Major fire department operation

Steam locomotive caused panic in Lindau

That also happens: In Lindau, near the border with Vorarlberg, a number of citizens alerted the fire department almost simultaneously on Saturday evening - resulting in a large-scale operation. In the end, however, it turned out that it was only the steam from a historic locomotive that had caused the panic. 

At around 5.30 p.m., the German fire department control center received several calls from concerned citizens: A cloud of black smoke was spreading over Lindau Island, so there must be a fire somewhere. More than 40 firefighters from the municipal fire department were immediately deployed, accompanied by the emergency services and the police.

The boilers properly preheated
However, when they arrived at the supposed scene of the fire, there was no sign of a burning building. Instead, the baffled emergency services were faced with a historic locomotive that was really "steaming". It quickly became apparent that it was a special train that had started in Nördlingen in the morning and was now being prepared for the return journey. As the first section of the route includes a gradient, the boilers had already been put under "full steam" at the start - a completely normal process ...