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This was a particular interesting place in 1989. Close to the West Berlin border, which was non accessible. The Ferkeltaxi acting as a kind of S-Bahn from Potsdam Hauptbahnhof and to Babelsberg.
How you do that picture. Photos of bridges were still banned in the GDR
Yes, I just took it. I never got into any trouble, actually. The border control was rather paranoid, but inside the GDR you could go without any difficulty and bureaucracy. I was more careful with my camera on railway stations. I have put a few Photos on rail.photorans.eu.
You were very lucky. GDR policeman has confiscated film from my camera because I have made image of my girlfriend on platform of Friedrichstrasse railstation.
Taking photos on platforms is more risky than making photos of trolleybus inside the town. It is also from my experience.
I recall that I normally ascertained that no persons were near, which could cause any discussion. Friedrichstrasse would be rather risky with a camera at that time. But I took quite a lot of pictures even with the S Bahn there. In general the population was very friendly and they might have known that we Danes are very peaceful and informal
I added a photo on rai.phototrans.eu from the platform of Babelsberg from the same day. They will butcher me for the bad quality.
They knew that GDR would fall down soon. After visit of Honecker in West Germany east german people thought that there is nothing to loose and exactly in august 1989 about one thousand of people escaped from GDR through Hungary to Austria. That was the last time of GDR.
These escapes though Hungary and Czechoslovakia followed the same autumn in 1989. Many Germans, with whom I spoke during this summer holiday (3 weeks in Leipzig) were anxious about the increasing GDR interest in cooperation with China after the events in Beijing. Some months later very much changed.
Does taking photos of bridges, platforms, trains and metro still prohibited somewhere in Europe nowadays?
I dot not know. It would, however, be rediculous, as there will be excellent views by using Google sattellite - rather than pictures taken by rail enthusiasts.
there are several metro/light metro systems in France and Spain which prohibit photography in their official rules, but I don`t know whether they enforce it strictly. Also Minsk metro does not allow taking pictures.
Actually an engine driver of the PKP made a sign with his finger (no no), when I was photographing the one waggon train at Wąbrzeźno Miasto in 1989. Imagine the strategic importance of that track !