Do they still have "Aussichtwagen*" open air wooden carriages with bench seats on the RhB?
Must be 38 years since we went over the Bernina Pass in one.
Fabulous views of the glaciers (which must be a bit shorter now).
* and in all the other Swiss languages
Class 132 Soviet (Ukrainian, built in Luhansk) diesels hauling DR passenger trains in the DDR.
Some of them (DB class 232 now) are still there (eg at Eisenach) working on freight.
The "Weisse Flotte" paddle steamers on the Elbe at Dresden are still plying their trade, under a different name.
The Communist Youth groups out for a hike are absent, however.
Dresden has been largely rebuilt since reunification. The Frauenkirche is just superb.
Friedrichstrasse station in Berlin has lost all its grimness, very tame in comparison to 1979.
The Tranenpalast is still there as a museum, but it's not the same without the DDR guards!