Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Colvid permitting I still do.
I came as a teenager fairly frequently. In fact I'm solely responsible for the fact the mess coach was green and cream for several years: I was taken down to Tanllan shed, where one of the older volunteers mixed up all the leftover paint. It came out green and I was told to "get on with it". I spent two weeks lurking down there painting that carriage. There was some discussion because I painted the buffer beam red which was supposedly the "wrong" colour. Next time I went someone had repainted it, but the rest stayed the same for a while, as far as I know.
The line is also the reason I'm here in a way; on my firsr visit they had the German/Austrian loco, 699.01 on the service train: suddenly European Trains became interesting, and the next year I happened to be starting GCSE German, and practised on ancient Zillertalbahn magazines from the station shop...
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