hecep
August 11, 2020, 5:37am
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I donât know if these are restored cars circa 1902 or recreations. The flat glass front design pretty much remains, I see.
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FGD135
August 11, 2020, 5:39am
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BTW, a great way to commute.
They still have a lot of problems with the new generation of trains, though.
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Oneboxing funny, but the link works.
Not oneboxing at all
https://www.schwebebahn.de/en/
but additional information and pictures.
Wuppertal (German pronunciation: [ËvĘpÉtaËl] (listen)) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in and around the Wupper valley, east of DĂźsseldorf and south of the Ruhr. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land. Wuppertal is known for its steep slopes, its woods and parks, and its suspension railway, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. It is the greenest city of Germany, with two-thirds green space of the total municipal area. From any part of the cit...
ETA:
TIL that Twitter has an emoji based on the GTW72.
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FGD135
August 11, 2020, 5:54am
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Restored, but a bit like the ship of Theseus after 100+ years.
You can arrange that the registry office sends a public official and have your wedding there.
Most people opt for the sightseeing tour with coffee & cake.
Any Happy Mutants wandering around the area: feel free to PM me for a guided tour.
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With or without elephant?
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Oh, glad to hear they still allow them after last time.
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FGD135
August 11, 2020, 3:47pm
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No freebies though, youâll have to buy a ticket for it.
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Pets are usually half price tickets, unless they fit in a bag, right?
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FGD135
August 11, 2020, 5:31pm
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Dogs are free, but
Sonstige Tiere dßrfen nur in geeigneten Behältern mitgenommen werden, die ebenfalls keine Sitzplätze blockieren dßrfen.
Looking forward to see your elephant carrierâŚ
Jokes aside, technically an elephant would be okay as long as it doesnât endanger or inconvenience the other passengers and doesnât interfere with the safe operation of the train.
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Damn. That would be difficult to argue given the precedent.
Just by the way, if anyone wonders:
Tuffi (born in 1946 in India, died in 1989 in Paris) was a female Asian elephant that became famous in West Germany during 1950 when she accidentally fell from the Wuppertal Schwebebahn into the River Wupper underneath.
On 21 July 1950 the circus director Franz Althoff (de) had Tuffi, then four years old, travel on the suspended monorail in Wuppertal, as a publicity stunt. The elephant trumpeted wildly and ran through the carriage, broke through a window and fell 12 metres (39 ft) down into th...
No images exist. But thereâs a statue.
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FGD135
August 12, 2020, 7:43am
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No images, because all the reporters were inside the car when Tuffi jumped out.
There are a couple of photomontages out in the wild.
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CAP811
August 14, 2020, 9:38am
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Cartoon by JĂźrgen âJorgoâ Schäfer.
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September 13, 2020, 9:39am
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