Once upon a time… Ships and Locomotives – A Dream Team for 150 Years

Even if I am a flying ace, secretly I’m not just in love with ships, but locomotives too. Since as long ago as 1866, ships and locomotives have been a dream team in the Port of Hamburg. Way back then, the first steam train was handled at the newly opened Sandthorquai – where HafenCity’s star shines today. It was the first multi-modal wharf in Hamburg.

The railcars were able to come so close to the quay wall that the cargo was transhipped directly from the ship into the railcars and vice versa. From Sandthorquai the trains ran via the Hamburg rail network directly to Kiel, Berlin and Lübeck. Not just that, via Harburg there was the rail connection to Hanover, too.

So, all aboard! Close the doors! And off we go!