Maiden run of 52 4867 at Hauenhof
Sometimes it happens that I am not happy with the colors even if the film is properly developed. Such was the case here, it just didn't look right. But why not try monochrome. Yes!
52 4867 was on its first revenue trip on February 15, 2003 after receiving a major overhaul with a new boiler at the Meiningen steam shops.
The 52 4867 was built as a 'Kriegslok' in 1943, stayed in Austria after WWII. After retirement from the Austrian state railway in 1970 the 2-10-0 was acquired by the Graz-Köflacher Bahn which used it for another ten years. Since 1980 the steamer is part the collection of the Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt.
I was in the area for a Plandampf on the Rennsteig mainline so the steam special fit right in even if it meant a slight detour from the mountains and missing a bit there. But looking at my notes I squeezed the maiden run between two steam freights. Most of the photographers stuck with the Plandampf. When I parked my car at the little pond south of Immelborn - quite a signature spot on the Eisenach-Meiningen line - I was the first. And nobody else came.
Maiden run of 52 4867 at Hauenhof
Sometimes it happens that I am not happy with the colors even if the film is properly developed. Such was the case here, it just didn't look right. But why not try monochrome. Yes!
52 4867 was on its first revenue trip on February 15, 2003 after receiving a major overhaul with a new boiler at the Meiningen steam shops.
The 52 4867 was built as a 'Kriegslok' in 1943, stayed in Austria after WWII. After retirement from the Austrian state railway in 1970 the 2-10-0 was acquired by the Graz-Köflacher Bahn which used it for another ten years. Since 1980 the steamer is part the collection of the Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt.
I was in the area for a Plandampf on the Rennsteig mainline so the steam special fit right in even if it meant a slight detour from the mountains and missing a bit there. But looking at my notes I squeezed the maiden run between two steam freights. Most of the photographers stuck with the Plandampf. When I parked my car at the little pond south of Immelborn - quite a signature spot on the Eisenach-Meiningen line - I was the first. And nobody else came.