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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (46)
Tanglimara
Excellent locomotive photo, I'm sure Mick will love it. Tony :-)
West_coaster07
Very nice picture!
billcody
A wonderful catch, brother! Mick will be happy tomorrow, I´m sure! And I´m happy, too, about this fine pic....A favourite, I´m thinking... Good night, ich falle gleich vom Stuhl...
jocko500
nice to see history. cool shot
SapUS59
superb capture Sig she's a beauty, that's an excellent museum in Strasburg from what i hear.
timtripp
the water tower makes this a fantastic image.
kgb224
Excellent capture.
annie5
Mick will like this steam locomotive and i like this capture too! Excellent :)
MongusKing
Fantastic picture and work my friend!!!
MrsLubner
We have an old steam engine here and sometimes on weekends my grandson and I will ride it through town. My grandson is 12 and has been a train buff for 10 years. He can tell you the type of engine coming down the track just from the sound - way before he sees it. I love to ride with him on the steam trains because he talks non-stop about their history. :-) This is a stellar shot.
MrsRatbag
What a lovely old engine! Wish they still looked like that. Great capture!
weesel
90 is a grand site moving or just posing. Excellent capture.
jeroni
nice mood, great composition
Richardphotos
impressive engine and capture.a local railroad museum will be moving to a neighboring city to a 12 acre place.I hope I will be able to seen some of it's many locomotives being moved by rail.they have one of the largest locomotives ever made and there is no way they could move it on the streets http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/bigboy.html http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/collection.html
Meowgli
good shot very nice composition, i'd have been tempted to clone out the sign toward the bottom of the shot as i don't think it really adds anything to the scene.. well timed shot with a good range of colour
lucindawind
what a fantastic engine ! beautiful shot
RobyHermida
Very nice!!!!!! The hugs Roby
babuci
Neat capture, like a loco and a steam.
tetsu-pino
Excellent capture!!
thevolunteer
Nice piece of history Sig. I remember growing up and hearing the whistles in the distance. Nice capture. Aloha
Doriutz
Beautiful shot and dedication :)
cameraobscura2
greetings Siegfried, Even to this day I have a weakness for steam engine trains. There is something magical about them and I hope they will be around for years to come. Thank you for sharing. egmont
mairekas
Fantastic historical capture!!! Very well done!
kenwas
Fine shot!
tallpindo
My live steam connection most recently was in Paducah, Kentucky. I was with folks who were more interested in the walking tour and the unwed mothers home as well as the former market but weeventually got to the products of the local locomotive works and I got to study a double acting cylinder set. A later look at including mocked up linkage at greenfiled village still left me not quite able to comprehend how the small cylinders deliver power. Having an automatic lubricator mounted in the same space almost took me on a wild goose chase. With 2-10-0 the heavy firebox is a bit crowded I learned that from books about the Pennsylvanias.
JeffG7BRJ
That is one beautiful old engine there Sig, I know Mick will be thrilled to bits with this one, I am myself. Superb restoration work, makes the engine look nearly new. I thought our ten mile local track was small(they are trying to get it extended another couple of miles) but compared to yours it's a marathon. I had better be happy with what we have. Lol. The small sign, I believe is a line marker and an integral part of any railway, so deserves to be in the shot as much as the water tower. Superb pov and capture. Bravo!!!!!
Iceshark39
Great capture! I've always loved the old steam engines and this is a wonderful looking one!
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful steam engine and fantastic photo too...!!!
rawdodb
Nice to see a beautiful piece of history still in action.... Gorgous shot!!
dhanco
I love trains and especially their whistle in the night. Beautiful capture, Sig and I agree with Tim, the water tower in this shot is the perfect touch.