Preßnitztalbahn at Steinbach
Under close supervision of her Zugführer (conductor) and Lokführer (engine driver), this trusty steam locomotive of the Preßnitztalbahn narrow gauge railway is serviced at Steinbach bei Jöhstadt on this wintry day in 2008. Once her water and coal supplies are topped off, and the oil can applied where needed, she will pick up her train and depart for the trip through the pine forests to the terminus at Jöhstadt.
The Preßnitztalbahn is a 750-mm narrow gauge steam powered line in the Erzgebirge region of eastern Germany.
Vielen Dank to my friend, driver and guide for this vist, fellow F-C photographer Thomas Reitzel.
Please also view his superb captures of the trains of the Pressnitztalbahn.
From an Ektachrome-100 transparency.
©Steve Ember
Her sister in the snow 
Steam in the Snow, Pressnitztalbahn No.1
Steve Ember
...and a wider view 
Steinbach bei Jöhstadt
Steve Ember
More photos of the Preßnitztalbahn can be found in my Vintage Steam-Europe folder.
Comments
4
Information
| Section | Subjects: Railway |
| Folders | Vintage Steam-Europe |
| Views | 5,987 |
| Published | |
| Language |
|
| License |
Embed photo
Include in a comment, a description or a message to show this image.
Link copied...
Click on the link and use the key combination "Ctrl C" [Win] or "Cmd C" [Mac] to copy the link.
Pascal Viyer 16/09/2010 0:36
Excellent reportagep^v
Matthias Mempel 12/09/2010 20:13
...and it's still working!... Great shot.Reminds me to when I was a child. "Lummerland: Emma die Dampflok und Lukas der Lokomotivführer" from the Augsburger Puppenkiste.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLGhk9iL22g
Regards, Matthias
Alisa R 12/09/2010 15:36
this photo is so beautiful, telling so much, the whole atmosphere is wonderfully captured... not only esthetic, but also documentarycongrats!
Alisa
s. sabine krause 12/09/2010 9:33
another beautiful shot of the preßnitztalbahn! i just love the nostalgic, almost "fairy-tale-like" mood of this shot! when i first looked at the thumbnail, the building of the tiny train station (?) looked exactly like my "mental image" ; )) of hansel and gretel's "pfefferkuchenhaus"! beautiful with the steam "puffing away" from the engine and all those "busy boys" ( a boys' world, isn't it ; ))?) pampering the old lady and making her function! greetings, sabine. p.s. it goes so well with the other shot, too, because in this one it already seems to be starting to snow…