woah... impressive scene!
really like the contrast of the tracks, the futuristic looking things on the left and the blurred cathedral in the background
Found that thread just now - some info for those interested in some "bridge lore":
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Actually the futuristic looking things are air conduits for the Colonge philharmony situated underground near cathedral and main station.
The arrangement of the tracks and the main station was purposefully chosen: train travellers to Cologne were to go straight on to the Cathedral. just in front of the Cathedral there is this turn to the right into the station hall.
Before ww2 there were two train double tracks leading across the river Rhine plus an additional street/ tram bridge. After ww2 only the train bridge segments were repaired/ reconstructed. In the late 80ies another double track train bridge for local trains was added.
Actually quite at the spot the photo was taken from there used to be big towers flanking the tracks and some kind of gate in between. Must have felt like driving thru a city gate.
Here is a historical photo from the 30ies showing that very spot in the image centre:
https://digit.wdr.de/entries/85547?index=6&q=eyJ7OH0iOlsiaG9oZW56b2xsZXJuYnJcdTAwZmNja2UiXX0%3D&qt=searchMore general info here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenzollernbr%C3%BCckeUnfortunately the surroundings of the station grew quite infamous after New Year's Eve 2015.
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