Saxon narrow gauge steam (or comparative studies of apfelstrudel)

[Nyeti]

17 hours ago, burgundy said:

A sad story. Where are the Stolpersteine?

Quite interesting to keep up with the line on their webcams.

Thanks Eric!  I don't know how I hadn't come across the webcams before.  I also hadn't seen the railcar as we joined the winter train at Zittau Haltepunkt rather than the main station.

 

Stolpersteine are little brass plaques set into the pavement marking the last freely chosen residences of victims of Nazi persecution.  I first saw them in Emden when I was there for a work trip.  There's now a set of three for my family in front of their flat in Zittau, and a space for my great-grandfather that will hopefully get its inscription when we find out what happened to him; as far as we know he was working in forced labour in Berlin in 1940, but later disappears from the records.

It's hard to avoid the role that the railways had during the Holocaust and how that's been impressed on the minds of survivors and descendants.  My aunt was born in the 50s but still has trouble travelling by train because of her associating them with Holocaust transports.  Fortunately enjoying the Zittauer Bahn as my granddad (her father) did seems to have done her good - bonding over a love of railways can be a healing experience too!

[burgundy]

Lots going on around ZIttau today. They appear to be having an historic weekend with the Saxon coaches and a visiting loco.

 Webcams | Zittauer Schmalspurbahn (zittauer-schmalspurbahn.de)

Best wishes 

Eric 

[PaulRhB]

I probably shouldn’t tempt people with this but it is one of the Zittau locos  

 

 

LGB model link

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by PaulRhB

[burgundy]

Dipping into the webcams over the afternoon, there has been an intensive shuttle service between Bertsdorf and Jonsdorf in addition to the normal schedule. There seem to have been at least four locos in service, of which one is diesel. The visitor is 99 633, which is a Mallet articulated loco from  Württemberg, which must make for a rather interesting contrast with the native Saxon Meyer. 

I think the event continues tomorrow. 

Best wishes 

Eric 

[Hobby]

21 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

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I probably shouldn’t tempt people with this but it is one of the Zittau locos  

 

Won't tempt me, I've already got one, but in the more manageable H0e!

[burgundy]

A couple of webcam shots from this morning. 

It is the older, articulated locos that fascinate me, rather than the petite 2-10-2 tanks!

Best wishes 

Eric 

[PaulRhB]

I found the originals from my 1998 trip and rescanned them. 
Zittauer Schmalspurbahn

We stayed at the Hotel in Oybin

 

First train of the day doubleheaded to Bertsdorf and then split to form the two main service trains. 
 

584 on loan from the Dollnitzbahn was the loco for our special. 
 

 

 

 

 

[PaulRhB]

Taking water at Bertsdorf 

 

787 running round a service train

 

 

Between Bertsdorf and Oybin

 

Oybin

 

Returned to Bertsdorf 

 

735 arrives from Jonsdorf and runs round. 
 

 

Double departure with 584 climbing towards Jonsdorf and 735 heading for Oybin. 
 

Later on and 787 arrived from Jonsdorf into Bertsdorf 

[PaulRhB]

After the double departure seen above 584 trundling towards Jonsdorf 

 

 

 

 

I was lucky to get a cab ride from Jonsdorf. . .

 

all the way back to Bertsdorf 

 

584 went for water

 

The train from Oybin arrives in the loop on the opposite side of the station buildings. 
 

so the train from Zittau can arrive as our special is sat in the other line. 
 

 

The crew of our special.