2-10-0 freighttrain steamlocomotive 52 # 8195 of the Fränkische Museums-Eisenbahn (FME), Nürnberg, on the turntable of Bw Dresden Altstadt on the occasion of the 11th steamlocomotive gathering Dresden. The locomotive was built in 1943 by MBA - Maschinenbau und Bahnbedarf AG (Potsdam-Babelsberg) as 52 # 4901 for the Deutsche Reichsbahn. Reconstructed to 52 # 8195 in 1967 by RAW (Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk) Stendal. Since 1993 running for the FME.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)