Now, I was having a day of wandering in Copenhagen, on 25th June 2000, and was heading towards the direction of The Little Mermaid, when I heard a steam train, and managed to get onto the bridge at Østerport just as it arrived.
DSB Pr 908 approaches Østerport, 25th June 2000.
Pr 908 departs from Østerport. There is a video on YouTube which includes a departure, but from the opposite platform, on the same day. The train was run as 'Round the Houses'.
"Steam around Copenhagen: For the last time in a couple of years it will be possible to do the "Rundt om husene" steam trains around Copenhagen, as rebuilding of the Copenhagen Freight Ring into a S-bane suburban line will close the Vigerslev-Vanløse-line until 2004-05.
Dansk Jernbane Klub arranges trains on 11. 18. and 25. June with steam locomotive Pr908 and old wagons. Timetable:
København H. dep. 10.38 11.35 12.38 13.38 Østerport dep. 10.44 11.41 12.44 13.44* Nørrebro dep. 11.05 12.05 13.05 14.05* København H. arr. 11.30 12.30 13.30
Other trains and activities can be found at the Dansk Jernbane-Klub website (24. May 2000, sources dk.fritid.jernbaner and DJK)"
Class P 4-4-2 908 was built by Hanomag in 1908. Seven members of the class were rebuilt to Class PR 4-6-2 between 1943 and 1954. 908 was rebuilt in 1945-46.Withdrawn in August 1964 and handed over to the railway museum. Last steamed in 2007.
It seems that I was particularly lucky to be in the right place at this time.
Class H 40 was built by Robert Stephenson & Co in Newcastle in 1868. Sold to VVGJ in 1914, then sold in 1946 to DDPA (ESSO) for use as a pre-heater, before donation to the railway museum in 1947. Seen in the museum at Odense on 28th June.
