Johann Marsbar Posted Tuesday at 05:09 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 05:09 A couple more of the tourist buses in Leipzig - A Mercedes cabriolet...... .....and rather amazingly, a genuine London bus! Was very surprised to see that given that it hasn't been "doctored" to make it a lower height - unless the Leipzig area has different vehicle height regulations to other parts of Germany. Back at the Hbf, I think this was our service on to Dresden....... Grab shot out of the train window passing through Radebeul Ost.......... Dresden had changed rather a lot since we were last there in 1981 and we had difficulty trying to find the hotel we stayed at at that time, the whole area around it being either a building site or completely rebuilt! The trams had changed considerably...... ....and the view from the river bridges was now dominated by the rebuilt Frauenkirche - still preserved as a pile of rubble back in 1981....... We were lucky enough to see a few reminders of the DDR era trams as we saw a couple of preserved ones out on charter work....... Reconstruction of the Schloss, over to the right background of the photo above, was still under way back in '81 and parts remained a gutted shell......... A second preserved car was seen on the way back to the station....... 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted Tuesday at 08:35 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:35 At one time there was a freight tram that carried car parts to the VW factory in Dresden. It tended to run at night. I only ever saw it once, being taken on a diversion after a late night out to find it. Bernard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted Tuesday at 11:45 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:45 3 hours ago, Bernard Lamb said: At one time there was a freight tram that carried car parts to the VW factory in Dresden. It tended to run at night. I only ever saw it once, being taken on a diversion after a late night out to find it. Bernard I was lucky enough to see it in 2014, but that was more by luck than judgement! I went out early (06.30, so not really that early for me when on holiday....) from the Hotel I was at in Dresden to get some tram photos and also some of the reconstructed buildings, in particular the Castle. My travelling companion wasn't particularly interested in trams so I told him the previous evening I'd meet up with him around 07.30 outside the hotel before we headed off to the Hbf for the train to Wroclaw. Walking back to the hotel - which was in the building in the background - what should come trundling past but the cargo tram......... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted Wednesday at 04:32 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 04:32 Continuing the vintage theme, we found this Wartburg when we were on our way back to Dresden Hbf....... A couple of photos at the Hbf....... The next day, Sunday, was the Potsdam anniversary celebrations, but before heading off there we had some time in Berlin, finding this 234 on a train of Talgo sleeping car stock at Lichtenburg..... On to Potsdam and a couple of photos of their normal rolling stock.......... The main event was a tram parade from the City Centre at 12.30, but we did manage to see a few of the preserved cars passing Potsdam Hbf on their way to the event....... Car 23 was a visitor to the event from Magdeburg, one of two visiting trams from other operators, though the other one had come a bit further - actually from another Country! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonHMT Posted Wednesday at 08:44 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:44 (edited) On 24/06/2024 at 17:25, Johann Marsbar said: I didn't get there until October 1981 and I think that steam hauled services there had finished by then, but as we only stayed there one night I didn't really get a good look at what was about, particularly as the place seemed to be crawling with rather unruly football "supporters" and an equivalent number of Volks Polizei !. I know I only took one photo in the station and that was of what I assume was a driving trailer of some sort, painted blue & yellow. Can't remember if my Father took any and they are on a remote hard drive that's elsewhere at the moment. Someone who I know did go there a lot earlier than me (he's about 8 years older than I am) and he did send me this shot he took on one of his trips as he's currently scanning all his slides.... If the driving trailer was a single decker, it may have been one of these: https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/piko-53352-classic-dr-2nd-class-leipzig-s-bahn-control-coach-iv.html I bought one of the matching coaches last week cheaply from a local model shop, they really are quite attractive vehicles, though I must resist the temptation to buy the control car, for the moment at any rate! Many thanks for sharing your photos and insights, and also to others who have added to what is a delightful thread, Simon. Edited Wednesday at 09:13 by SimonHMT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted Wednesday at 11:04 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 11:04 2 hours ago, SimonHMT said: If the driving trailer was a single decker, it may have been one of these: https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/piko-53352-classic-dr-2nd-class-leipzig-s-bahn-control-coach-iv.html I bought one of the matching coaches last week cheaply from a local model shop, they really are quite attractive vehicles, though I must resist the temptation to buy the control car, for the moment at any rate! Many thanks for sharing your photos and insights, and also to others who have added to what is a delightful thread, Simon. That looks like the one! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted Wednesday at 17:10 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 17:10 (edited) I don't normally put two full postings on here in a day, but as it's still too hot outside to do anything in the garden this evening, I might as well finish off the current trip report! This preserved Gotha set was the other one that we saw at Potsdam Hbf........ That was the usual rolling stock back in 1981....... We made our way to Platz der Einheit which was where the trams had gathered for the parade. Whilst there my Father struck up a long and interesting conversation with a bystander who turned out to be in the Luftwaffe and had spent a considerable amount of his time at the TTTE at RAF Cottesmore. The International visitor - from Vienna - led the parade out...... Followed by the preserved cars already featured and then some other ones...... ...plus a Tatra from the current fleet...... ...and a Combino in Centenary livery....... Unfortunately, our time was limited as we had to get back to a late afternoon flight from Tegel, rather than the late evening Ryotscare one from Schonefeld, but as the place is now shut, a few photos from Tegel are in order - particularly if you model early 2000's Polizei vehicles! The "contacts" re- tramway happenings in Europe had worked well on this occasion, and this would be repeated when we get to December that year, as you will see when we get that far. Three more trips between this one and then though....... . Edited Wednesday at 17:11 by Johann Marsbar 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted Thursday at 06:20 Author Share Posted Thursday at 06:20 As a footnote to the Potsdam anniversary parade, ViP do have their own vintage tram now (I don't count the 1950's/60's Gothas as vintage...) which is used for special events and in 2015 it was operating a special historic route on Sundays at least, as seen below....... Presumably that was not restored at the time of the 2007 event. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted yesterday at 05:18 Author Share Posted yesterday at 05:18 (edited) At the end of September 2007 I headed off to Baden Württemberg for a five day break, based for two nights at Singen and two in Freiburg im Breisgau, part of Germany I hadn't visited before and which also gave the opportunity to venture into Switzerland on a couple of the days - yet more new ground in most cases. A Germanwings Airbus A319 provided the transport from Stansted to Stuttgart....... ...and on arrival at Stuttgart mid-morning, I purchased a Baden Württemberg Lander day ticket from the machine at the airport station before heading off to the Hbf....... I caught a service from Stuttgart to Ulm Hbf where I had an hour or so break between arriving and catching an onward train to Singen. A quick look first of all at the Ulm tramway - down to just a single route at that time, but since expanded again....... ....and then back onto the station, where there was quite a variety of stock to see........... . Edited yesterday at 05:32 by Johann Marsbar 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted 7 hours ago Author Share Posted 7 hours ago From Ulm I actually headed first to Friedrichshafen, where one of the vehicle ferries that traverse the Bodensee to Romanshorn in Switzerland is seen...... Loco hauled trains were still very much in evidence then, inclicing a 234 hauled IC service....... ...whilst other items of interest were this 225....... ....and a railcar from the BOB...... On to Singen, this SBB EMU is seen there, my hotel being adjacent to the station........ ...and a quite busy stabling point was also located not far away...... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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