Final approach starts just after mark 36:10 on the video. Pretty massive train station if you ask me. 
BTDT.
I am amazed with the number of what appear to be wayside telephone booths.
I recall how the bridge over the Rhine had a bazillion of those stupid âlove locksâ everywhere. That has got to be one boring job, removing them from the bridge.
Wait, sorry- I was thinking of Cologne!
Thatâs quite a trip!
And, the station looks wonderful.
Many curves along the way; I wonder if this is the original alignment.
That certainly brought back memoriesâŚin the late 1950âs when stationed at Hanau, Germany while in the US Army, I would take the âZugâ to Frankfurt Hbf.
Frankfurt is certainly a large Station although the skyline has greatly changed since WWII.
A lot of scenery from Hanau to Frankfurt can be seen at URL:
Might be a hold over from the past. Never seen one in use.
The red rectangle with a white border means- âProceed no further.â Nice that they put it where they did.
When thing are âmoving as intendedâ you most likely wonât see anyone using a wayside telephone - only when things break down and if radios are not the primary means of communication.
So another item you might find kind of interesting is you see those small narrow concrete paths along the right of way? Those are concrete lined trenches with concrete lids, they carry signal and electrical power cables. Germans bury their phone lines and such in a concrete lined trench accessible from the top via lifting the lid. In some cases it is under the ballast. I think that is better than just burying it in the raw earth or hanging via lineside polesâŚthough it is more expensive.
On our Army post in Germany they had these between the barracks to supply powerâŚno overhead lines to blow down or unsightly power poles. I have no clue how they keep the trenches from flooding with water but apparently they found a way. The exterior of the concrete box type trench is usually surrounded by sand when buried.
They put the cables in concrete troughs in the U.K. too. Also, the cables that operate semaphores. Iâve seen those in Germany too on the line to Nordlingen where the Bavarian Railway Museum is located. I suppose they keep the semaphores to keep the line looking vintage for the benefit of photographers.