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Translation see above At the beginning of the 90s there were various special trips to destinations that we West Berliners had previously not been able to get to so easily. We also visited places that were otherwise off-limits. Unfortunately, my memories are only present thanks to the film footage. So we drove from Lichtenberg station to Görlitz and then "rolled" to the Waggonbau Görlitz site, where there must have been a railway festival taking place that day, as there were several steam locomotives there, including the Saxonia. Rail vehicles have been built here since 1848. Among other things, the Berlin U-Bahn class A, the Berlin S-Bahn BR ET 165 and ET 169, various double-decker carriages and trains, the VT 137 and the VT 18.16 ("Görlitz type"), which we traveled there in that day, were built here. Today it belongs to Bombardier. There is an extensive article about it on Wikipedia. I'll repeat myself: this is Video8 material which has been copied several times and also had tape errors. At the time we thought the film quality was good. Today we are used to something different. But the microphone was very good. I hope there won't be any problems again because of the marching bands. Even though I cut that part out, you can hear them. At the beginning of the 1990s there were special trips by train to destinations where we West Berliners couldn't easily travel before. We also visited places where in the time of the GDR you normally don`t get into. Unfortunately my memories are only present through this film after 28 years. So we drove from the Railway station Berlin-Lichtenberg to Görlitz main station and then to the Waggonbau Görlitz. It is a railway construction company since 1848, where also was a railway festival on this day because there were several steam locomotives present, including the Saxonia. Different railcars and wagons were built here, also the “Berlin U-Bahn series A”, the “Berlin S-Bahn series ET 165 and ET 169, the VT-Class 137 and the VT-Class 18.16, the train we traveled this day. Today the cocmpany belongs to “Bombardier”. You can read a good article of the whole story in Wikipedia. I repeat myself: This is Video8 material, which was copied several times and also had tape errors.