Germany. 1970/05/03, 1. Having travelled overnight from Oostende to Köln and Stuttgart, I then took a local train to Tübingen to be greeted by my first sight of live German steam - and what a sight! Ex-Prussian P8 4-6-0 DB No. 038 772-0 has recently been repainted and is a sight to behold at the head of a
Germany. 1970/05/03, 1. Having travelled overnight from Oostende to Köln and Stuttgart, I then took a local train to Tübingen to be greeted by my first sight of live German steam - and what a sight! Ex-Prussian P8 4-6-0 DB No. 038 772-0 has recently been repainted and is a sight to behold at the head of a "Sonderzug" (special train) at Tübingen HBf, just before 09:00 on the very wet morning of Sunday 3rd May 1970. P8's have been amongst my favourite engines ever since!
5th June 2006
Germany & Austria
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Austria. 1973/01/27, 4. At Molln, No. 298.53 came off its train and went to the small loco depot to be serviced prior to returning to Garsten. The fireman leant a ladder against the tanksides and fitted a wonderful arrangement of extension pipes to fill the tanks with water. Quite what stopped this arrangement from freezing in the wintry conditions, I don't know! Saturday 27th January 1973.Previous | NextGermany. 1970/05/03, 2. Ex-Prussian P8 4-6-0 DB No. 038 772-0 has recently been repainted and is a sight to behold at the head of a

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