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)
flora-crassella
...super Aufnahme von einer Super-Lokomotive!
virginiese
Choo ! Choo ! It reminds me a scene of Back to the Future :-)
CavalierLady
Awesome image!!! Nothing in the world like riding one of these and actually "getting a cinder in your eye". Great shot!
Meisiekind
Lovely image Sig and a great dedi to Mick! :)
bebert
i love theses old locomotives !! great capture !!!
kimariehere
beautifully captured love this compo and old stream train!!!
durleybeachbum
I like steam trains!
emmecielle
Fantastic locomotive! :)
Darkwish
You did EXT shot! Very well done! 5
delaorden_ojeda
love locomotive steam engine, that is a beautiful one, excelent light and pov, bravo !
dragonmuse
Wonderful capture. I love these old trains. Been fascinated by them all my life.
lookit
great photo
Buffalo1
Love these old chuggers. 10 driver wheels must have really made it able to haul a long train.
phill456
Great capture.
Flbenjamin
If you didn't mention Pennslyvania I would think "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" would be jumping off with a bag of money. This is a classic locomotive. Too bad you couldn't put sound to it. I can just hear it now: "Allllllllllllll aboard". Bill aka Flbenjamin
mickuk50
is`nt that just a grand old beauty deserving of restoration .everything about this shot screams days gone by and yet even to this day steam holds such fond memories and fascination for even the generations that never knew steam .excellent capture sig my friend and thank you for the dedi :o) mick