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Eisenbahnen in Westfalen - Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart

This book describes in words and pictures the history of the railway between the Ruhr region and the Weser, between Münsterland and Sauerland. Starting with the first coal railways on the Ruhr, the story continues through the legendary Cologne-Minden Railway, the Prussian State Railways, the Reichsbahn and the Bundesbahn, and up to the present day.

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Altrote Zeiten im Münsterland - Westfälische Eisenbahn-Impressionen 1967-1987

The sixties, seventies and eighties were a truly colourful era for the railways between Lippe, the Lower Rhine and the Teutoburg Forest. In addition to the "old red" of the diesel vehicles and battery-powered railcars, the black of the steam locomotives could still be found, and the modern traction was in blue, green or burgundy-beige.
On routes that have long since been closed, old or very modern-looking DB and private railway railcars still hummed and buzzed.

This book brings the years between 1967 and 1987 to life again. Around 130 color photographs show locomotives, railcars, routes and railway scenes that were quite commonplace at the time. To today's viewer, they seem like friendly greetings from a distant time.

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Mit Volldampf durch Ostwestfalen - Unterwegs zwischen Löhne, Gütersloh und Höxter

The passionate railway photographer Ingo Thiele presents 170 predominantly coloured photographs that invite you to a nostalgic steam train journey through East Westphalia from the 1960s to the present day.
The impressive images document the use of the Black Horses around the Löhne railway junction and the Bundesbahn Central Office in Minden, which was closed in 1995, on the legendary Teutoburg Forest Railway or the Extertal Railway.

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Eisenbahnen im Sauerland - Die wichtigsten Strecken und Fahrzeuge

Railway expert Christoph Riedel from Lüdenscheid presents around 160 fascinating images of the most beautiful routes and most important vehicles from four decades. The impressive images document the changes in passenger and freight transport on and off the tracks, the most important stations and vehicles.
A must for railway enthusiasts, technology fans and anyone interested in rail transport in the Sauerland.

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Eisenbahnchronik Weserbergland - Die Geschichte der Eisenbahnen an der Oberweser

The railway history of the Weserbergland is both exciting and complicated. The territorial fragmentation in this area and the difficult topographical conditions did not offer good conditions for the construction of railways, but the desire of the large West German railway companies for supra-regional east-west connections resulted in a dense network of main lines here.

The division of Germany caused some of the long-distance routes to quickly become insignificant after the strong east-west freight traffic had largely disappeared almost overnight. The numerous branch and small railways in this region also soon came under increasing pressure due to the growing car traffic. Today, rail traffic in the Weserbergland is almost insignificant except for the main line Hanover - Altenbeken.

The book recalls the great era of the railway on the Upper Weser, of scenic branch lines and small railways and of the last steam locomotives that could be seen pulling heavy freight trains here until 1976.

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