Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Sharp wrote: > Nice shed shot Peter, > did you hear about the catastrophe at the German National Railway Museum > in N?rnberg? > A terrible fire, and the subsequent collapse of the roof, destroyed > virtually the whole collection of steam, diesel and electric exhibits > including a working replica of "Adler" > the first steam train to run in Germany (the original was built by > Robert Stephenson in Newcastle), it's still a matter of seeing what can > be salvaged but hopes are not particularly high. > The large exhibits made up around 95% of preserved main-line steam > traction in Germany. > Douglas > > > Peter Dzwig wrote: > >> Leica IIIf 3.5cm Summaron f8 BW400CN >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album164/Engineers20051010 >> >> Thanks for looking. Comments are always welcomed, >> >> Thanks, >> >> Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> Thanks Douglas. No I hadn't. Sounds disastrous. I guess it depends on how heavy the roof was and where it actually fell. I guess that most would survive a lot of heat, let's hope that it did. Peter