Germany (May 2003) Germany (May 2003)Glauchau: End of the 80s Glauchau was one of the best spots for taking photographs of the last steam locomotives in East Germany. The engines of class 58.30 had been already seperated from service in 1981, but some 50.35 were still in service. The duties were concentrated on the lines Glauchau - Rochlitz and St.Egidien - Oelsnitz, whereby the locomotives still reached Karl-Marx-Stadt and Zwickau too. Top act were the heavy sand courses on the line Glauchau - Rochlitz in the delightful valley of the river Mulde. So it was no surprise that whole crowds of railway enthusiasts came here before steam ended in the early 90s...
| Rolling stock of Glauchau on 01.01.1987 | |
| 50 | : 2146 |
| 50.35 | : 3519, 3523, 3529, 3576, 3654, 3666, 3670, 3673, 3688 |
| 58.30 | : 3047, 3049 |
| 86 | : 056, 333 |
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| Winter-time in Rochlitz: 50.3688-4 and 86.1056-0 (Jan.1987). | 86.1333-3 after main repair in May 1987. | |
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| Last class 50 in old version was 50.2146-4 (April 1990). | 50.3551-4 came to Glauchau from Zwickau in May 1987. Here it arrives at Penig on Rochlitz-line(Sept.1987). | |
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| One of the less class 50.35 engines with a "narrow" front was 50.3576-1, here at Zwickau main station in May 1987. | The most photogenic train on Oelsnitzer line: Freight N65319 headed by 50.3670-2 in Lichtenstein (July 1987). | |
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| 50.3654-6 with passenger P19736 near Waldenburg (Sept.1987). | Passenger P19677 at St.Egidien station. 50.3576-1 is waiting for departure to Oelsnitz (Sept.1987). |
| Top: 50.3519-2 is crossing the river Mulde in Rochlitz (Juni 1987). |
