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Buffet car of an interzonal train - Photo story by Alfred Strobel

Rail traveller in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of train passengers drinking coffee and eating cake in the dining car. The East German railway employee (left) with her two children sits at the table together with a woman from Munich and a student from the village.

Rail traveller in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

Farewell at a railway station, 1954

Train passengers are seen off by relatives and friends on the platform of a train station. Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers.

Traveler points to a billboard of Coca Cola, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a lady wanting to order Coca Cola from the waiter. However, since the administration of East Germany prohibited the sale of American products in this dining car, the drink was also unavailable. The billboard hangs there anyway.

Traveler points to a billboard of Coca Cola, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a lady wanting to order Coca Cola from the waiter. However, since the administration of East Germany prohibited the sale of American products in this dining car, the drink was also unavailable. The billboard hangs there anyway.

Platform at Landshut Hauptbahnhof, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich marked by a scoreboard on a platform at Landshut Hauptbahnhof (main train station of Landshut). This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers.

Billing in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Presumably, the uniformed man on the left was a customs official of the GDR, and all popular goods carried by the dining car had to be registered and documented in order to prevent smuggling.

Billing in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Presumably, the uniformed man on the left was a customs official of the GDR, and all popular goods carried by the dining car had to be registered and documented in order to prevent smuggling.

Traveler points to a billboard of Coca Cola, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a lady wanting to order Coca Cola from the waiter. However, since the administration of East Germany prohibited the sale of American products in this dining car, the drink was also unavailable. The billboard hangs there anyway.

Interzonal train at Gutenfuerst station, 1954

The interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich after its arrival at the border station. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Here, the change of the railcars: on the right, the locomotive of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway), on the left, the locomotive of the German Reichsbahn (German State Railways).

Rail traveler having a meal in the dining car, 1954

Interzonal train at Gutenfuerst station, 1954

The interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich after its arrival at the border station. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of train drivers of the Deutsche Reichsbahn welcoming their West German colleague.

East German railway employees with West German colleagues, 1954

Photo of an employee of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and her West German colleagues taking turns at a border station. Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Locomotive and staff were exchanged at the border station.

Staff of the dining car doing billing, 1954

Train passengers buy cigars in the dining car, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of two travelers from Saxony, who buy cigars from the waiter. The East German travelers were officially authorized to buy tobacco goods worth an East German mark.

Farewell at a railway station, 1954

Interzonal train at the platform of Muenchen Hauptbahnhof (Munich main railway station), 1954

Interzonal train at Gutenfuerst station, 1954

The interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich after its arrival at the border station. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of an East German railway employee next to the dining car.

Farewell on a railway station, 1954

Dining car of a interzonal train, 1954

Interzonal train at Gutenfuerst station, 1954

The interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich after its arrival at the border station. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Here, the East German engine driver looks out of his locomotive of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German State Railways).

Traveler buys tobacco products in the dining car, 1954

Train passengers buy cigars in the dining car, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of two travelers from Saxony, who buy cigars from the waiter. The East German travelers were officially authorized to buy tobacco goods worth an East German mark.

Staff of the dining car do billing, 1954

Train passengers buy cigars in the dining car, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of two travelers from Saxony, who buy cigars from the waiter. The East German travelers were officially authorized to buy tobacco goods worth an East German mark.

Platform at Landshut Hauptbahnhof, 1954

Waiter serving food to travelers, 1954

Farewell at a railway station, 1954

Waiter of a dining car with tobacco goods and chocolate, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a waiter of the dining car with their assortment of cigars, cigarettes and chocolate, which they were selling to the travelers - for East German travelers everything had to be meticulously acknowledged.

Interzonal train at Gutenfuerst station, 1954

The interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich after its arrival at the border station. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Here, the East German engine driver who looks out of his locomotive of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German State Railways).

Signs for passenger trains on the platform of a train station, 1954

The signs in the foreground were intended for the wagons of the respective trains to indicate their route. In the background, the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers.

Waiter of a dining car with tobacco goods and chocolate, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a waiter of the dining car with their assortment of cigars, cigarettes and chocolate, which they were selling to the travelers - for East German travelers everything had to be meticulously acknowledged.

Interzonal train at Gutenfuerst station, 1954

Farewell at a railway station, 1954

Waiter of a dining car with tobacco goods and chocolate, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a waiter of the dining car with their assortment of cigars, cigarettes and chocolate, which they were selling to the travelers - for East German travelers everything had to be meticulously acknowledged.

Train passengers buying cigars in the dining car, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of two travelers from Saxony, who buy cigars from the waiter. The East German travelers were officially authorized to buy tobacco goods worth an East German mark.

Waiter of a dining car with tobacco goods and chocolate, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a waiter of the dining car with their assortment of cigars, cigarettes and chocolate, which they were selling to the travelers - for East German travelers everything had to be meticulously acknowledged.

View of the kitchen of a dining car, 1954

Waiter of a dining car with tobacco goods and chocolate, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a waiter of the dining car with their assortment of cigars, cigarettes and chocolate, which they were selling to the travelers - for East German travelers everything had to be meticulously acknowledged.

View of the kitchen of a dining car, 1954

Rail traveller in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

View of the kitchen of a dining car, 1954

Rail traveller in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

Waiter in the dining car of an interzonal train, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. Photo of a laughing waiter. In his right pocket, a wallet with West German mark, in his left pocket, a wallet with East German mark.

Rail traveller buys chocolate in the dining car, 1954

Civil servant and cook do billing in the dining car, 1954

Photo of the interzonal train on the route Leipzig-Gutenfuerst-Hof-Munich. This train was known for its "all-German" dining car, which was popular due to the 1: 1 exchange rate, especially among East German travelers. The strict conditions of the traffic between East and West forced the crew to scrupulously inspect all goods and sales aboard the train.

Rail traveller drinks wine in the dining car, 1954