013

This is a West German 012 oil burning 3 cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific, these things got thrashed, and they motored. There was no holds barred with these engines. You could here them coming from miles away, I would have loved to have driven one. It must have been full regulator from the very start if the sound was anything to go by. No worries about killing the fireman he just sat there and played with his controls, there was plenty of

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Picture of the week: 99-7244 East Germany

Alan Ledger October 17, 2013

Thought you might like to see some photographs I have taken in the past of foreign steam. Seems a shame for them to hide away. So here’s the first, enjoy the scene, save them if you want. 99-7244 Leaving Wenigerode, (East Germany after unification) with the 15.30 to Benneckenstien. Wednesday 27th February 1991. Trabi’s (3) are still in evidence. Regards Ledg.

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