Zeitreise durch die Pfalz - Schienenwege gestern und heute
122 impressive image comparisons of railway lines, railway facilities and stations demonstrate the changes in the railway as a means of transport in recent decades. The images compared do not only show railways, but also illustrate the structural change in the economy and its effects on the landscape and urban development.
For this edition of the series Railroads yesterday and today, we have explicitly limited ourselves to the Palatinate, which was incorporated into the state of Rhineland-Palatinate after the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Palatinate belonged to Bavaria at the time of the railway construction and beyond the time of the state railways. So there are still small but subtle differences to the railway lines in Rheinhessen and the other areas of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Thanks to the historical photographs by Helmut Röth, Wolfgang Löckel, Werner Bischoff and Prof. Dr. jur. Wolfgang Feuerhelm as well as other well-known photographers, this book documents the decline of the railway in the Palatinate on the one hand, but also the successful modernization from the mid-1980s onwards, which reached its final climax in the renewal of the fleet in the last three years with the SÜWEX and the modern diesel railcars.
It was not always easy to track down the locations where the historical photos were taken, but in most cases this was successful. The comparisons of Ludwigshafen with its former terminal station are particularly impressive. The Palatinate is a beautiful region and so this book is intended to invite you to explore the area by public transport - according to the motto: Annerschwu is annerschd unn hald nett wie in de P(f)alz...
Specificaties
| Auteur: | Wolfgang Löckel |
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| Uitvoering: | 144 blz, 29.5 x 22.5 cm, harde kaft |
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| Illustraties: | 250 z/w- en kleurenfoto's |
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| Taal: | Duits |
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| Uitgever: | VGB GmbH (D, 2019) |
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| ISBN: | 9783969680629 |
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