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« on: June 17, 2025, 09:56:47 »
Third rail traction from DB» (Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway - about) - but where?
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2025, 11:43:04 »
I'd say Hamburg - at least when you go for lunch.
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2025, 12:22:25 »
Quote from: stuving on June 17, 2025, 11:43:04
I'd say Hamburg - at least when you go for lunch.

I'm not a hamburger today ... but there may be a similar foodie link
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2025, 12:37:24 »
Quote from: grahame on June 17, 2025, 12:22:25
Quote from: stuving on June 17, 2025, 11:43:04
I'd say Hamburg - at least when you go for lunch.

I'm not a hamburger today ... but there may be a similar foodie link

Ah - frankfurters am Main HBf then.
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2025, 13:10:45 »
Quote from: stuving on June 17, 2025, 12:37:24
Quote from: grahame on June 17, 2025, 12:22:25
Quote from: stuving on June 17, 2025, 11:43:04
I'd say Hamburg - at least when you go for lunch.

I'm not a hamburger today ... but there may be a similar foodie link

Ah - frankfurters am Main HBf then.

Yep - It's a model on the main concourse at Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ... a change of trains and - err - a hamburger and a coffee there this morning.  For a Euro, they allow it to be driven by drivers of any age.
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« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2025, 06:57:55 »
And a similarly offbeat "where was I" yesterday, 18th June 2025
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« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2025, 19:50:04 »
From Wikipedia, I think they are narrow gauge railway carriages originally built in 1920 - but I have no idea where they are now.

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« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2025, 20:02:32 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on June 19, 2025, 19:50:04
From Wikipedia, I think they are narrow gauge railway carriages originally built in 1920 - but I have no idea where they are now.

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Take a careful look at my picture though.  Yes, that's the prototype, I'm sure ...

Here is the locomotive if it helps
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« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2025, 23:43:30 »
It's the same building, isn't it (albeit somewhat rebuilt and restructured)?

I'll go for https://pixabay.com/photos/oybin-zittau-mountains-train-tracks-7243600/

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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2025, 04:00:25 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on June 19, 2025, 23:43:30
It's the same building, isn't it (albeit somewhat rebuilt and restructured)?

I'll go for https://pixabay.com/photos/oybin-zittau-mountains-train-tracks-7243600/

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Yes - it's Oybin at the "top" of the narrow gauge steam railway from Zittau, visited 18th June.   Now - where was I yesterday?   These are two different stations ...
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2025, 20:47:51 »
I see that no-one has risked naming my remote stations in the Czech Republic (and I would have to look back for the spelling now).   Here's another offPiste one from today
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« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2025, 09:20:48 »
My memory of the Czech railways is that they were far better maintained than that!  Grin
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2025, 14:23:44 »
Quote from: froome on June 22, 2025, 09:20:48
My memory of the Czech railways is that they were far better maintained than that!  Grin

Indeed - wrong country ;-)
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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2025, 20:24:51 »
Quote from: grahame on June 20, 2025, 04:00:25
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on June 19, 2025, 23:43:30
It's the same building, isn't it (albeit somewhat rebuilt and restructured)?

I'll go for https://pixabay.com/photos/oybin-zittau-mountains-train-tracks-7243600/

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Yes - it's Oybin at the "top" of the narrow gauge steam railway from Zittau, visited 18th June.   Now - where was I yesterday?   These are two different stations ...





The Czech republic ones are Rybniste and Varnsdorf, and that narrow gauge track is part  of coaling plant at the Wolsztyn steam shed.  I have seen many other wonderful places ... and have so many more pictures, some of which I am having trouble identifying myself.
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