Trains and Stations

HFF everybody, have a good weekend! I'm very much behind again with visits and comments, please bear with me... Ich bin mal wieder sehr ins Hintertreffen geraten, ich werde versuchen aufzuholen....

SC 58- Red as predominant colour Archives this week because walks through town didn't yield enough red and I couldn't find enough stuff for a decent still life. Terminus of Albula-/Bernina Railway at Tirano whc.unesco.org/en/list/1276

Detail of the old locomotive at Tirano www.ipernity.com/doc/523247/49080628

Brusio spiral viaduct is a famous feature of the World Heritage Rhaetian Railway . It was needed "to limit the railway's grade to the required maximum of 7%, so the train would not slip on the way up, or be uncontrollable on the way down. Geological factors prevented the boring of the spiral tunnel that had originally been planned. Engineers therefore decided to construct on the valley floor a 360 degree curve with a 50 to 70 m (160 to 230 ft) radius, and the viaduct forms part of that curve"(Wiki). www.webcam.valtline.it/brusiog.htm

On a 3- day excursion with some photographer friends on the Rhaetian Railway you can have a bit of fun. I saw our train reflected in the glass fronts of Poschiavo station, took a photo and of course the others followed suit;-) Inset a different take. Rhaetian Railway in the Albula and Bernina landscapes is on the World Heritage list since 2008: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1276

Landwasser Viaduct, built in 1901-02, is a 65m high and 142m long railway bridge with a curve radius of only 100m leading directly into a tunnel. It's one of the famous engineering feats of the Albula railway which gained world heritage status in 2008. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1276 Das berühmte Landwasserviadukt, 1901-02 erbaut, ist 65m hoch und 142m lang und führt mit einem Kurvenradius von nur 100m direkt in den Landwassertunnel. Es ist ein Wahrzeichen der Albulabahn, die 2008 zuammen mit der Berninabahn Welterbestatus verliehen bekam. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landwasserviadukt Schmittentobelviadukt Landwassertunnel

Photo taken from the last carriage of the train (see inset for another take). I didn't manage to catch the whole bridge because another photographer kept sticking her head and arms out of the window:-( Landwasserviaduct is a 65m high bridge on the Albula Railway and is crossed by about 60 trains per day. It's one of the many engineering feats on the Rhaetian Railway which gained UNESCO World Heritage status in 2008. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1276 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landwasserviadukt A webcam can be found here: www.rhb.ch/de/interaktiv/webcams

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gornergratbahn www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecdgd1cWMJk HFF folks, have a good weekend!

Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofsturm und (im PiP) Südeingang www.kopfbahnhof-21.de