Well - here's a couple of photos I took yesterday . As I mentioned, it was rainy around noon and in the early afternoon, and only around dusk did the sky clear up. The night was quite cold - cars were frozen over when we returned home after meeting some friends in the evening, and still are as I am writing this.
This location is Johannisplatz, where some line 12 services terminate. There is a reversing loop a few hundred metres down the street. However, this here is a line 7 service heading for Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, with Leoliner 1304 "Stahmeln" at the head.
After that I rode down the southeastern portion of the 4 line to Stötteritz, Holzhäuser Straße, and was lucky to catch a service operated with a Tatra T4D motor car and B4D trailer. Car 2141 was waiting at the departure position in the reversing loop as I took this photo.
Having returned to Augustusplatz, I then captured NGT8 car 1142 "Ulrich von Hutten" on what I think was another line 4 service. It carries a new full body advertisement for a historic exhibition. A few minutes later, Murphy's law struck in that a work train consisting of two unrefurbished T4D cars and two material wagons came along from Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz (that is, the same way the Tatra seen in the background was heading), but a line 11 service heading the other way prevented me from taking a usable photo .
Most line 2 services from Lausen terminate at Naunhofer Straße, where a reversing loop is laid right through a park. This here is Leoliner 1325 "Wahren" taking a break before heading back to Lausen.
The Old Trade Fair Centre is located a few hundred metres from Naunhofer Straße and has since been converted into a business park of sorts. The entrance is still marked by a distinctive double-M arch which I chose as the background for this effect shot.
And finally I took this shot of NGT12 car 1209 "Hamburg" working the 15 line to Meusdorf.
For some reason or other, the duty rosters for many tram lines were in disarray that day - line 16 was apparently served with NGT8 cars and even one Tatra double unit , line 12 with single Leoliners and line 7 with a combination of the usual Leoliners and NGT12 sets. Will have to see how things look today.
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