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Keeping the Old Gal Running

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Keeping the Old Gal Running

Faces can reveal so much when the people behind them love their work.

This photo, re-discovered this evening, brings back memories of being allowed to explore a car barn, along with my F-C friends Thomas Reitzel and Herbert Schaudt (aka “Sandhofer”), during a visit to Heidelberg in February 2008.

These gents were kind enough to allow us on board some vintage
narrow gauge trams that they maintain in this cavernous facility.

Of course, keeping these old machines in fine fettle involves more than sometimes meets the eye.
Which is why there are maintenance pits between and below the rails. Here a technician can be
seen working below on parts of the old gal that her riders never get to see.

Before long, she’ll be rumbling once again along the rails through Heidelberg’s cobble-
stoned streets, attracting admiring glances from Straßenbahn fans and other nostalgics.

Thank you, gentlemen, for a pleasurable visit!

©2016 Steve Ember

Commenti 5

Cameraqueen 21/08/2016 10:53
Great documentation of people at their workplace. Which they seem to like!
Kind regards,
Sabine
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sparkling light 19/08/2016 12:01
They love their work, easy to see.
Jost
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Carlo.Pollaci 19/08/2016 9:27
Great street.
Kind regards,
Carlo
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Thomas Reitzel 18/08/2016 9:23
Hey - I almost had fotgotten about that charming occasion of having the chance to take a look inside that wonderful tramway depot in Heidelberg. In my opinion, it´s now time to show it - even photographs have to go though a ripening process, many over decades or years at least: This one has grown great and ripe these days!
And, hopefully, the tramcar will still rumble through the streets of its hometown and even over to Mannheim or to the western end of the metre gauge system at Bad Duerkeim to please onlookers and nostalgic travelers as well...
May I add a pic of No.80 in full stride taken along the double tracks between her home town and Mannheim, along with another pic showing her not-so-much-younger sister-cars:

Kleinod Nr. 80
Thomas Reitzel

Thanks for showing and evoking fine memories,
stay well, beste Gruesse
Tom
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Lucy Trachsel 18/08/2016 8:18
It is more than a hobby, it is a passion. Thanks to these dedicated people we can enjoy wonderful trips into the past.
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