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Photographer’s Note

This is a view of the old engine shed of my city, Siegen. It was built in 1884 and it is one of the oldest engine sheds - being in use - of the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia. The diameter of it's semicircle is 120 meters.

Today this shed is run by a club of "friends of old locomotives" which repairs and renovates ancient locomotives. The steam-engine extra tours, organized here, are very well visited events and it's always a pleasure to hear the sound of a locomotive gaining momentum or the steam whistle resounding in the valleys.

Last week an old steam-engine, a 52 8134, built in 1943 was put into operation here again after a long time of reconstruction. Tomorrow I'll show a photo of this old lady ....

In the workshop you can see this engine shed from other angles.

Using the map view function at the left you can zoom in (please click several times at +) exactly to the old engine shed of Siegen.

robertosalguero, maltese, snunney, mvdisco, chinchini, leo61, nekoyama, papagolf21, gildasjan, wilkinsonsg, Rev, grafu, vinicio, eska has marked this note useful

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robertosalguero (2763) 2007-05-05 3:36

A good perspective of this building. The shed is old enough to have lots of history. I find it interesting how structures like this one remain on for such long times and enrich our cultures in many ways. Your note about the old reconstructed engine is very good. Thanks Frank.

Roberto

maltese (21535) 2007-05-05 3:43

Bonjour Frank
La convergence des rails donnent un aspect très graphique à cette photo. La réalisation et notamment le rendu des couleurs est très bon sous cette lumière bien gérée.
Du beau travail
Amicalement
Hervé

UnTrained (0) 2007-05-05 5:03

Hallo Frank,
bist Du unter die Modellbauer gegangen? ;-)
Der Blick über die Lokomotivschuppen gefällt mir sehr. Wobei ich noch schwanke, ob ich den einen Workshop mit seinem Panoramaformat bevorzuge. Gerade wie Du aber auch hier die Sicht wiedergibst, wie sich die Anlage in das Stadtbild fügt, macht sie sehr ansprechend. Dazu ist das Grün der Bäume und das Blau des Himmels ein guter Hintergrund. Gute Schärfe und Kontraste und besonders hier gehören die ganzen Drähte auf alle Fälle dazu.
Dann warten wir mal auf die Lok.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

snunney (34656) 2007-05-05 5:38

Hello Frank,
A very good perspective on this old engine shed with some nice repeating geometrics. It is good to see it in the context of the town whilst the foreground tracks provide good framing. Very good detail and pleasing tones.

mvdisco (11466) 2007-05-05 8:50

Bonjour Frank,
Une belle perpective de ce demi-cercle, une bonne note sur celle-ci,photo avec de belles couleurs et point de vue..bon-week-end..
Michel

chinchini (27513) 2007-05-05 9:35

Salut Frank,
Encore une image de qualité comme tu nous as habitué depuis longtemps. Le temps est propice pour le photographe. La luminosité est au top ur un sujet cadré serré.
Je ne vois plus de traces de neige (que tu peux encore voir sur mes dernières photos).
Excellente fin de semaine mon Cher Ami. Ici le temps se réchauffe, mais doucement. Les feuilles commencent à sortir des bourgeons.
Pierre

thor68 (5537) 2007-05-05 11:20

hehe, bist du nun auch unter den zug gekommen, frank! *g*
alte eisenbahnen haben einfach etwas faszinierendes an sich und alte lokschuppen auch.
toller blick über die beeindruckende anlage,
auch wenn mir das panorama im WS einen tick besser gefällt.
bin mal gespannt auf die alte lok & sonnige grüße, thorsten.

leo61 (43229) 2007-05-05 13:32

Hallo Frank!
Hast Du das in Deinem Keller aufgenommen????
Ein tolles Bild,Ich kenne sowas nur von Bildern oder Modelleisenbahnen.Schön dass so was in einer Stadt geppflegt und erhalten bleibt.
Gruß,Andreas

nekoyama (572) 2007-05-05 14:14

Hello Frank,
I like this --pretty locomotives and an old enginge shed with a turntable. Thank you for shareing!

In Kyoto, there also is a nice locomotive museum with a turntable looks like yours in Siegen. It was my favourite place when I was a child. I'll visit there again someday and will post pictures of Japanese steam locomotives.

Danke Schoen!
Keitaro

papagolf21 (56217) 2007-05-05 16:38

Bonsoir, mon ami Frank,
Très belles présentations d'une ancienne gare formée de voies de garage. Nous avons l'impression de voir une maquette de trains électriques. L'ensemble est parfaitement représenté et très bien mis en valeur. Où sont donc passé les fumées, les escarbilles, le
sifflement des locomotives à vapeur ! Nostalgie, quand tu nous tiens.
Excellentes prises de vue.
Amitiés.
Philippe

TravelerNL (2951) 2007-05-05 18:05

Hi Frank,
This almost looks like a scale model, just too good to be real.
I like the views in the workshop as well. Good colors, POV, contrast and sharpness.
Well done,
Harko

gildasjan (23649) 2007-05-06 3:47

Bonjour Frank
Très bon cliché de ce dépôt de wagons et de locomotives.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Gildas

wilkinsonsg (8646) 2007-05-06 5:21

Interesting note and a well chosen POV - nice colours too :)

jasmis (50184) 2007-05-06 7:09

Well, Frank! This is really incredible place. Like part of the child's toy with small locomotives and wagons. Superb!
Regards my dear friend.

Rev (1782) 2007-05-06 11:40

Hi Frank
As promised you have given us a view of rolling stock.
The inner child within me always comes to the fore when trains are involved. I had a wonderful time in Switzerland!!
This is an excellent view of the old sheds and rolling stock complex.
Beautiful colours and delightful subject.
Well captured
regards
Peter

danyy (68546) 2007-05-06 17:14

Bonjour Frank,
une scène que l'on croirait sortie d'un train maniature.
La netteté parfaite, les couleurs pures, les lumières bien dodées, cette courbe est très graphique.
Bien vu.
Daniel.

grafu (1883) 2007-05-06 19:43

hello Frank. really impressive place, your photo is full of details of main subject and it's surrounding. i always enjoy watching old locomotives, rail tracks etc... best regards, p.

clnaef (6289) 2007-05-07 3:36

Bonjour,
J'aime bien ces composition symétrique. Bien vu.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

vinicio (22356) 2007-05-07 8:13

A perfect view for trains lovers Frank, this place is really interesting and it have some atmosphere of old good things, well done, compliments, also for the good and useful images inside the workshop, good work indeed.
Have a nice spring week
Ciao
Vinicio

eska (520) 2007-05-08 20:13

Hi Frank. You bring a lot of childhood memories with this photograph. I still remember the times when most of trains were running on steam power. Today you can find steam locomotive in museum or in the hands of enthusiasts.
Have you ever been on a pedestrian overpass at railway station when a train, spewing black smoke and steam, passed underneath? That was something to remember.
Greetings
Chris