Gas Locomotive + Trailer Car
Gas (benzin) locomotives operated upon the opening of the line in 1910. The line was electrified in 1914.
( 1911 , Postcard )
CKD KT4D
Tram Line 88 acts as a feeder to the S-bahn - the Friedrichshagen S-bahn Station is visible in the background in this photo.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
CKD KT4D
The only two serviceable CKD trams (as of the day of this photo) meet just outside of the Friedrichshagen Loop. Since the total one-way running time for the entire line is 31 min., when the 30 min. headway is in effect, opposing trams barely miss one another at the end of the line. The subsequent layover at the Terminal is thus almost equal the full 30 min. interval.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Lindner + Lindner
A train of 1928 cars.
( 26.06.1960 , Strassenbahnen in Osteuropa )
Dueweg GT6
Between the Friedrichshagen S-bahn Station and the town of Schoneiche the line traverses through the Berlin Wald (Berlin Forest). Unfortunately, tracks follow the siding of the motor road for almost the entire 4.1 km.-long stretch through the woods. At the time of this photo, made on Sunday, the inbound track was under construction, with a single-track operation maintained via the outbound track.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
CKD KT4D
Upon entering the town of Schoneiche from the west, trams follow a tranquil suburban Kirschenstrasse in mixed traffic. The tramway right-of-way essentially stands for a street, even though motorized traffic is almost non-existent. This section was rebuilt during the last years of the DDR.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
CKD KT4D
Tram passes by the Depot in the Schoneiche town center. East of the Depot the line becomes a single-track.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Raw Sw TZ70 + Raw Sw BZ70 + Raw Sw BZ70
Prior to 2001 the section of the line through the centralmost part of the town of Schoneiche was a single-track mixed traffic arrangement with the track following the western curbside of Dorfstrasse. This way, outbound trams conflicted with motorized traffic head-on. 2-axle Reko trams operated regularly until 1994.
( 01.1990 , Sludgeulper )
Dueweg GT6
Upon a radical reconstruction project being carried out in 2001, the track was relocated from the western curbside of Dorfstrasse, onto a reservation via the eastern roadside. The section remained single-track.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
CKD KT4D
East of Schoneiche the line boasts a number of rebuilt double-tracked sections. Most rebuilding and double-tracking took place under the DDR.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
CKD KT4D; Dueweg GT6
Trams pass one another within the double-tracked section of the line that acts like an extended passing point.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
Between towns of Schoneiche and Rudersdorf the line follows a busy Kalkberger Strasse, essentially a suburban highway. At the point shown, the line becomes a single-track again.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
CKD KT4D
Unrebuilt single-track sections of the line still boast an old interurban character. Even though the line traverses largely overdeveloped Berlin suburbs, occasional open fields and farmsteads could still be found alongside.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
The eastern half of the line is entirely single-track.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Raw Sw TZ70 + Raw Sw BZ70 + Raw Sw BZ70
The photo is made right after the collapse of the DDR. 2-axle Reko trams are still operated.
( 01.1990 , Sludgeulper )
CKD KT4D
A rather atypical photo-op with the surviving farmstead alongside the line. The tram stop is located right near the busy highway interchange with the Berlin Autobahnring (conveniently left out behind the scene).
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
A passing point west of the town of Rudersdorf.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
The only surviving section of a curbside single-track mixed right-of-way remains in the Rudersdorf town center. Outbound trams conflict with oncoming motorized traffic head-on.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
Prior to 1977 the line used to diverge to the right via Strasse der Jugend (in the background of this photo) toward former Markt Platz. The entire eastern part of the town of Rudersdorf, however, was destroyed under the DDR, swallowed by the expanding open-cut industrial chalk pit. The pictured tram turns toward Alt-Rudersdorf via the new post-1977 substitute extension.
( 24.08.2008 , Misha Vareshkin )
Dueweg GT6
Tram approaching the Alt-Rudersdorf Loop.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
The post-1977 location of the outer terminal of the line looks rather arbitrary, as the line seems to end in the middle of nowhere. There is a sizeable apartment block development, however, hidden away to the south of the main road.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
As of the date of this photo, a total of 12 Duewag GT6 cars were acquired second-hand from Heidelberg since 1999. Out of those, only 7 cars were assembled for passenger service.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Saw Sw TZ70; Dueweg GT6
Some of Deuwag GT6 cars acquired second-hand from Heidelberg were never used in service. Some of these cars even kept old Heidelberg fleet numbers, such as car 240 on the right. The latter car was used for parts and promptly scrapped soon after this photo was taken.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Dueweg GT6
There were 2 different Duewag GT6 cars numbered 43 in the history of the enterprise. The latest car 43 at the time of this photo took the given fleet number over from the old 43 that was scrapped upon being used for parts.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Eigenbau T4
A locally assembled 4-axle bogie car with Gotha body parts, enhanced up to interurban standards.
( 01.1990 , Sludgeulper )
A locally assembled bogie car with a 1928 trailer in tow.
( 23.06.1970 , Strassenbahnen in Osteuropa )
A track maintenance monster borrowed from Erfurt for a track rebuilding effort taking place along the line at the time of this photo.
( 24.08.2008 , Yury Maller )