The Iron Heart Forum Triangle of Terror Type III Trucker Tour 2018 - Updates thread

[Aetas]

Took the bicycle to get to work today.
The way by car is a mess with traffic lights, road works and traffic jam instead.

For ten kilometers I can ride on the "Rheinischen Esel".
It is a disused railway line, established 1880. The railway line was closed 1982 and reopened for public in 2000.
A mixture of cycling without obstacles and tranquility.

Back in civilization, the Tour jacket plays 'Hare and the Tortoise' with me …..  ;).

[Giles]

Hahaha

[neph93]

Good morning @Aetas  [emoji1] Jacket found on the last picture after a little while and lots of telephone magnifying [emoji1417] That looks like a lovely route to work.

[Max Power]

Great updates @Aetas !

[den1mhead]

@Max:

Great updates @Aetas !

+1, great images and commentary

[organisys]

Awesome, Thanks.

[Matty123]

That’s hilarious.

[Aetas]

#5

The Ruhrgebiet area was driven for over more than hundred years by coal, steel and … beer.
But it is all history. The last coalmines are closing, steel is only produced to a limited extent.
Dortmund, once the biggest beer producer in Europe, is only a shadow of one's former self.
But the  economic structural changes slowly taking effects.

Coal
I start with a Malakow winding tower build in 1873. This beaty has walls thick like a man, to hold all this mechanical forces in the age of steam power.

Steel
This bronze stature is one of the symbols of my town. Build in 1953, the steelworker with his open visor and leather Apron was standing for decades in the center of the town. Now replaced to a former industrial site Phönix -West.
In the background is a rest of the blast furnace Phönix.

There is a skywalk on the steam tubes.

Beer
Reestablished brewery Bergmann nearby.

[neph93]

That’s an interesting narrative. Coal gone - sad, steel gone - sad. But hey, we’ve still got beer! In fact it’s making a comeback.

I was born and grew up in South Wales which was the great coal mining district of the UK and where I live now had a lot of metal mining going on in the mountains and fjords. It’s often beautiful how the old, abandoned industrial structures end up fitting in with the natural landscape.

It’s a shame they moved the steelworker. I like him.

[Chris]

Agreed- seems like he deserves to stay in the town center.

[madmonday]

Genius and original  tour stop

Thanks for taking the time and making the effort to share

[RoxRocks86]

Love the tour you’re sharing with us @Aetas!!!

[rocket]

yeah cool stuff mate thanks for your leg

[Finkster]

@Aetas:

From 1 steelworker to another  … cool pics! @Aetas .. the T.o.T.T.III T. Tour is entertaining & amazing.

[marlin]

So many great pictures within this thread, thanks for sharing!

[Aetas]

@Finkster:

..the T.o.T.T.III T. Tour…

TTTThanks …

… is there really a 'Terror' in all off  those T's Reuben? 

[neph93]

@Aetas:

… is there really a 'Terror' in all off  those T's Reuben? 

I’m afraid so. @Megatron1505  is getting this in winter and he lives in the English Midlands. It’s going to be horrific.

[Megatron1505]

What a fantastic tour leg @Aetas , love the effort and imagination you have put into it 

I’m afraid that @neph93 is correct, the best you can hope for from my part of the tour is the gritty realism of post-Brexit Britain  ???

[Aetas]

The Steelworker Wall.

[Max Power]

Great updates, I've never been to the Ruhrgebiet in my whole life. But I like the People coming from there a lot, seems like a not so awesome area produced very social People. Vice versa with some small villages in Bavaria