Lifestyles of da poor and funkadelic

B 420

thelastfunkateer — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:39:08 +0000

When you say the word S-Train in Copenhagen most people think about our old red ones. They were so nice, and to a lot of writers they were as attractive a target as any subway. Few S-train systems make me feel like this. The old Stockholm commuter is a masterpiece. I would claim the same about the old S-Trains in Berlin and Hamburg. B 420 is the last old european S-train in this category to make it on my list. Maybe you look at a photo of the train and think that it just looks average. But once you seen them in real life you’ll know that this is one of the original kingz in the S-train business.

Stuttgart

The Baureihe 420 was developed for the S-Bahn networks in Germany and was originally commissioned by DB for the Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt networks. When Black September took 11 Israeli athletes and coaches as hostages demanding the release of 234 people jailed in Israel along with Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, the Munich S-Bahn system with it’s beautiful and brand new B 420 trains was just 4 months old.

Munich

The same trains still had a majestic shine when the Munich part in the Hard 2 Burn video impressed us about 30 years later. Munich was the first city to let go of them though. Some got shipped away to the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn system. Some got shipped to Stockholm! To me it was a thrill to see this lovely old lady in new livery and DAMN; B 420 did look very good in Stockholm colors.

Stockholm

Even the arlanda express, Stockholms airport express, got a bite of the cake.

Arlanda Express

The 420 will still be in use for some years in Frankfurt and Stuttgart. On May 5, 2009 Bombardier und Alstom announced that they received an order for 83 430 train sets to replace the Class 420 from 2012.

Hip hop braucht kein mensch aber mensch braucht hip hop. Hamburg City. Im Norden Verantwortlich Für Ein Hohes Niveau

thelastfunkateer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:08:58 +0000

STRICTLY KINGS & BETTER: COLORS ON STEEL

thelastfunkateer — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:11:10 +0000

My favourite ladies pt 1: The EU skins, the shorties

thelastfunkateer — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:59:05 +0000

Intertextuality

thelastfunkateer — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:58:48 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qey9jk5wc3M

Berlin, Berlin…

thelastfunkateer — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:47:47 +0000

Covered in snow pt 2

thelastfunkateer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:06:52 +0000

Some of the best yet…

thelastfunkateer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:22:41 +0000

Covered in snow pt 1

thelastfunkateer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:08:19 +0000

Apoe RIP

thelastfunkateer — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:09:54 +0000