All aboard!

One of you asked me to take pictures of the trains in Germany, but I've done one better and compiled a small sample of the trains and trams, and also the wonderful travel-themed murals at my closest transit/train stop, Dresden Bahnhof Mitte (literally, Dresden's Middle Train Station).



On the right is an ICE--Inter-City Express--the fastest and nicest of the Deutsche Bahn trains. Sleek and rounded, they are of course also the most expensive. On the left is some sort of newer S-Bahn, I think. The old S-Bahns are big, red, and angular, with two levels of seating. We took such a one when we camped in the sandstone formations for Christmas.








This blue one is an IC--Inter-City--still nice and fast, but not quite as costly as the ICE. That's just the engine you see there; the passenger cars are usually white like the ICE, but more angular.







This is either a Regional Bahn (RB) or Regional Express (RE), although there is nothing "express" about these trains. They are old, can be uncomfortable, and stop at every town of any size--but they are quite cheap.

Can you tell what kind of train this is?

Finally, here are some of the wonderful transportation-themed murals painted on the walls of the raised tracks of the Bahnhof-Mitte.

The murals depict regions or towns of Saxony, various kinds of trains and trams, and even space travel is represented!

p.s.--That's a car train passing on the other side of the platform!