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On vacation in Leipzig again

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Well, this morning saw us grab our suitcases and head off for our end of year vacation to Leipzig :) . We had a good dinner already, and now I am well and thoroughly tired.

 

There's hardly any snow left in Leipzig - though where there are some patches left on the cobblestone streets it can be dicey to be walking on it! And it is quite windy tonight.

 

Immediately after arriving at Leipzig Central Station with ICE 1597 I proceeded to snap one of the 182-hauled RE services which operate between Leipzig and Cottbus at this time:

 

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And as luck would have it, 182 004 with the Porsche livery was out that day B) . It is seen here arriving with RE 28178 which consists o three Bimz type coaches and two "y" type ones, including a Wittenberge type driving trailer. However, I was now told the 182s are merely filling a gap until a new batch of EMUs (class 442, I think it was) will be certified.

 

 

Later then I rode out on tram line 16 again, travelling out to the Trade Fair Centre in the north of the city, where I then snapped NGT12 car 1215 "Addis Abeba" working the 1641 service, or "Kurs", as it is usually called in German:

 

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I shall add any new photos of interest on here as they are created - so to speak ;) .

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Guest Max Stafford

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Excellent photo of the 182 Dominik, I look forward to these 'front line reports' of yours. :)

 

Surprisingly un-snowy in Leipzig though, I wasn't expecting that, given the general weather situation in northern Europe! :blink:

 

Enjoy the rest of your holiday!

 

Dave

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Thanks for your comment, Dave :) . I sure am enjoying my time here!

 

Today's been very sunny - but as I am typing this the sun is setting again. However, I made good use of it and went spotting around noon - and here's what I got for today...

 

 

 

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I first rode down to Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz to the south of the historic city centre which is served by tram lines 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 11E. As the sun was just about in a perfect position, I then snapped NGT8 car 1125 "Thomas Müntzer" on the 9 line to Thekla with the "City-Hochhaus" in the background. This skyscraper, originally built for Leipzig University and designed to resemble either an open book or a crankshaft from a machine (there are two interpretations), has since been sold and is now used by public TV and radio broadcaster MDR, or Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. It is also known as "Weisheitszahn" or "Uni-Riese" in reference to its original owner.

 

 

 

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After that I proceeded down the street for a few hundred metres to the New City Hall (Neues Rathaus), which you can see in the background. This building was erected on the site of an old castle which was known as the Pleißenburg. In the foreground, Leoliner car 1310 "Volkmarsdorf" is working the 2 line to Lausen.

 

 

 

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Having ridden back to Augustusplatz, Leoliner 1316 "Eutritzsch" with a promotional livery for its builder HeiterBlick came along on the 8 line to Miltitz...

 

 

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...followed by NGT8 car 1103 "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy" on the 4 line to Stötteritz. The "Paulinum", seen in the background and still under construction, has made quite a bit of progress since my last visit this summer.

 

 

 

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And on my way home I captured NGT8 car 1150 "Carl Gustav Carus" with a promotional livery for Audi on the 10 line to Wahren.

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