Trains and birds in Fürth/Adler-Nachbau und Fasan in Fürth
am 29.04.2008 von Transblawg
zonebattler has an allotment not far from Fürth railway station, with a view of a large number of railways lines, when he occasionally posts informed photos of various obscure locomotives.
On Saturday he was able to take several shots of the latest reconstruction of the Adler, the first train in Germany in 1835 (the last one was destroyed in a fire a couple of years ago). He even has a video of it going back to Nuremberg (scroll down). And …
Extremely Large
RA-Blog / In der chilenischen Atacamawüste steht ein sehr großes Teleskop. Es heißt Very Large Telescope (VLT)*. Der Nachfolger soll Overwhelmingly Large Telescope heißen (OWL). Hier meine Vorschläge für die Nachfolger des Nachfolgers: - Almost Un…
Nuremberg Zoo/Tiergarten Nürnberg
Transblawg / Its just been announced that the polar bear cub Flocke will be on public view from April 9. Here is a guide for visitors - after all, the school Easter holidays end next Friday, so from March 31 there will be a few days to visit the Zoo while it…
British railway phrases
Transblawg / Here are some sentences for foreigners travelling on British railways - waiting for a translation into German - Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Polish have already been supplied. Published by kapow Trains are delayed because of the severe weat…
Fürth sites/Fürther Webseiten
Transblawg / I seem to have missed the Kantinenblogger, who posts photos of his canteen meals every day, mainly from Fürth, but also from Nuremberg, Munich and Auburn Hills (I assume the large proportion of sweetcorn kernels is a matter of choice). (Discov…
William Wilson
Transblawg / William Wilson was the first train driver in Germany. According to the German Wikipedia, he was born in Aberdeen. He came to Germany to drive the first train from Nuremberg to Fürth in December 1835. On the first trip he wore a top hat and ta…
Travel in Fürth / Mosaik
Transblawg / Click to enlarge. This mosaic shows travel in Fürth. The first railway in Germany ran between Fürth and Nürnberg, along a different route than the present one. The mosaic shows that the horse was invented later. Mosaic by Iris Rauh…
Fürth sites / Fürther Websites
Transblawg / I am just adding a few Fürth sites to my blogroll. On this occasion I combined Zonebattler’s latest picture with Dirk Pässler’s polar panorama technique to produce this: Not perfect, but then for this treatment the trains sho…
Adlerhorst der anderen Art
MarkenBlog / So stellt man sich den klassischen “Adler Horst” im ersten Augenblick nicht unbedingt vor: 30071576 Nizzaklassen: 42, 35, 39, 41 Dienstleistungen: Werbung; Unterhaltung, sportliche und kulturelle Aktivitäten; Beherbergung von Gästen,…
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