The still shows a steam locomotive with attached passenger train approaching the camera on a multi-track railroad bridge in riveted steel lattice construction. The camera was positioned within the bridge structure so that the massive longitudinal girders and cross-bracing frame the image and emphasize the sense of depth. Steam billows from the locomotive and fills the space between the girders. In the context of the travel film, this shot represents Cologne’s powerful railroad infrastructure and marks the transition of the travel route along the Rhine. Comparable railroad bridges over the Rhine near Cologne — such as the Hohenzollern Bridge — were central transportation hubs in the 1930s and a recurring motif in industrial film and travel reportage.