A few photos from the Weißeritztal and some left-over photos, August 1991

Here are five pictures from a side trip on the Weißeritztalbahn to Seifersdorf and back:

DR 99 1746, Freital-Hainsberg, August 1991

DR 99 1746, Weißeritztalbahn, August 1991

DR 99 1746, Seifersdorf, August 1991

DR 99 1746 and 1777, Seifersdorf, August 1991

Parallel trains near Freital-Hainsberg, August 1991

I missed the following pictures in the previous postings—they are gathered here.

Presumably near Flöha was this semi-permanent installation of a "chessboard" sign, as far as I can remember it was necessary because of a longer lasting rebuild of the right track:

Chessboard sign and premissive signal at signal 36, um Flöha?, August 1991

Unfortunately, I don't remember where this low mechanical blocking signal was:

Low shunting signal, ?, August 1991

In Thale, there was, and still is, this neat signal box decorated with flowers; on the right, DR 132 420 waits with its train:

Signal box B2 and DR 132 420, Thale, August 1991

In the area of Angermünde there should be this low form starting signal:

Starting signal G, ?, August 1991

DR 112 337 with its old double-decker set is waiting in Wernigerode:

DR 112 337, Wernigerode, August 1991

And finally, two pictures take us almost to the starting point of our journey, to Dresden:

Dresden-Neustadt, August 1991

Dresden Hbf, Wernigerode, August 1991

That's really it from the eastern states in 1991!

Molli, 1991

We also visited Bad Doberan in 1991 and took Molli back and forth once or twice. I know that back then you could get on and off the train in Bad Doberan without any problems, and at the walking pace of the train you could also walk ahead of it to take photos—is that still possible today?
Here are some images:

Molli's DR 99 2321, Bad Doberan, August 1991

Molli's DR 99 2322, Bad Doberan, August 1991

Whistle and bell signal on the Molli, Bad Doberan, August 1991

The photo I too of the lever frame at Heiligendamm was taken through a reflecting window, so there are some reflections here. In terms of block instruments, there is just a single block instrument for all routes a¹, a₂, b¹ und b₂—thus, only one route can be set up at any one time. As for the levers, we can see

• two route levers—in the picture, one can see that the right one is reversed to the upper position for locking route b¹;
• two signal levers for the single-armed semaphores A and B—in the picture, the right one is reversed, so home signal B is cleared;
• and two points levers for points 1 and 4—both are in normal position in the picture, as route b¹ leads into the main track.

Lever frame, Heiligendamm, August 1991

Here you can see the train that has arrived on this track:

Molli's DR 99 2321, Heiligendamm, August 1991

Until a few years ago, this home signal stood at the entry to the terminus station Kühlungsborn West, but it had been equipped with a white cross showing that it was no longer in use. In 1991 it was still in operation. You can see here, as in some other pictures in previous postings, that narrow signal masts were erected in many places where they were not actually necessary—obviously the spare parts stock for masts was at some point restricted to narrow masts, which were then (at least partially) used as standard masts:

Home signal A, Kühlungsborn West, August 1991

The signal was controlled by this signal lever:

Signal lever, Kühlungsborn West, August 1991

I would think that the lever was flipped in one direction or the other depending on the entry track (1 or 2)—there are at least markings on both drop-in weights. However, there is only one lock below the release slider, which means that a release dependent on the point switch position could probably not have taken place. But maybe there is another lock on the back of the trestle. Maybe someone has a signalling plan that explains how this worked?

Signal lever, Kühlungsborn West, August 1991

Now for some images of Molli steamers:

DR 99 2322, Kühlungsborn West, August 1991

Cleaning the windows on DR 99 2322, Kühlungsborn West, August 1991

Molli, near Steilküste, August 1991

On the return trip, we had to wait in front of the Heiligendamm home signal—presumably the train on track 2 always enters first:

Home signal B from Kühlungsborn, Heiligendamm, August 1991

I only have this blurry photo of the cleared signal, which I show here anyway for the sake of documentation:

Home signal B from Kühlungsborn, Heiligendamm, August 1991

Two more pictures of the famous street running in Bad Doberan:

Molli's DR 99 2321, Bad Doberan, August 1991

Molli's DR 99 2322, Bad Doberan, August 1991

And finally two pictures of a diesel locomotive on the standard gauge side:

DR 119 167, Bad Doberan, August 1991

DR 119 167, Bad Doberan, August 1991

That's it with our pictures from 1991—a few pictures from the Weißeritztalbahn and a small handful of pictures I missed will come in a final posting.

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