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..
Comments (35)
jayfar
Well seen and captured. Looks to be a busy train.
kgb224
Amazing to see this my friend. Well spotted and captured. God Bless.
bazza
Nice shot Sig, yep I've been on these, they are great!!
flaviok
Fantástica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
adrie
Very cool capture my friend.
Faemike55
Great capture Sig! Looks like it would be fun to ride
West_coaster07
Nice one Sig!!
Crudelitas
I'm already gone in as a double decker. If you sit up you have a really nice view! Very nice Photo!
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work
jocko500
wonderful image
Isabelle711
Awesome image my friend. :)))))) I have never seen such before. :)))))) Most excellent capture my friend. :)))) Amazing lighting. :)))) Thank you for sharing. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :))))))
auntietk
How interesting! I've never seen this setup before. I like seeing the people through the window, doing what they do. Great capture!
nikolais
cool angle!
bmac62
This would make a great study on what people do to wile away time getting from point A to point B:) Another fine visual composition for us.
renecyberdoc
awesome transportation system.
ysvry
great foto.
Maxidyne
These stunned me the first time I was in Sydney as we only have single deck ones in the UK. Cool capture!
casmindo
they look clean too! Nice job...
Jean_C
Superb shot!
nefertiabet
Wow, der City Rail sieht aber flott aus!!!
drifterlee
Really cool shot!
flavia49
very beautiful picture
emmecielle
Interesting image! Great shot! :)
sandra46
VEERY COOL
dbrv6
Cool - not seen any setup like that.
farmerC
Shining shot.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful POV of people in transit!!!
dragonmuse
Fascinating.
carlx
Great capture and mood!!!
debbielove
Double deckers!!! Maybe they should use those in the UK to ease cramming people in like sardines in a tin! Fine shot Sig.. Rob