Blumenberg, Niederfinow, Angermünde, August 1991

From Magdeburg we drove via Eilsleben and Blumenberg back to our overnight place at" Halberstadt (where we stayed privately with a pensioner, who showed us his antennas built in GDR times, with which he received everything possible from the FRG—a widespread hobby at that time). In Eilsleben were these two (on the scan in full resolution you can read the numbers nicely):

DR 106 292 and DR 118 640, Eilsleben, August 1991

A track plan of Eilsleben can be seen at sporenplan.nl:

Starting signal V, Eilsleben, August 1991

The following pictures were taken over the shoulder of the driver of the "piglet cab" 171 011:

Ausfahrt Richtung Blumenberg beim Zwischensignal R, Eilsleben, August 1991

Home signal B with upcoming 10 km/h restriction, Wanzleben(?), August 1991

Final stop for the "piglet cab":

DR 171 011, Blumenberg, August 1991

DR 132 258, Blumenberg, August 1991

About the following image, "Maschinenwirtschaft" writes in DSO's HiFo: It " hows the Bw Berlin Ostbahnhof operational station Berlin-Lichtenberg at Nöldnerplatz. The photo was taken from a train from Berlin-Lichtenberg (platform) in the direction of the fork (Stw. B1). In the background you can still see cars of the former GDR government train!" Many thanks for pointing to this exceptional item!

DR 250 237, depot Berlin Ostbahnhof, August 1991

Next, we jump to the line from Berlin to Stralsund:

DR 132 685 and DR 120 165, Angermünde, August 1991

DR 250 08x, Angermünde(?), August 1991

There are four photos from Niederfinow—and many more from the ship's hoist, but I haven't scanned them yet (they will come one day!). The first three are from the Zimmermann&Buchloh signal box:

Stellwerk, Niederfinow, August 1991

Signal box, Niederfinow, August 1991

A bearded traffic director was on duty here:

Stellwerk, Niederfinow, August 1991

DR 110 510, Niederfinow, August 1991

The following photo of a 243 (later the class was called 143) could already be from Chorin:

DR 243 233, Chorin Kloster?, August 1991

The following picture with a sister locomotive is certainly from there (we also have a lot of unscanned photos of Chorin Monastery, which was already abandoned in 1542 ...):

DR 243 093, Chorin Kloster, August 1991

And finally, a few pictures from Angermünde:

The following picture shows starter signal C3 with shortened arms due to the overhead wires:

DR 243 176 with a goods train, Angermünde, August 1991

Another 243, more shortened signal arms:

DR 243 661, Starting signals F and X, Angermünde, August 1991

Starting signal G, Angermünde, August 1991

And finally, pictures of a special machine; they used to have them at many stations—then they were (suddenly?) all gone:

Scales, Angermünde, August 1991

Scales, Angermünde, August 1991

Someone opened it—was it reloaded with cardboard plates, serviced, did someone pick up the money?—I don't remember ... but here is a picture of the inside:

Scales, Angermünde, August 1991