Tuesday, October 18, 2016

EAST GERMANY TOUR - 6 OCTOBER 2016 - ROTTERDAM HILLEGERSBERG

On our last day we drove to Rotterdam Hillegersberg Museum and were given a 2.5 hour tram tour of the city prior to our departure for the Hoek van Holland - Harwich ferry that evening - nicely concluding a very good  tour








Photo stop en route round the city

EAST GERMANY TOUR - 5 OCTOBER 2016 - KASSEL

Route 1 at Wilhelmshohe tram station near the ICE bahnhof

Route 7 approaching the tram station

In the centre of town

Tram train running on electricity through town to Hollandische strasse

Tram train on route 4 passing through town

Route 4 to Helsa

EAST GERMANY TOUR - 5 OCTOBER 2016 - GOTHA/THURINGERWALDBAHN

On arrival at Gotha we had a depot and workshop visit

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Side of the tram showig the route to Waltershausen and Tabarz

The junction in the3 centre of town

Route 4

Haltestelle sign

Route 2 to Hauptbahnhof

At Waltershausen bahnhof terminus in the rain again

EAST GERMANY TOUR - 4 OCTOBER 2016 - ZWICKAU

Route 1

Tram passing the Rathaus in the oAlt Marktplatz

Route 3

Advert between the couplings

Tram train arriving at the station near the Saxon cross


EAST GERMANY TOUR - 4 OCTOBER 2016 - PLAUEN

We visited Plauen depot and workshops before setting off on our sonderfahrt

All areas were very clean and tidy


Tram 79 with trailer our sonderfahrt wagen. It was also arranged that we had a local guide to give us information on the town on our circular




Rather swish looking wheel lathe


EAST GERMANY TOUR - 3 OCTOBER 2016 - BAD SCHANDAU

This day was a Bank Holiday in Germany and it was planned to go over the border to Most, Czech Republic, several people were not interested in going there on what promised to be a very rainy day, so Bad Schandau was chosen as the destination for the day - same rain, but probably not as acidic!

No 6 running around the trailer ready for departure

I did say it was raining!

Trailer at the terminus near the waterfall

Terminus at the waterfall

Dramatic scenery en route to Bad Schandau waterfall

No 2 departing from terminus to Bad Schandau town

The red tram during as break in the rain

Monday, October 17, 2016

EAST GERMANY TOUR - 2 OCTOBER 2016 - NAUMBERG

Naumberg system was closed at our last visit, but ow the remains of the small city circular line links the town to the hauptbahnhof.

First view of depot yard



Terminus

Passing the old town near the depot

Poster celebrating 125 years of Naumberg Strassenbahn in September 2016

Didn't see any trams this shape whilst we were there!

Depot interior


Depot yard

Depot yard

Remnants of track in the Altmarkt