Welcome to the WWW pages of Edmund Lauterbach.     [deutschsprachige Version dieser Seite]

These pages will be modified from time to time. It may be a good idea to revisit them.
The items which you can find here are somehow related to my hobbies: travel, railways, photos.
Everything except this page and the timetable interface is in German. You may like to translate the pages using babelfish.

[Inside brackets you find the date of the last modification.]




Views and other Photos:
 
  Der Bahnübergang     [19.11.2006]
  Matterhorn!     [29.6.2004]
  Berlin Potsdamer Platz (2000)     [11.4.2002]
  Views of Munich     [24.7.2008]

A Winter Walk through the Munich English Garden     [6.2.2005]

Munich – 1964 and 2004     [28.3.2005]
  Pictures from Bonn (2008)     [19.7.2008]

Pictures from Bonn (2002)     [11.4.2002]

Bonn 1957     [1.1.2004]
  Bonn Picture Postcards     [6.3.2005]
  Some Photos of Railway Vehicles     [12.4.2008]
    Light Rail in Dallas
    A Journey with ICE-T
    Trams in Bonn
    Railway Motor Units for regional Transportation



Travel Reports and related Stuff:
 
  Bergbahn – 10 Jahre später (2009)     [23.6.2009]
Ten years after the first visit another trip to a very special railway.
  Mit Ebay an den Øresund (2008)     [12.1.2009]
A trip to Copenhagen and the Oresund Region.
  One Ticket – Lots of Rail Travel (2007)     [25.8.2008]
Some information on a little round trip by rail, which led to two quite different capitals: Luxembourg and Berlin.
  Mit dem Fahrrad zum Staffelsee (2007)     [9.9.2009]
Bike tour along Ammersee and Staffelsee to Murnau.
  Durch thüringische Täler (2007)     [29.6.2007]
Through thuringian Valleys.
  Die Bergische Runde (2007)     [3.5.2007]
A day trip to an interesting region with some unique means of transportation.
  Stockholm – Oslo – Bergen (2006)     [27.8.2006]
Photos and notes from Scandinavia.
  Von der Lokalbahn zum Bayerischen Meer (2006)     [13.10.2006]
A trip by railway, on foot and by ship.
  Urlaub in Ostfriesland (2005)     [15.4.2006]
Travel report with special consideration of the use of public transport.
  Pfingstausflug 2005     [13.6.2005]
Railway and more between Saxony and Bohemia.
  Pfingstausflug 2004     [25.6.2004]
Steam train meets tramway – a trip to the southern Harz Mountains.
  Eine kleine Reise von Nord nach Süd (2003)     [13.7.2004]
A little journey from Hamburg to Munich.
  Eine Lokalbahn mitten in Bayern (2003)     [10.6.2003]
Trip to a small railway in the middle of Bavaria.
  Noch ein Pfingstausflug (2002)     [30.11.2003]
A border-crossing railway trip to the "Vogtland".
  Between Rhine and Eifel (2001)     [11.12.2001]
A description of two daytrips and some photos.


Through Dragon Country (2001)     [5.8.2002]
A trip with the "Dragon Express". This is a short but interesting railroad near Bonn.
  Saxony by Train (2000)     [22.8.2002]
Detailed travel report with photos and additional information.
  London and Scotland (1999)     [20.4.2009]
Detailed travel report with photos. Comments on timetables and costs.
  Ein Pfingstausflug (1999)     [9.8.2003]
Railway specialities in Thuringia.
Bergbahn revisited – photos and information from July 2003.
  Die Appenzellerbahn Runde (1999)     [7.8.1999]
A day trip to Switzerland.
  New York, New York...
    ... and also Chicago (1998)     [13.8.2002]
Some photos of the North America journey.
  Rügen and Usedom (1996)     [11.3.2002]
A journey to the islands.



Information and Hints on Public Transportation:
 
  english:  Travel Service     [3.8.2009]
An alternate interface to the time table service of German Rail.
Also available as interface to the text-only version of the travel service.

Overview "Fahrplan & Tarif"     [10.1.2010]
  Special Problems getting a special Ticket     [13.1.2005]
  "Saving Money on the MVV"     [8.1.2010]
"Saving Money around the MVV"     [15.4.2010]
(MVV = public transportation system in the greater Munich area)
  Stadtbahnen und Artverwandtes     [13.5.2010]
Links to Light Rail systems and concepts in Germany and worldwide.
  Horber Schienentage     [8.12.2008]
Reports and photos from this annual meeting on public transportation in the city of Horb.
  Links to Rail and More     [20.8.2009]



Concepts, Suggestions, Ideas on Public Transportation:
 
  From Salzburg to the Munich Airport – and then?     [17.8.2006]
  "RE-X-Konzept" – Suggestions for Southern Bavaria     [31.7.2003]
Extensions to a concept for an interregional railway network.
  Better Connections to the North-East of Bavaria / "Ostbayernexpress"     [21.2.2003]

Railway concepts around the Munich Airport     [21.2.2003]
  U-Bahn 2000 + X     [14.8.2009]
Ideas for extensions of the Munich underground transportation system. With sketch of the suggested underground network.
  ... und die Innenstadt?     [21.7.2000]
Thoughts on the development of public transportation in the Munich city center.

Zurück zur Urbanität!     [19.6.2003]
Suggestions for the area in front of the Munich main station.
  Light Railway – An additional Transportation System for the Munich Area     [13.8.2002]
Comments and new ideas based on a concept from PRO BAHN.

"Mit der Stadtbahn Land gewinnen"     [28.10.2003]
Advantages of modern Light Railway can take effect not only in urban regions.
  Mehr Tram für München!     [31.1.2010]
Ideas for more tramway routes in Munich, somewhat against actual tendencies.
  Bahnen in Bonn     [22.2.2010]
A trip through the history of tram and railway companies in Bonn and some ideas for a future development of the tram and light rail system. With sketches of the tram and rail network (Google Earth / Google Maps), links and additional information.
  List of Publications     [28.4.2010]
2005 – 2007, 2002 – 2004, 2000 – 2001, 1994 – 1999



Articles and other Stuff not only related to Public Transportation:
 
  Feel-Good Station Unterschleißheim     [16.5.2010]
"Railway stations are the gateways to Deutsche Bahn, but also the showpieces of cities and regions. Their appearance and services substantially contribute to customer satisfaction and to the attractiveness of rail transport."
  EXPO 2000 and the Problems of its "Official Carrier"     [6.5.2001]

"BUGA 2005 als S-Bahn-Störfall"     [6.3.2005]
  Das Meckerheft     [20.11.2006]
Some stories around "Deutsche Bahn".   (PDF / 105KB)
  Some Events around the german Newsgroups on Railway and Public Transportation     [8.6.2003]
  Special Page about my Calculator     [24.2.2005]
  2009 – the tenth anniversary and the twentieth     [21.12.2009]
  History of these Webpages 1999 – 2002     [26.3.2002]
Webpage Access and other Statistics     [20.5.2010]
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