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Travel by Train in Deutschland

I was wanting to pen my joy of traveling by trains in Germany during the summer of 2014.  It is somewhat weird to describe the feeling one (me) gets when on board a tube made of steel and glass traveling over or under ground or through mountains whether at a crawl or at over 200 kph.

It is first and foremost a means of transport.  Therefore every train I was on was essentially just an appliance. But then once you got past that technicality it was something else...to a buff like me it was engineering and nature coming together in a sublime experience that can make your heart sing..or whatever the poetic incarnation of 'the trains are alive with the sound of....is'.

Here then are some pictures of these appliances that took me north to south and west to east as I traversed the Deutschland..

Regional Double Deck Train in Berlin HBF (main station)

Regional Express near Berlin

Berlin Tram near Alexanderplatz

Berlin Metro or U Bahn

Berlin S Bahn

Dresden Tram along the Elbe river

ICE at Jena Paradies station (Jena is known for its optical industry)

ICE at Leipzig Hbf

ICE Regional at Koln (Cologne - the one known for Eau de)

Munich underground (U Bahn) - this one is rushing to Olympics Park in Munich

Scene outside Munich

OBB Railjet Loco in Munchen Hbf - we took this train into Salzburg Austria to see the sights from 'Sound of Music'

Maintenance worker - Munchen Hbf
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