Late at night the crew of the historic train properly heats up the boiler of the old P8 locomotive, because early in the morning they want to leave from Bochum-Dahlhausen to Solingen. Railway enthusiasts have patiently restored the locomotive and some wagons from a 1920s steam-train and brought them back to life. Now they are giving passengers the opportunity to travel back in time … .
The locomotives boiler is heated up at night and everything is checked before the morning, then the train starts moving … . 
Stoker Martin Schmidt feeds the enginee with coal. 
With a lot of steam and smoke, the train stops at various stations along the journey. 
At the stations engine driver Heinz Siemann checks and oils the 100-year-old technology. 
Reinhard Skwierblis knows almost every screw on the old P8 locomotive and checks the technology at every stop. 
Engine driver Heinz Siemann operates the almost 100 year old P8 locomotive in the driver’s cab. 
The conductors‘ uniforms correspond to those of the 1920s. 
Passengers enjoy the historic-train journey, in the former „wood class“ (3rd class) of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. 
Passengers enjoy the historic-train journey, in the former „wood class“ (3rd class) of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. 
Passengers enjoy the historic-train journey, in the former „wood class“ (3rd class) of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
