Was sorting through image files and was able to date the series at Bundesbahn in the '70s (to '81) to 1979 or 1980. Duisburg - Koblenz was my "home" trip as it connected my grandparents. Here two images that weren't included the first time around.
 |
| An unidentified 103 pulling an IC in Bonn Hbf. The driver looking back to make sure all clear as he prepares to pull out. |
 |
| The two love birds here can also be seen in the main series here. Just scroll down. |
With one set of grandparents in Duisburg and my other grandmother in Koblenz, a lot of time during visits was on the train between the two. Going through some images I found two views of the same place between Cologne and Bonn, Meschenich-Kölnberg. This is a Trabantenstadt (satellite city) not dissimilar from the Plattenbauten in the DDR. The image below is from Google's Street View and was captured in 2008. Spinning the image around shows that it is really in the middle of no where.
 |
| Here an image of the same location from 1979 or 1980 taken from the train. Film is super grainy, most likely because of my processing. More images from that trip here. |
 |
| And here from the trip I took with my daughter in 2004, my last time in Germany. |
Who says you can't drop high rises amongst the farm fields in the countryside...
