...might be a suitable title for tonight's round of photos . My plan for today was to first have a look at the tram terminus at Knautkleeberg on the far southern outskirts of the city, which has been extensively rebuilt. Back in spring 2009 there still was a reversing wye down there, which has now been replaced by a generous reversing loop around the completely redesigned square in front of Knauthain Station.

Between 7.45 am and 1:09 pm the 3 line is cut back to Gerhard-Ellrodt-Straße and designated as line 3E, with the remaining section to Knautkleeberg being worked only by the 13 line during that time. During the remaining hours, however, both lines are combined on this section, actually switching back and forth between either line upon arrival at Knautkleeberg - meaning that a line 3 service switches to the 13 line and vice-versa. There also are two single-tracked sections between Gerhard-Ellrodt-Straße and Knautkleeberg, and this Tatra "Großzug", headed by car 2126, is just entering the first of these in this image. Almost all T4D-M cars remaining in the LVB inventory have been thoroughly refurbished during the 1990s, though not all have been given the full package - some cars lacking the driver cabin air conditioning unit and retaining the original rotating auxiliary converter, which has been replaced by a static one on the fully refurbished cars. Usually, any Tatra set comprising two motor cars will have one fully refurbished car in the lead, with the second motor car being one of the partially refurbished units. One interesting item about these cars is that they are fitted with conducting couplers, meaning that the second motor car is fed power from the leading one, and thus does not need to raise its pantograph. The third car in this formation is a NB4 type low floor trailer built by Bombardier.

I do think the newly designed square outside Knauthain Station looks quite neat, with parking spaces for both cars and bikes being available. The tram arrives to the left and then loops around the square in the background, with the boarding platform being to the right. Buses, however, loop around the square right to left, with their boarding position being right next to the arrival track. You can see the tram I rode down on in the background.

The station building, on the other hand, is in rather poor shape, which also has to do with the dubious-looking graffiti on the façade . However, there appears to be a flat on the 1st floor.

And another line 13 service, headed by car 2120, on the last metres before the terminus, travelling down in the centre of Dieskaustraße on the second single tracked section.

After this I decided to head to Leutzsch Station once again, requiring me to head back to Central Station and then catch a S1 line suburban train.

There currently is some construction work going on here, related to the installation of an electronic signal box (or ESTW for "Elektronisches Stellwerk", as we call it in German). However, the station as a whole still looks just as decrepit as ever . Therefore, this class 411 tilting ICE set (well, they actually are not tilting at this time due to that well-published issue with the wheelsets) constituted a rather stark contrast as it sped through. Unfortunately, I forgot to write down either its number or name.

Several minutes later, DB Schenker engine 185 166 came from the Leipzig Goods Belt, which is a set of lines looping around the north and parts of the south of the city and serve to connect the Engelsdorf marshalling yard with the various mainlines radiating from Leipzig. With only six wagons, she but did not exactly have a daunting load to haul!

This here might be something for Rich aka Taigatrommel, considering how we recently discussed double deck coaches on here . This would be a DABbuzfa 760 series driving trailer based on the Reichsbahn-designed double deckers, seen here at the head of the RB26723 stopping service to Weißenfels - pushed by a 143, of course .

However, I was getting quite hungry now, and thus decided to head back to the city centre and get something to eat. So, the last shot for today shows Tatra car 2109 and a B4D trailer on the 8 line to Miltitz at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz with the MDR office tower in the background - MDR being the public TV and radio broadcaster for the states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

So much for today, then - good night .