Plot Summary

A film with a short storyline showing how locomotives and carriages are handled at stations from the arrival of a D-train until its next departure. The son of a train driver, who has to write an essay at school entitled "What I saw at the station," learns about the technical facilities of the marshalling yard along with the viewers: coal loading, water extraction, slag removal, work in the locomotive shed, cleaning the boilers, and maintaining the passenger cars. From the arrival of a train at the platform to its departure, the focus is on operational safety, cleanliness, and passenger comfort.

Movie Details

Original Title
Hinter den Kulissen des Bahnhofs
Status
released
Original Language
de

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Production Companies

Reichsbahn-Filmstelle logoReichsbahn-Filmstelle
Tobis-Melofilm