Frankfurt’s main railway station, seen from the 49th floor of a nearby office building around noon, May 7, the third consecutive day of a strike by German railway engine drivers.
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A trainy Morning
Sun comes up behind Frankfurt’s main railway station, May 5, after German train engine drivers downed their tools in the current wage bargaining and went on a six-day strike – the longest in the history of German railways.
Press Statement
Claus Weselsky, chairman of the small but powerful German railway engine drivers trade union GDL, delivers a press statement after negotiations on pay with the German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG, in Frankfurt, Nov.21.
Getting ready after the Strike
A locomotive engine driver on morning shift gets ready after three days of a nationwide strike for higher wages near Frankfurt’s main railway station, Oct. 20.
(Canon 5d III, EF 2.8, 300mm, ISO 1250, 2.8, 0.3sec, tripod)
Trax
Trains and tracks at Frankfurt’s main railway station, March 27.
(Canon 5d III, EF 2.8 300mm, f 3,5, 1/1000 sec. ISO250)
Hazy Day
An almost black&white view westward from one of Frankfurt’s highrise buildings over the tracks leading to the main train station on a hazy day, Jan.31.
Main Station
Tracks, trains and wiring outside Frankfurt’s main railway station, seen through a 300mm lens (plus some cropping), Jan.30. May appear a bit chaotic, but traffic runs very smoothly, usually.
(Canon EOS 5d MkIII, 2.8 300mm, f 7.1,1/13 sec. – and a tripod, of course)
Old Bridge – New Bank
An old railway bridge over Main river in front of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Jan 2014.
(Canon 5d MkIII, Voigtlaender (Cosina) 3.5 20mm, f 3.5, 4 sec.)
Swiss Bus Stop
People wait for streetcars and busses outside the main railway station of Basle, Switzerland, Jan.22.
(Canon 5d MkIII, EF 2.0 135mm, 4 sec,, f10)
Steam Team
A driver and a stoker on their museum steam engine after completing a day tour at Frankfurt’s main railway station, Aug.4.
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