This fully operational reconstruction of the first steam 
locomotive in Germany (DER ADLER of 1835 by George 
Stephenson) was built in 1935 and is just called ADLER
(without the article). It is coupled to four cars (2nd
class, 1st class, 3rd class and 1st class) also built
a hundred years after their original prototype. As this
train is not conforming to all of today's standards, it
is transported between its special operations on two 
special flat cars. Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift, 23
September 2000.
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photo: tobias b k&ouml;hler