TC wrote:
> Only about thirty to thirty five years ago steam locomotives were a common 
> sight and regular means of transport in East Germany. I rememember driving 
> in them when I was a kid.
> 
> Then, here in Germany, there still is at least one railroad with two 
> steamers still working - the "Harzquerbahn". 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harzquerbahn
> 
> There is a webcam that is updated on every train's arrival. Sometimes you 
> see the steamer, sometimes its a plain train.
> 
> http://www.hsb-wr.de/hsb_barrierefrei/webcams/dah/dah_bhf.htm
> 
> 
> "Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> news:4a8d41f8$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>>Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>
>>>"clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> schreef in bericht 
>>>news:4a8ca077@news.povray.org...
>>>
>>>
>>>>A long day's work. Pure SDL job so far. Still a looooooooooooong way to
>>>>go though.
>>>>
>>>>Comments so far, anyone?
>>>>
>>>>(Anyone can guess the engine type already? Um, well, not bloody likely I
>>>>bet..)
>>>
>>>
>>>Aaah.... memories.... Those were the days! The noise, the smells... and 
>>>the soot on your face if you stayed too long at the open window :-) In my 
>>>youth I often travelled by train between Amsterdam and Paris. Electrical 
>>>traction till Brussels, then steam till Paris. That was the most 
>>>interesting part of course for a young kid :-)
>>>
>>>Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You remember steam locomotives???  I'm gobsmacked! 
> 
> 
> 
> 
My earliest memories of such things would date to the late fifties.  I 
never saw anything other than a deisel loc.

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