street running in eastern germany

This is a little bit of self-indulgence - a nice video clip of the Mollibahn in eastern Germany.

But back on message this is one of many narrow gauge lines from the former East Germany which have survived and flourished under privatisation. Trains operate every hour on every day of the year. Although now owned and operated by a private group and primarily aimed at tourist traffic it does also fulfill an important transport need as it operates to the fairly large and very popular seaside towns of Heilegendamm and Kuhlungsborn on the Baltic.

The most interesting feature is the street running for about a mile through the narrow main street of Bad Doberan. Under communism this wasn't much of a problem as few people had cars, but now it's considered a unique feature and is likely to remain. It's quite an experience sitting in a cafe whlist long steam trains run past, ringing a warning bell as they pass.