(rshsdepot) Elevated Railroad: Berliner Hochbahn, cont. (Kreuzberg, Wittenberg-platz, Buelow stations, Gleisdreieck!!)

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

 Prinzenstrasse U-Bahn station in Kreuzberg: http://www.wayoutthere.com/around_the_world/popups/images/berlin7.jpg ]
Berlin:
Wittenberg-platz Station "Headhouse" (almost Federal Style, kinda' cute):
http://www.trainweb.org/subwaymark/transit/Germany/Berlin/Photos/ber-hr-ent.jpg

A U2 Line train is  running on an elevated section near Vinetastr:
http://www.trainweb.org/subwaymark/transit/Germany/Berlin/Photos/ber-hr04.jpg

Read much more on the Berlin U-Bahn here:
http://www.trainweb.org/subwaymark/transit/Germany/Berlin/berlin_hr.htm
http://home.arcor-online.de/morituri/berlin/images/berlin-1857-1913-seite148.jpg


Here is a neat old streetcar view:
http://home.arcor-online.de/morituri/berlin/images/berlin-1857-1913-seite148.jpg
< Abbildung: Landwehrkanal mit Potsdamer Brücke, nach Westen gesehen Photo: Waldemar Titzenthaler, 1899 Eigentümer: Landesbildstelle
>

The Mockern Bridge (left front) crosses the Landwehr Canal. This spot known for its 4 levels of traffic, water, street, long
distance trains, elevated railroad. In 1939, the S-Bahn subway was added.
1904: http://82.165.28.118/shop/ak/28/282860.jpg

This site has amazing photos of old Berlin, here 1897:
 http://home.arcor-online.de/morituri/berlin/seite50.html

Hochbahn in Kreuzburg: http://www.kaufhauskreuzberg.de/images/hochbahn_0039.JPG


The Hochbahn, Berlin, 1908, a castle station!: http://www.behrenfamilie.de/100_Jahre/hochbahn_berlin_1908.jpg
http://www.msalzgeber.ch/MPCi2001/Laurent/Image4.gif
This 1902 picture is of Berlin-Kreuzberg Möckernbrücke station is gone, alas. But here it is in  1906:
http://82.165.28.118/shop/ak/27/272321.jpg
Hallesches Tor station, 1902: http://berlin-verzeichnis.de/kreuzberg/bilder/hochbahn.jpg
Amazing Victorian stations were on the Hochbahn.

Buelow Hochbahnhof: http://zu-hauff.de/berlin-verzeichnis/schoenebg/bilder/buelow.jpg

Gleisdreieck, 1902, double arched bridges, the Hochbahn crossing:
http://home.arcor-online.de/morituri/berlin/images/berlin-1857-1913-seite146.jpg

Here we see what the Gleisdreieck der Hochbahn was all about. It translates as "turning triangle" and here we see the view of all
three curved arch viaduct roadways of this "triangle"...with what I guess is a way into the shops in the middle, an elevated shops.
This is really an amazing archival photo/old postcard, with a two car Hochbahn on the right:
http://www.kefk.net/Berlin/Bezirke/Kreuzberg/Abbildungen/Gleisdreieck.jpg

Note that most of this El was in the Kreuzberg district...the original Hochbahn.

I think this last photo is so incredible that I will pause here....to be continued



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