English: Those were the railway days before Germany's reunification: In January 1986, DB class 103-159-0 is gracefully pulling an intercity train, originating from Hamburg-Altona, into Offenburg station, track one, having covered the 752km in less than eight hours.

In those days, it rarely ever happened that rail services were running late because of snow or wintery conditions as such. Such a difference from nowadays when, theoretically, Hamburg-Offenburg should be barely more than a five-hours-journey on an intercity express train, however, with an appauling degree of dependability.

On track 101, a railcar DB Class VT 98 is waiting for its next service, most probably on the Renchtal line to Bad Griesbach in the Black Forest.