First freight train between FRG and GDR, 1990

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View of the station porters before the departure of the first scheduled freight train between the FRG and the GDR from Nuremberg to Dresden. The locomotive was named "August der Starke" ("August II the Strong").

Photographer:

Horst Schäfer

Date:

01.01.1990

31.12.1990

Location:

Germany, Nuremberg

Image ID:

01093833

Dimensions:

4960px x 3292px

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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

Copyright Notice:

Horst Schäfer/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Keywords:

Border Border Crossing Border Opening Borders Conductor Db Db Class 218 Diesel Locomotive East Germany East Zone Economy Engine Driver Freight Locomotive Freight Train German Railways Krupp Landesgrenze Lettering Lok 218 005-7 Model Series 218 Mtu Engine Politics Railroad Railway Railway Station Trade Transport Voith Transmissions Zone Boundary

Headline:

First freight train between FRG and GDR, 1990

Date:

01.01.1990

Photographer:

Horst Schäfer

Image ID:

01093833