Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, thanks for taking a look - Bombardier has a big factory for railway vehicles here in Germany - in fact, not all that far from Hannover, in Braunschweig where the Rolleis were built. We were very surprised that there were so few people around on both Saturday and Sunday. Probably all staying at home to watch the European Cup:-) Cheers Douglas On 26.06.2012 17:52, H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Douglas, > Being a train buff I liked these very much. I love to travel Eurorail when > I'm in Europe. > A couple of comments: first from a Hong Kong perspective there are so few > people and second, > in the second to last picture it is nice to see a big advert for a > Canadian company - Bombardier - maker of rail systems. > Thanks for posting. > Howard > > >> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:13:24 +0200 >> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG (BW): Berlin - Railway and subway stations >> To: LUG <lug at leica-users.org>, leicareflex at freelists.org >> >> Spent the weekend in Berlin with the missus and friends >> from Holland (and met the Hopkinsons from Australia on >> the Saturday, too). >> >> Most of the day is spent taking the S-Bahn or the >> U-Bahn (suburban and subway trains) to get where you >> want to be. >> >> Here are a few black & white impressions of the newest >> stations on the network. >> >> The main station - Hauptbahnhof - not a station for the >> faint-hearted - if you look over the balustrades, there >> is an unbroken drop of around 60 metres to the lower >> level platforms. >> >> The Hauptbahnhof from across the river Spree >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4066.jpg.html >> Monumental modern architecture >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4067.jpg.html >> >> A few alternatives to walking >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4068.jpg.html >> >> From our table at the riverside bar >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4151.jpg.html >> >> New subway station in the government quarter >> (Bundestag), so far it only runs three stations, >> Hauptbahnhof, Bundestag and Brandenburg Gate). >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4155.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4157.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4158.jpg.html >> >> Tom and my missus waiting for the subway >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4161.jpg.html >> >> Subway train arriving from the Hauptbahnhof >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4170.jpg.html >> >> Brandenburg Gate - the crush barriers are for the >> football fans who watched the European Cup on a big >> video wall >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4176.jpg.html >> >> >> High-level platform, Hauptbahnhof - you can see one of >> the lower levels at centre bottom >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4181.jpg.html >> >> S-Bahn train arriving at the high-level platform >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4182.jpg.html >> >> Young lady lost in a world of her own in a train >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4186.jpg.html >> >> More to come - hope you like these >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >