A steam locomotive pulls a freight train along the former border between East and West Germany. The border was known as the “death strip,” where escapees could
be shot by border guards.
DB 01 Pacific No 001 173-4 accelerates away from the now closed station at Falls with the 17.09 Lichtenfels to Hof personen zug. On the far left the branch line to Gefrees can just be seen.