Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany — Northeast German Plain (The European Plain)

Passenger Car of the French Military Train

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2008

1. Passenger Car of the French Military Train Marker

Inscription. From 1945 on the Western Powers activated military trains for the link between Berlin and the West Zones. The French, with the route Berlin-Straßburg, possessed the only direct connection to the homeland for which three times a week a military train was introduced. Up till 1982 the cars of the French Military Government, with resources from their occupation budget, purchased their own cars, which were constructed by the Berlin company “Waggon Union”. The car from this series on display contained a bar which sold drinks, sandwiches and cigarettes during the overnight journey. In addition were located within the car the compartments of the military train conductors; those consisted of: the train Chief, normally an officer, two military police, and four recruits, all responsible for order on the train, as well as a radio specialist who maintained contact with Berlin and Helmstedt during the entire stretch inside East Germany.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & Streetcars • War, Cold.

Location. 52° 27.345′ N, 13° 16.319′ E. Memorial is in Berlin, in Steglitz-Zehlendorf. It is in Steglitz-Zehlendorf. It is on Clayallee. The marker is on the grounds of the Museum of the Western Allies in Berlin (Berlin Airlift Museum).

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Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Taylorstraße 5B, Berlin 14195, Germany. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

Central Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Berlin Airlift (within shouting distance of this marker); Die »Rote Insel« / The “Red Island” (approx. 6.7 kilometers away); Hauptgeschäftsstraße der Insel / Main Commercial Street of the Island (approx. 6.8 kilometers away); Hildegard Knef (approx. 6.8 kilometers away); Die erste neue Straße / The First New Street (approx. 6.9 kilometers away); Hilde Radusch (approx. 7 kilometers away); Kurt Hiller (approx. 7 kilometers away); David Bowie (approx. 7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.

Passenger Car of the French Military Train image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2008

2. Passenger Car of the French Military Train

Passenger Car of the French Military Train-shown in the background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2008

3. Passenger Car of the French Military Train-shown in the background

Alliierten Museum (Allied Museum) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2008

4. Alliierten Museum (Allied Museum)

Inside the Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2008

5. Inside the Museum

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 6, 2008

6. Inside the Museum

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 442 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 25, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.