Dampflok I
After photographing the Rhätische Bahn's vintage steam train last year as it
crossed the Rheinbrücke at Reichenau, this year I had the pleasure of riding it.
On a splendid autumn Sunday in early October, along with F-C friends Beatrice and Ruadi, I rode (and photo-
graphed!) the steam train pulled by the lovingly maintained No.107 "Albula" steam locomotive, captured here.
I do not normally include links to music, preferring to let the viewer conjure up his or her "soundtrack" to an image.
I happily make an exception here, with composer and steam train lover Eduard Strauss' wonderful Bahn Frei Polka,
in my forever-favorite recording by Willi Boskovsky and the Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna.
Alle einsteigen, und ich wünsche eine angenehme (musikalische) Reise!
https://youtu.be/QxOs5CpK7LI
This image is available in archival gallery prints and as a custom printed Photo Note Card.
Photo+Design ©2011 Steve Ember
RhB.107 "Albula"
Steve Ember
Rhätische Bahn Classic Steam Train at Reichenau
Steve Ember
dominati simone 24/06/2014 13:49
Très, très belle image++++SimoneSusana Miguel 08/02/2012 16:51
The steam is the "Pünktchen on the i", offering both mystery and glamour to those old engines....I like the crop, a pars pro toto, with the shiny black metal and the tracktion of the wheels clearly visible.
Wonderful, Steve.
Best regards,
Susana
andrea aplowski 06/01/2012 12:58
a wunderfull imagelg andrea
† Bickel Paul 25/12/2011 14:19
Absolut fantastisch das Bild, von diesem Detail.Gruss Paul
Peter 8690 07/11/2011 18:05
Nice one! I really like it.Greetings Peter
viola d 04/11/2011 17:32
Absolutely fantastic "onomatopoeic" (meaning: I can really hear the sounds it makes) image!Bw, Viola
Dragomir Vukovic 03/11/2011 20:31
^^^s. sabine krause 03/11/2011 15:33
this one's great! so very dynamic!! the moment i look at it, i hear sounds: a hollow whistle, a labored puffing and huffing as the iron horse is slowly coming to a stop. i think there's movies with scenes like that. googled for a while – thought "butch cassidy and the sundance kid" would have it, but no, couldn't find it. anyway, the steam is great and so is the elegant, steely blue of the cumbersome metal, reflecting the light – a machine like a myth, or a myth of a machine, whichever way you like it… ; )) greetings, sabine.David H Thomas 03/11/2011 7:37
great image