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View over Kaiserstrasse

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Frederick Mann

Premium (World), Wuppertal-Arrenberg

View over Kaiserstrasse

16.11.2006, 11:25:25, Schwebebahn/Kaiserstr, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

( the überstrassenbahn in Wuppertal west goes over the street from end station Vohwinkel to Sonnborn... then over the river Wupper to Oberbarmen the other end station of thie 13km stretch)

for many visitors to Wuppertal ... expecially in Stadtteil Vohwinkel is the overhead train a surprise ... as well as novelty ... but, indeed, it's one of the cleverest solutions to the traffic problems of this city ...

I can remember one time ... as I was guiding a bus with young artists from Poland, who were guests for an international culture festival, to their living quarters The bus driver, shocked by the sudden sight of the overhead train coming rapidly towards him, his bus hanging over the street... he shrunk in his seat, in mild, and at the moment not so amused, panic ... as he saw the "schwebebahn rapidly approaching ... from above ... he had the fear his bus was too high or the train was too low. During his trip from Poland to Wuppertal he, and his old bus, had encountered many things that caused stress ( this was during the time of the still Ost/West Mauer) but seeing suddenly the least expected.. to be confronted with a train hanging from a rail coming straight towards him and his full bus. We all survived in waves of laugher.

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Laufmann-ml194 05/01/2015 6:50
diese Ansicht erzeugt mit dem engen Schnitt eine vortreffliche Dichte
so stellen das nicht viele da
für mich .... daher einfach klasse
vfg Markus ml194
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Kaltenstein 10/03/2011 10:47
tip top! Gruss K.
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Ida-Lena 15/02/2009 11:57
absolut spitze bild !!
LG Ida :)
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Inez Correia Marques 14/02/2009 9:27
Hanging by a thread ._)

i had no idea!

this is my favorite of the too .

Fantastic view Frederick
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Lisa Elisabeth Stamm 14/02/2009 9:10
Schön, deine Geschichte mit deinen Gästen im Bus aus Polen und der Hängebahn in Wuppertal.

In der Tat, diese Bahn und ihre Konstruktion schaut für mich auch heute sehr futuristisch aus...obwohl sie ja, wie du uns erklärst, bereits über 100 Jahre alt ist...

lg Lisa Stamm
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Bettina Bürgel-Stein 13/02/2009 7:54
oh nein, die schwebt ja echt über die autos hinweg....so hab ich mir das aber nciht vorgestellt......
LG Bettina
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bakmak 12/02/2009 19:33
das ist richtig cool...
würd ich auch gerne mal fotografieren ;o))
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Udo Ludo 03/01/2009 19:41
Keine Werkhalle trotz sicher zahlreicher Werktätiger.
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DRAGA PUC 24/11/2007 10:57
good composition!
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Petra Ott 28/10/2007 18:51
Interessante Perspektive, mich irritiert nur etwas das kippen den Autos im Vordergrund. VG petra
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Claudia Jenniges 15/08/2007 17:46
Picture discusion in english so I try.

The perspective is giving a new view into this scenery. It seems like the watcher is a part of it.
The arches are building the frame interupted from the diagonal of the top rail and the trafic.

The red of the passenger cabin is doing the coulor accent.
But the most important point is the street crossing woman.

Very lightful atmosphere.

LG Claudia

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Martina F. 11/06/2007 19:35
nice anecdote :-)
It's always hard for me to explain the Schwebebahn to people who haven't seen it - yet. Nobody gets the "hanging" concept, everybody thinks it's a monorail "up in the air". I adore the Schwebebahn, very unique and special and soooo easy and fast!
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Peter Nickel 07/02/2007 13:28
gefällt

lg peter
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