Germany August 04th to 18th 1990 - A Blast from the Past
Only my second trip to Germany, a three pronged attack on the Diesels of DB by myself (Poodle) my brother (Puppy) & John "Zuzzy Hell" Sandham. The usual remit of as many diesel locos and new lines during daylight hours then electrics to get in place for the overnight.(New locos again denoted by #).
Saturday 04/08/1990
No boring tales of crossing the channel - the overnight boat from Dover must have been taken as we were on the first departure from Ostend.
1601# Ostend - Liege 0532 Ostend - Koln 227km
5530# Liege - Angleur 0817 Liege - Jemelle 6km
5505#) Angleur - Liege xxxx Jemelle - Liege 6km
5540#)
Even on this short leap John nearly went missing after a fruitless search for somewhere to buy a cup of tea outside Angleur station.
1801# Liege - Koln 0634 Ostend - Koln 123km
110 455# Koln - Wuppertal Elberfeld 1144 Koln - Leipzig 46km
The Wuppertal & Essen areas were rife with diesels, dud track for us to S.Ohligs so just covered all the diagrams.
212 323# Wuppertal Elberfeld - 1248 W.Elberfeld - Solingen Ohligs 16km
Remscheid Luttringhausen
212 275 Remscheid Luttringhausen - 1246 Solingen Ohligs - W.Elberfeld 3km
Remscheid Ronsdorf
212 325# Remscheid Ronsdorf - R.Luttringhausen 1318 W.Elberfeld - S.Ohligs 3km
212 287# R.Luttringhausen - Wuppertal Elberfeld 1316 S.Ohligs - W.Elberfeld 16km
216 027# Wuppertal Elberfeld - Essen Uberruhr 1427 Wuppertal Oberbarmen - Bottrop Hbf 36km
216 034 Essen Uberruhr - Essen Kupferdreh 1501 Bottrop Hbf - W.Oberbarmen 4km
216 091# Essen Kupferdreh - Essen Uberruhr 1539 Langenberg - Haltern 4km
216 090# Essen Uberruhr - E.Holthausen 1453 Haltern - Langenberg 1km
216 148# E.Holthausen - Bottrop Hbf 1533 W.Oberbarmen - Bottrop Hbf 29km
216 029# Bottrop Hbf - Essen Hbf 1636 Borken - Essen Hbf 12km
216 026# Essen Hbf - Essen West 1739 Langenberg - Bottrop Hbf 2km
216 034 Essen West - Essen Kupferdreh 1801 Bottrop Hbf - W.Oberbarmen 13km
216 155# Essen Kupferreh - Essen Hbf 1839 Langenberg - Haltern 11km
110 127# Essen Hbf - Duisburg 1759 Munster - Koln 19km
141 391# Duisburg - Krefeld 1953 Duisburg - Monchengladbach 21km
215 032# Krefled Hbf - Goch 1915 Koln - Kleve 52km
Being close to the Belgium border there was a Chip (or Frites) shop in Goch thank you very much.
215 031 Goch - Krefeld Hbf 2115 Kleve - Koln 52km
140 676# Krefeld Hbf - Koln Hbf 2115 Kleve - Koln 56km
103 174# Koln Hbf - Bremen Hbf 2328 Koln - Kiel 346km
Sunday 05/08/1990
An overnight to Hamburg to cover the Sundays only Lubeck 212 to Dannenburg Ost. The rest of the Crompton roadshow were also covering this today - although Graham Belton jumped onto a V200 tour which happened to be in Hamburg Hbf 10 minutes before the 212 was due out. I don't know where he went on it!
120 105# Hamburg Altona - Hamburg Hbf 0704 Hamburg A. - Boch 7km
V200 007 at Hamburg Hbf on a charter
212 311# Hamburg Hbf - Dannenberg Ost 0802 Hamburg Hbf - Dannenberg Ost 102km
212 311 at Danneburg Ost off the 0802 from Hamburg Hbf - the bar car was partaken of on the return journey.
212 311 Dannenberg Ost - Luneburg 1038 Dannenberg - Luneburg 53km
We left the rest of the roadshow at Luneburg and went on a Rabbit chase.
103 216# Luneburg - Hamburg Hbf 0651 Frankfurt - Hamburg A. 49km
218 457 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 1248 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 40km
218 430#) Bad Oldsloe - Lubeck 1314 Hamburg Hbf - Lubeck 23km
218 498#)
218 427# Lubeck - Lubeck Travelmunde Strande 1405 Lubeck - T.Strande 21km
218 427 stands at Lubeck Travelmunde Strande new track for diesel
218 427 T.Strande - Lubeck 1431 T.Strande - Lubeck 21km
218 325#) Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 1501 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 63km
218 328#)
120 120# Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg A. 0832 Munich - Hamburg Alt 7km
218 161#) Hamburg Altona - Kiel 0952 Munich - Kiel 104km
218 187)
218 323# Kiel - Lubeck 1819 Kiel - Wes 80km
218 323 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 2036 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 63km
114 502# Hamburg A. - Hannover 2309 Hamburg A. - Salzburg 185km
Monday 06/08/1990
An overnight to Wurzburg to cover a 211 diagram from Siegelsdorf then do the Furth - Cadolzburg branch hauled. Then more & more diesels around Frankonia!
103163# Hannover - Wurzburg 2309 Hamburg Alt - Salzburg 420km
110187# Wurzburg - Neustadt 0600 Wurzburg - Linz 61km
120130# Neustadt - Siegelsdorf 0621 Markt Bibent - Nurnberg 24km
211043# Siegelsdorf - Furth (Bay) 0643 Markt Erlbach - Furth 9km
218209# Furth (Bay) - Cadolzburg 0734 Furth - Cadolzburg 13km
218 209 at Cadolzburg off the 0734 from Furth
218209 Cadolzburg - Furth (Bay) 0803 Cadolzburg - Furth 13km
110148# Furth (Bay) - Bamberg 0823 Nurnberg - Coburg 54km
211 036 at Bamberg waiting to work an Eburn service. Yes that is a platform - you need to leap over the ballast if you want to travel !
211036# Bamberg - Ebern 0920 Bamberg - Ebern 26km
211 036 sits at Eburn with another member of the class on a freight trip
211036 Ebern - Bamberg 0959 Ebern - Bamberg 26km
Just down the road from Bamberg station, turn right at the lights is the Spezial Brewpub. Our second ever visit to the esteemed Rauchbier brewer (Smoked Beer) - after all they open at 0800 everyday so it would be rude not to. John made sure he got a Tea this year after a Stein of Rauchbier had been slammed down in front of him on our previous visit (to be fair he drank 3/4 of it!). In my opinion the Spezial is the finest Rauchbier in the world.
614031 Bamberg - Kulmbach 1202 Bamberg - Weiden 62km
211 281 at Kulmbach about to work down the branch to Thurnau, now long closed
211281# Kulmbach - Thurnau 1322 Kulmbach - Thurnau 16km
211 281 at Thurnau off the 1322 from Kulmbach
What a Beast this loco was, still fitted with an original Maybach engine & with no-one else on board we really enjoyed the run & thrash. A threatened branch line which didn't last much longer to boot.
211281 Thurnau - Kulmbach 1404 Thurnau - Kulmbach 16km
218004# Kulmbach - Hof 1251 Wurzburg - Hof 65km
211052 at Hof on the 1600 Hof - Marktredwitz
211052# Hof - Marktredwitz 1600 Hof - Marktredwitz 42km
218003# Marktredwitz - Wiesau 1720 Marktredwitz - Weiden 17km
218 003 at Weisau on the 1720 Marktredwitz - Weiden
218012# Wiesau - Marktredwitz 1437 Munich - Zwickau 17km
218009# Marktredwitz - Kirkenlaibach 1827 Marktredwitz - Nurnberg 31km
614017 Kirkenlaibach - Bayreuth 1749 Weiden - Bayreuth 19km
211 049 at Bayreuth
A good day bashing hellfire little 211's and a run of 4 required prototype 218's in a row was good enough reward for food and more beers in Bayreuth!
218209 Bayreuth - Nurnberg 2035 Bayreuth - Nurnberg 94km
141050# Nurnberg - Regensburg 2218 Nurnberg - Plattling 101km
Tuesday 07/08/1990
An overnight from Regensberg in the south back up to Hannover to drop us into the Braunschweig area.
110 330# Regensburg - Hannover 2113 Linz - Hamburg A. 622km
110 413# Hannover - Braunschweig 0701 Hannover - Berlin 61km
212 106 at Braunschweig
212 106# Braunschwieg - Gifhorn Stadt 0749 Braunschweig - Uelzen 33km
218 265# Gifhorn Stadt - Gifhorn 0637 Uelzen - Braunschweig 3km
218 906# Gifhorn - Immensen Arple 0821 Wolfsburg - Hannover 33km
218 250# Immensen Arple - Gifhorn 0703 Soltau - Wolfsberg 33km
218 278# Gifhorn - Hannover 0940 Wolfsburg - Hannover 58km
A successful morning around Braunschweig & Gifhorn then time to head towards the diesel diagrams out of Osnabruck.
110 247# Hannover - Minden 0810 Magdeberg - Koln 65km
140 362# Minden - Herford 1201 Minden - Bielefeld 31km
141 310# Herford - Osnabruck 1232 Herford - Rheine 51km
216 054# Osnabruck - Bramsche 1328 Osnabruck - Emden Aus. 20km
The Oldenberg & Delmenhorst lines split at Bramsche so I'd pre-booked a B&B here for tonight.
211 204# Bramsche - Goldenstadt 1347 Osnabruck - Delmenhorst 56km
211 203# Goldenstedt - Bramsche 1439 Delmenhorst - Bramsche 56km
216 150# Bramsche - Quakenbrook 1630 Osnabruck - Oldenburg 30km
216 082# Quakenbrook - Bramsche 1528 Wilhemshaven - Osnabruck 30km
211 207# Bramsche - Osnabruck 1617 Delmenhorst - Osnabruck 20km
211 203 Osnabruck - Bramsche 1848 Osnabruck - Cloppenberg 20km
We had checked in before the 1630 ex Osnabruck to find we were only a couple of doors away from a friendly hostelry. To this end myself & my brother called it a day off the 1848 - it's Beer O'clock!
We would be covering more diagrams in the morning but John (a non drinker) borrowed my Kursbuch to do some more moves. "Be careful you've never used one before" were my words of warning.
Some time later in the evening, sat at the bar drinking Altbier, I realised there was no sign of John, I was sure the last move would have been back through Bramsche by now - when in he walks laughing & accompanied by a very fine bit of Totty! Surely not John - NO! he had misread the timetable, going for a later Sundays only train & today is Tuesday! The fit bird was his taxi driver, she had no change for his 50 Deutsche Marke note so came into the pub to change it over the bar. Now it made sense!
He wasn't allowed to borrow the Kursbuch for the rest of the trip (for the sake of his wallet!).
Wednesday 08/08/1990
I do remember a sore head this morning "I will never drink Altbier again" a familiar idea - but one I have largely stuck too! We were completing the routes up to Wilhemshaven (via Oldenberg) & Delmenhorst today as well as some of the diagrams not covered yesterday.
216 050# Bramsche - Ahlhorn 0828 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 64km
216 084# Ahlhorn - Cloppenberg 0738 Wilhemshaven - Osnabruck 12km
216 084 at Cloppenberg
216 085# Cloppenberg - Sande 0934 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 86km
216 154# Sande - Wilhemshaven 1028 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 7km
211 294 at Wilhemshaven
211 294# Wilhemshaven - Sande 1359 Wilhemshaven - Esens 7km
211 203 at Sande
216 084 Sande - Wilhemshaven 1128 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 7km
216 154 Wilhemshaven - Oldenburg 1438 Wilhemshaven - Osnabruck 52km
211 064# Oldenburg - Rastede 1456 Hude - Wilhemshaven 12km
216 084 Rastede - Oldenburg 1527 Wilhemshaven - Nordheim 12km
Missing loco? Oldenburg - Hude 1527 Wilhemshaven - Nordheim
141 420# Hude - Delmenhorst 1632 Nordheim - Bremen 14km
211 253# Delmenhorst - Wildeshausen 1727 Delmenhorst - Lohne 24km
211 253 at Wildeshausen
624 625 Wildeshausen - Delmenhorst 1606 Osnabruck - Bremen Hbf 24km
110 420# Delmenhorst - Oldenburg 1656 Hannover - Nordheim 31km
216 149# Oldenburg - Leer 1656 Hannover - Nordheim 55km
Oldenburg shed (HOLD) with a 216 coming off for its next turn.
216 050 Leer - Oldenburg 1940 Nordheim - Hannover 55km
216 150 Oldenberg - Varel 1921 Hannover - Wilhemshaven 30km
216 152# Varel - Oldenburg 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 30km
112 308# Oldenburg - Hannover 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 167km
A nice empty overnight (well it was from Wilhemshaven!) I can't remember who went out at Hannover to check the loco numbers.
Thursday 09/08/1990
365 638# Hannover (2 shunts) 0.5km
103 245# Hannover - Giessen 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 373km
110 273# Giessen - Frankfurt 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 65km
110 114# Frankfurt - Offenbach 0649 Frankfurt - Hanau 10km
It really was quite fantastic leaping about on 212's in the leafy suburbs of Frankfurt, something I was to do many times.
212 072# Offenbach - Ober Roden 0705 Offenbach - O.Roden 22km
212 353# Ober Roden - Buschlag Sprendlingen 0750 Dieburg - Frankfurt 15km
212 367# B.Sprendlingen - Urberach 0818 Frankfurt - Dieburg 12km
212 367 at Urberach
212 359# Urberach - Frankfurt 0854 Dieburg - Frankfurt 23km
141 144# Frankfurt - Hanau 0958 Frankfurt - Affenhausen 23km
141 189# Hanau - Frankfurt 1015 Aschaffenburg - Frankfurt 23km
110 417# Frankfurt - Mainz 1925 Cerbere - Dortmund 38km
Shires Mainz - Albig "It was bloody Rancid" (J.Sandham)
212 028# Albig - Armsheim 1248 Alzey - Mainz 6km
212 028 at Armsheim (with Puppy on the platform rummaging in his bag) on the 1248 Alzey - Mainz
212 062# Armsheim - Alzey 1234 Bingen - Alzey 6km
212 062 Alzey - Bingen 1335 Alzey - Bingen 33km
212 062 at Bingen off the 1335 from Alzey
141 192# Bingen - Bingerbrook 1221 Ludwigshafen - Bingerbrook 1km
141 232# Bingerbrook - Boppard 1453 Bingerbrook - Boppard 42km
Onto the steeply graded branch from Boppard to Emmelshausen, the Class 213 being re-geared to work such routes.
213 337 at Boppard on the 1544 to Emmelshausen.
213 337# Boppard - Emmelshausen 1544 Boppard - Emmelshausen 15km
213 337 at Emmelshausen off the 1544 from Boppard
213 337 Emmelshausen - Boppard 1648 Emmelshausen - Boppard 15km
141 265# Bopard - Koblenz 1549 Mainz - Koblenz 19km
110 272 Koblenz - Remagen 1741 Koblenz - Remagen 39km
Then up to Remagen, another branch booked 213's though not as steeply graded - we covered the evening rush hour additional 212 diagrams.
213 335# Remagen - Bad Bodendorf 1826 Remagen - Ahrweiler 5km
212 080# Bad Bodendorf - Remagen 1803 Kreuzburg - Remagen 5km
212 080 Remagen - Ahrweiler 1907 Remagen - Kreuzburg 13km
212 252# Ahrweiler - Remagen 1910 Kreuzburg - Remagen 13km
110 313# Remagen - Koln 1920 Koblenz - Koln 55km
110 509# Koln - Frankfurt 1927 Dortmund - Ancona 227km
Friday 10/08/1990
111 027# Frankfurt - Rosenheim 1927 Dortmund - Ancona 523km
111 206# Rosenheim - Munchen Ost 0516 Rosenheim - Munchen Ost 55km
120 111 Munchen Hbf - Dachau 0618 Munchen - Coburg 18km
212 094# Dachau Stadt - Dachau 0642 Altomunster - Dachau 1km
John decided to hassle the Imbiss outside Dachau station "Can I have a cup of Tea please?" I said give it up they don't sell Tea. "Why not?" - because we are in Germany not the UK!
111 083 Dachau - Munchen Hbf 0649 Ingolstadt - Munchen Hbf 18km
218 443# Munchen Hbf - Buchloe 0756 Munchen - Basel 68km
218 474# Buchloe - Kempten 0824 Augsburg - Obertsdorf 63km
218 424# Kempten - Buchloe 0901 Obertsdorf - Hamburg Altona 63km
218 444# Buchloe - Kaufbeuren 1004 Munchen Hbf - Lindau 20km
218 410# Kaufbeuren - Buchloe 1100 Kempten - Munchen Hbf 20km
218 435# Buchloe - Memmingen 1104 Munchen Hbf - Memmingen 46km
218 404# Memmingen - Kempten 1316 Ulm - Kempten 35km
218 466# Kempten - Lindau (Hell!) 1314 Munchen Hbf - Lindau 89km
Once you get past Buchloe into the mountains this route is awesome, especially Kempten to/from Lindau.All the track south from Kempten & back up to Ulm was required.
218 290# Lindau - Freidrichshafen 1550 Lindau - Freidrichshafen 24km
211 360# Freidrichshafen - Lindau 1559 Radolfzell - Lindau 24km
218 303# Lindau - Freidrichshafen 1500 Munchen Hbf - Basel 24km
215 069# Freidrichshafen - Ulm 1827 Freidrichshafen Hafen - Ulm 103km
103 179# Ulm - Munchen Hbf 1345 Dortmund - Munchen 146km
110 205# Munchen Hbf - Frankfurt 2014 Salzburg - Ostend 440km
Saturday 11/08/1990
103 124# Frankfurt - Koln Hbf 2014 Salzburg - Ostend 222km
My brother left us in Koln, staying on through to Ostend - he'd got some shrapnel in his eye a couple of days before (the hazards of bellowing) and it had not got any better so headed home to the UK to get it seen to.
110 134# Koln Hbf - Koln Deutz 0531 Koln Hbf - Dusseldorf 1km
111 170# Koln Deutz - Koln Hbf 0505 Dusseldorf - Monchengladbach 1km
218 143# Koln Hbf - Rosrath Stumpen 0604 Koln Hbf - Gummersbach 16km
218 143 at Rosrath Stumpen on the 0604 Koln - Gummersbach
218 137# Rosrath Stumpen - Koln Deutz 0538 Gummersbach - Koln Hbf 15km
110 353 Koln Deutz - Koln Kalk 0645 Koln Hbf - Kreutzal 3km
218 152# Koln Kalk - Koln Hbf 0611 Gummersbach - Koln Hbf 4km
215 048# Koln Hbf - Euskirchen 0727 Koln Deutz - Trier 41km
215 016# Euskirchen - Odendorf 0831 Euskirchen - Bonn 7km
215 114# Odendorf - Euskirchen 0814 Bonn - Euskirchen 7km
215 042# Euskirchen - Koln Hbf 0646 Trier - Koln Deutz 41km
110 254# Koln Hbf - Duren 0945 Koln Hbf - Aachen 40km
212 328 at Duren on the 1039 to Neuss
212 328 Duren - Grevenbroich 1039 Duren - Neuss 34km
212 297 Grevenbroich - Duren 1059 Neuss - Duren 34km
212 241 at Duren
212 241# Duren - Neuss 1159 Duren - Neuss 49km
110 331# Neuss - Krefeld Hbf 1218 Koln Deutz - Kleve 20km
215 024 at Krefeld on the 1218 Koln Deutz - Kleve
215 024# Krefeld Hbf - Kempen 1218 Koln Deutz - Kleve 11km
215 030# Kempen - Krefeld 1238 Kleve - Koln Deutz 11km
141 418# Krefeld - Duisburg 1327 Monchengladbach - Dortmund 21km
110 428# Duisburg - Essen Hbf 1313 Koln - Dortmund 19km
216 112# Essen Hbf - E.Borbeck Sud 1330 Wuppertal Oberbarmann - Bottrop 3km
216 035# Essen Borbeck Sud - Essen Kupferdreh 1353 Haltern - Langenberg 14km
216 112 Essen Kupferdreh - Wuppertal Elberfeld 1501 Bottrop - W.Oberbarmen 32km
212 317 at Wuppertal Elberfeld on the 1648 to Solingen Ohligs
212 317# W.Elberfeld - W.Oberbarmen 1648 W.Elberfeld - Solingen Ohligs 6km
212 266 W.Oberbarmen - W.Elberfeld 1616 Solingen Ohligs - W.Elberfeld 6km
216 029 W.Elberfeld - W.Oberbarmen 1601 Bottrop - W.Oberbarmen 6km
216 031 W.Oberbarmen - Langenberg 1730 W.Oberbarmen - Bottrop 30km
216 103 Langenberg - Essen Hbf 1839 Langenberg - Haltern 19km
110 138# Essen - Hannover 1805 Koln - Warsaw 242km
141 182# Hannover - Achim 2219 Hannover - Oldenberg 107km
112 312# Achim - Hannover 2150 Wilhelmshaven - Stuttgart 107km
Sunday 12/08/1990
103 104# Hannover - Kassel 2314 Hamburg A. - Stuttgart 238km
110 127 Kassel - Geissen 2314 Hamburg A. - Stuttgart 135km
110 122# Geissen - Frankfurt (M) 0617 Geissen - Frankfurt 65km
120 127# Frankfurt - Nurnberg 0630 Wiesbaden - Munchen 238km
151 111# Nurnberg - Furth (Bay) 0736 Munchen - Berlin 8km
141 441# Furth (Bay) - Nurnberg 0742 Hof - Nurnberg 8km
218 236# Nurnberg - Pegnitz 0802 Stuttgart - Dresden 67km
218 236 at Pegnitz on the 0802 Stuttgart - Dresden
218 221# Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 0750 Frankfurt - Praha 58km
218 221 & 218 009 stand at Marktredwitz
218 229 & 218 007 in multi at Marktredwitz on the load 2, 1314 to Hof. As soon as the cameras came out the Lokfurher was straight out the cab to get in the photo !
218 229 & 218 007 in multi at Marktredwitz on the load 2, 1314 to Hof
218 229#) Marktredwitz - Hof 1314 Marktredwitz - Hof 42km
218 007#)
218 009 Hof - Wiesau 1430 Hof - Munchen 59km
218 231# Wiesau - Marktredwitz 1228 Munchen - Dresden 17km
796 825 Marktredwitz - Kirkenlaibach 1559 Marktredwitz - Pegnitz 31km
218 001# Kirkenlaibach - Marktredwitz 1627 Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 31km
211 053# Marktredwitz - Markleuthen 1623 Wieden - Hof 19km
218 011 Markleuthen - Hof 1437 Munchen - Zwickau 23km
218 007 Hof - Neumarkt Wirsberg 1920 Hof - Nurnberg 53km
218 007) Neumarkt Wirsberg - Nurnberg 1920 Hof - Nurnberg 114km
218 237#)
140 127 Nurnberg - Regensburg 2218 Nurnberg - Plattling 101km
A great day Rabbit bashing! The load 2 stopper with a pair in multi threw you back in your seat out of every station - two more prototypes scratched & a 3 different classes of electric locos ending 127!
Monday 13/08/1990
An overnight back up to Hannover to drop us into the Braunschweig area again, a mass of diesel hauled services to cover.
110 363# Regensburg - Hannover 2113 Linz - Hamburg 622km
110 454# Hannover - Braunschweig 0701 Hannover - Berlin 61km
212012 at Braunschweig on the 0749 to Uelzen nice scabby blue!
212 012# Braunschweig - Knesbeck 0749 Braunschweig - Uelzen 59km
614 068 Knesbeck - Braunschweig 0820 Uelzen - Braunschweig 59km
216 169# Braunschweig - Schladen 1026 Braunschweig - Altenbeken 28km
216 183# Schladen - Braunschweig 0735 Altenbeken - Braunschweig 28km
We then decided to cover the branch to Saltzgitter Lebenstedt:
212 055# Braunschweig - SG Lebenstedt 1229 Braunschweig - SG Lebenstedt 22km
212 055 at S.G.Lebenstedt off the 1229 from Braunschweig
212 055 SG Lebenstedt - Braunschweig 1258 SG Lebenstedt - Braunschweig 22km
212 250# Braunschweig - Schoppenstedt 1325 Braunschweig - Helmstedt 30km
212 141# Schoppenstedt - Braunschweig 1315 Helmstedt - Braunschweig 30km
141 319# Braunschweig - Verlecht 1405 Helmstedt - Lohne 14km
141 072# Verlecht - Braunschweig 1429 Hannover - Helmstedt 14km
216 180# Braunschweig - Wolfenbuttel 1534 Braunschweig - Frankfurt 12km
212 250 Wolfenbuttel - Braunschweig 1502 Helmstedt - Braunschweig 12km
216 202# Braunschweig - Borssum 1535 Wolfsburg - Kriensen 24km
218 270# Borssum - Braunschweig 1453 Gottingen - Braunschweig 24km
212 141 Braunschweig - Giffhorn 1752 Braunschweig - Uelzen 30km
218 277# Giffhorn - Hannover 1925 Wolfsburg - Hannover 58km
McD's for food again followed by a couple of beers before the long overnight to Passau.
111 064# Hannover - Passau 1849 Hamburg Alt - Wien 739km
Tuesday 14/08/1990
111 093# Passau - Plattling 0450 Passau - Munchen 52km
218 203# Plattling - Zweisal 0536 Plattling - Zweisal 58km
Zweisel is 58km from Plattling & 14km from Bayerish Eisenstein (the former border crossing with Czechoslovakia) a fantastic little "world that time forgot" at this time, 218's & 211's on the mainline & 211's on both branches to Bodemais & Grafenau.
211 056 Zweisal - Grafenau 0647 Zweisal - Grafenau 32km
211 056 at Grafenau
211 056 Grafenau - Zweisal 0800 Grafenau - Zweisal 32km
211 042 at Zweisal with 211 056 in the background
We were in our element, little locos on silverfish stock, tooting there way up and down the valleys.
211 042# Zweisal - Bodenmais 0900 Zweisal - Bodenmais 15km
A rather large Chess set in the town square at Bodemais with 211 042 in the background (the towns car park is UNDER this square!)
211 042 Bodenmais - Zweisal 0929 Bodenmais - Zweisal 15km
Both branches done, I'd spotted in the diagrams you could do one 218 to Bayerish Eisenstein for a different one back.
A class 332 stabled on a short freight at Zweisal.
218 002# Zweisal - Bayerish Eisenstein 0900 Plattling - Bayerish Eisenstein 14km
218 307 Bayerish Eisenstein - Plattling 1040 Bayerish Eisenstein - Plattling 72km
110 234# Plattling - Vilshofen 1020 Munchen - Passau 31km
110 178# Vilshofen - Regensberg 1220 Passau - Regensberg 96km
218 214# Regensberg - Schwandorf 1228 Munchen - Dresden 42km
211 317# Schwandorf - Weiden 1457 Schwandorf - Weiden 44km
218 238 Weiden - Schwandorf 0819 berlin - Munchen 44km
Time for a pint in the station buff at Schwandorf, a tidy little pub with Kulmbacher brewery beers.
218 011 Schwandorf - Weiden 1437 Munchen - Zwickau 44km
Dmu Weiden - Neustadt 1745 Weiden - Hof 6km
218 007 Neustadt - Weiden 1720 Marktredwitz - Weiden 6km
211 041# Weiden - Neukirchen (new track) 1803 Weiden - Neukirchen 52km
218 008# Neukirchen - Schwandorf 1808 Nurnberg - Schwandorf 49km
218 008 at Schwandorf on the 1808 Nurnberg - Schwandorf
218 215# Schwandorf - Regensberg 1305 Dresden - Munchen 42km
111 074# Regensberg - Munchen 1305 Dresden - Munchen 118km
218 469# Munchen - Munchen Pasing 2304 Munchen - Kempten 8km
Wednesday 15/08/1990
103 108# Munchen - Stuttgart 0117 Munchen - Stuttgart 242km
A bijou overnight as we wanted to pick up the 212's on the student trains around Kirkheim (Tech) as they only ran morning & late afternoon.
420 890) Stuttgart (S) Tief - Plochingen 0533 Stuttgart (S) Tief - Plochingen 23km
421 340)
420 390)
212 040# Plochingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 0610 Plochingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 13km
An overnight to Hamburg to cover the Sundays only Lubeck 212 to Dannenburg Ost. The rest of the Crompton roadshow were also covering this today - although Graham Belton jumped onto a V200 tour which happened to be in Hamburg Hbf 10 minutes before the 212 was due out. I don't know where he went on it!
120 105# Hamburg Altona - Hamburg Hbf 0704 Hamburg A. - Boch 7km
212 311# Hamburg Hbf - Dannenberg Ost 0802 Hamburg Hbf - Dannenberg Ost 102km
212 311 Dannenberg Ost - Luneburg 1038 Dannenberg - Luneburg 53km
We left the rest of the roadshow at Luneburg and went on a Rabbit chase.
103 216# Luneburg - Hamburg Hbf 0651 Frankfurt - Hamburg A. 49km
218 457 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 1248 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 40km
218 430#) Bad Oldsloe - Lubeck 1314 Hamburg Hbf - Lubeck 23km
218 498#)
218 427# Lubeck - Lubeck Travelmunde Strande 1405 Lubeck - T.Strande 21km
218 427 T.Strande - Lubeck 1431 T.Strande - Lubeck 21km
218 325#) Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 1501 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 63km
218 328#)
120 120# Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg A. 0832 Munich - Hamburg Alt 7km
218 161#) Hamburg Altona - Kiel 0952 Munich - Kiel 104km
218 187)
218 323# Kiel - Lubeck 1819 Kiel - Wes 80km
218 323 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 2036 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 63km
114 502# Hamburg A. - Hannover 2309 Hamburg A. - Salzburg 185km
Monday 06/08/1990
An overnight to Wurzburg to cover a 211 diagram from Siegelsdorf then do the Furth - Cadolzburg branch hauled. Then more & more diesels around Frankonia!
103163# Hannover - Wurzburg 2309 Hamburg Alt - Salzburg 420km
110187# Wurzburg - Neustadt 0600 Wurzburg - Linz 61km
120130# Neustadt - Siegelsdorf 0621 Markt Bibent - Nurnberg 24km
211043# Siegelsdorf - Furth (Bay) 0643 Markt Erlbach - Furth 9km
218209# Furth (Bay) - Cadolzburg 0734 Furth - Cadolzburg 13km
218209 Cadolzburg - Furth (Bay) 0803 Cadolzburg - Furth 13km
110148# Furth (Bay) - Bamberg 0823 Nurnberg - Coburg 54km
211036# Bamberg - Ebern 0920 Bamberg - Ebern 26km
211036 Ebern - Bamberg 0959 Ebern - Bamberg 26km
Just down the road from Bamberg station, turn right at the lights is the Spezial Brewpub. Our second ever visit to the esteemed Rauchbier brewer (Smoked Beer) - after all they open at 0800 everyday so it would be rude not to. John made sure he got a Tea this year after a Stein of Rauchbier had been slammed down in front of him on our previous visit (to be fair he drank 3/4 of it!). In my opinion the Spezial is the finest Rauchbier in the world.
614031 Bamberg - Kulmbach 1202 Bamberg - Weiden 62km
211281# Kulmbach - Thurnau 1322 Kulmbach - Thurnau 16km
What a Beast this loco was, still fitted with an original Maybach engine & with no-one else on board we really enjoyed the run & thrash. A threatened branch line which didn't last much longer to boot.
211281 Thurnau - Kulmbach 1404 Thurnau - Kulmbach 16km
218004# Kulmbach - Hof 1251 Wurzburg - Hof 65km
211052# Hof - Marktredwitz 1600 Hof - Marktredwitz 42km
218003# Marktredwitz - Wiesau 1720 Marktredwitz - Weiden 17km
218012# Wiesau - Marktredwitz 1437 Munich - Zwickau 17km
218009# Marktredwitz - Kirkenlaibach 1827 Marktredwitz - Nurnberg 31km
614017 Kirkenlaibach - Bayreuth 1749 Weiden - Bayreuth 19km
A good day bashing hellfire little 211's and a run of 4 required prototype 218's in a row was good enough reward for food and more beers in Bayreuth!
218209 Bayreuth - Nurnberg 2035 Bayreuth - Nurnberg 94km
141050# Nurnberg - Regensburg 2218 Nurnberg - Plattling 101km
Tuesday 07/08/1990
An overnight from Regensberg in the south back up to Hannover to drop us into the Braunschweig area.
110 330# Regensburg - Hannover 2113 Linz - Hamburg A. 622km
110 413# Hannover - Braunschweig 0701 Hannover - Berlin 61km
212 106# Braunschwieg - Gifhorn Stadt 0749 Braunschweig - Uelzen 33km
218 265# Gifhorn Stadt - Gifhorn 0637 Uelzen - Braunschweig 3km
218 906# Gifhorn - Immensen Arple 0821 Wolfsburg - Hannover 33km
218 250# Immensen Arple - Gifhorn 0703 Soltau - Wolfsberg 33km
218 278# Gifhorn - Hannover 0940 Wolfsburg - Hannover 58km
A successful morning around Braunschweig & Gifhorn then time to head towards the diesel diagrams out of Osnabruck.
110 247# Hannover - Minden 0810 Magdeberg - Koln 65km
140 362# Minden - Herford 1201 Minden - Bielefeld 31km
141 310# Herford - Osnabruck 1232 Herford - Rheine 51km
216 054# Osnabruck - Bramsche 1328 Osnabruck - Emden Aus. 20km
The Oldenberg & Delmenhorst lines split at Bramsche so I'd pre-booked a B&B here for tonight.
211 204# Bramsche - Goldenstadt 1347 Osnabruck - Delmenhorst 56km
211 203# Goldenstedt - Bramsche 1439 Delmenhorst - Bramsche 56km
216 150# Bramsche - Quakenbrook 1630 Osnabruck - Oldenburg 30km
216 082# Quakenbrook - Bramsche 1528 Wilhemshaven - Osnabruck 30km
211 207# Bramsche - Osnabruck 1617 Delmenhorst - Osnabruck 20km
211 203 Osnabruck - Bramsche 1848 Osnabruck - Cloppenberg 20km
We had checked in before the 1630 ex Osnabruck to find we were only a couple of doors away from a friendly hostelry. To this end myself & my brother called it a day off the 1848 - it's Beer O'clock!
We would be covering more diagrams in the morning but John (a non drinker) borrowed my Kursbuch to do some more moves. "Be careful you've never used one before" were my words of warning.
Some time later in the evening, sat at the bar drinking Altbier, I realised there was no sign of John, I was sure the last move would have been back through Bramsche by now - when in he walks laughing & accompanied by a very fine bit of Totty! Surely not John - NO! he had misread the timetable, going for a later Sundays only train & today is Tuesday! The fit bird was his taxi driver, she had no change for his 50 Deutsche Marke note so came into the pub to change it over the bar. Now it made sense!
He wasn't allowed to borrow the Kursbuch for the rest of the trip (for the sake of his wallet!).
Wednesday 08/08/1990
I do remember a sore head this morning "I will never drink Altbier again" a familiar idea - but one I have largely stuck too! We were completing the routes up to Wilhemshaven (via Oldenberg) & Delmenhorst today as well as some of the diagrams not covered yesterday.
216 050# Bramsche - Ahlhorn 0828 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 64km
216 084# Ahlhorn - Cloppenberg 0738 Wilhemshaven - Osnabruck 12km
216 085# Cloppenberg - Sande 0934 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 86km
216 154# Sande - Wilhemshaven 1028 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 7km
211 294# Wilhemshaven - Sande 1359 Wilhemshaven - Esens 7km
216 084 Sande - Wilhemshaven 1128 Osnabruck - Wilhemshaven 7km
216 154 Wilhemshaven - Oldenburg 1438 Wilhemshaven - Osnabruck 52km
211 064# Oldenburg - Rastede 1456 Hude - Wilhemshaven 12km
216 084 Rastede - Oldenburg 1527 Wilhemshaven - Nordheim 12km
Missing loco? Oldenburg - Hude 1527 Wilhemshaven - Nordheim
141 420# Hude - Delmenhorst 1632 Nordheim - Bremen 14km
211 253# Delmenhorst - Wildeshausen 1727 Delmenhorst - Lohne 24km
624 625 Wildeshausen - Delmenhorst 1606 Osnabruck - Bremen Hbf 24km
110 420# Delmenhorst - Oldenburg 1656 Hannover - Nordheim 31km
216 149# Oldenburg - Leer 1656 Hannover - Nordheim 55km
216 050 Leer - Oldenburg 1940 Nordheim - Hannover 55km
216 150 Oldenberg - Varel 1921 Hannover - Wilhemshaven 30km
216 152# Varel - Oldenburg 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 30km
112 308# Oldenburg - Hannover 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 167km
A nice empty overnight (well it was from Wilhemshaven!) I can't remember who went out at Hannover to check the loco numbers.
Thursday 09/08/1990
365 638# Hannover (2 shunts) 0.5km
103 245# Hannover - Giessen 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 373km
110 273# Giessen - Frankfurt 2150 Wilhemshaven - Stuttgart 65km
110 114# Frankfurt - Offenbach 0649 Frankfurt - Hanau 10km
It really was quite fantastic leaping about on 212's in the leafy suburbs of Frankfurt, something I was to do many times.
212 072# Offenbach - Ober Roden 0705 Offenbach - O.Roden 22km
212 353# Ober Roden - Buschlag Sprendlingen 0750 Dieburg - Frankfurt 15km
212 367# B.Sprendlingen - Urberach 0818 Frankfurt - Dieburg 12km
212 359# Urberach - Frankfurt 0854 Dieburg - Frankfurt 23km
141 144# Frankfurt - Hanau 0958 Frankfurt - Affenhausen 23km
141 189# Hanau - Frankfurt 1015 Aschaffenburg - Frankfurt 23km
110 417# Frankfurt - Mainz 1925 Cerbere - Dortmund 38km
Shires Mainz - Albig "It was bloody Rancid" (J.Sandham)
212 028# Albig - Armsheim 1248 Alzey - Mainz 6km
212 062# Armsheim - Alzey 1234 Bingen - Alzey 6km
212 062 Alzey - Bingen 1335 Alzey - Bingen 33km
141 192# Bingen - Bingerbrook 1221 Ludwigshafen - Bingerbrook 1km
141 232# Bingerbrook - Boppard 1453 Bingerbrook - Boppard 42km
Onto the steeply graded branch from Boppard to Emmelshausen, the Class 213 being re-geared to work such routes.
213 337# Boppard - Emmelshausen 1544 Boppard - Emmelshausen 15km
213 337 Emmelshausen - Boppard 1648 Emmelshausen - Boppard 15km
141 265# Bopard - Koblenz 1549 Mainz - Koblenz 19km
110 272 Koblenz - Remagen 1741 Koblenz - Remagen 39km
Then up to Remagen, another branch booked 213's though not as steeply graded - we covered the evening rush hour additional 212 diagrams.
213 335# Remagen - Bad Bodendorf 1826 Remagen - Ahrweiler 5km
212 080# Bad Bodendorf - Remagen 1803 Kreuzburg - Remagen 5km
212 080 Remagen - Ahrweiler 1907 Remagen - Kreuzburg 13km
212 252# Ahrweiler - Remagen 1910 Kreuzburg - Remagen 13km
110 313# Remagen - Koln 1920 Koblenz - Koln 55km
110 509# Koln - Frankfurt 1927 Dortmund - Ancona 227km
Friday 10/08/1990
111 027# Frankfurt - Rosenheim 1927 Dortmund - Ancona 523km
111 206# Rosenheim - Munchen Ost 0516 Rosenheim - Munchen Ost 55km
120 111 Munchen Hbf - Dachau 0618 Munchen - Coburg 18km
212 094# Dachau Stadt - Dachau 0642 Altomunster - Dachau 1km
John decided to hassle the Imbiss outside Dachau station "Can I have a cup of Tea please?" I said give it up they don't sell Tea. "Why not?" - because we are in Germany not the UK!
111 083 Dachau - Munchen Hbf 0649 Ingolstadt - Munchen Hbf 18km
218 443# Munchen Hbf - Buchloe 0756 Munchen - Basel 68km
218 474# Buchloe - Kempten 0824 Augsburg - Obertsdorf 63km
218 424# Kempten - Buchloe 0901 Obertsdorf - Hamburg Altona 63km
218 444# Buchloe - Kaufbeuren 1004 Munchen Hbf - Lindau 20km
218 410# Kaufbeuren - Buchloe 1100 Kempten - Munchen Hbf 20km
218 435# Buchloe - Memmingen 1104 Munchen Hbf - Memmingen 46km
218 404# Memmingen - Kempten 1316 Ulm - Kempten 35km
218 466# Kempten - Lindau (Hell!) 1314 Munchen Hbf - Lindau 89km
Once you get past Buchloe into the mountains this route is awesome, especially Kempten to/from Lindau.All the track south from Kempten & back up to Ulm was required.
218 290# Lindau - Freidrichshafen 1550 Lindau - Freidrichshafen 24km
211 360# Freidrichshafen - Lindau 1559 Radolfzell - Lindau 24km
218 303# Lindau - Freidrichshafen 1500 Munchen Hbf - Basel 24km
215 069# Freidrichshafen - Ulm 1827 Freidrichshafen Hafen - Ulm 103km
103 179# Ulm - Munchen Hbf 1345 Dortmund - Munchen 146km
110 205# Munchen Hbf - Frankfurt 2014 Salzburg - Ostend 440km
Saturday 11/08/1990
103 124# Frankfurt - Koln Hbf 2014 Salzburg - Ostend 222km
My brother left us in Koln, staying on through to Ostend - he'd got some shrapnel in his eye a couple of days before (the hazards of bellowing) and it had not got any better so headed home to the UK to get it seen to.
110 134# Koln Hbf - Koln Deutz 0531 Koln Hbf - Dusseldorf 1km
111 170# Koln Deutz - Koln Hbf 0505 Dusseldorf - Monchengladbach 1km
218 143# Koln Hbf - Rosrath Stumpen 0604 Koln Hbf - Gummersbach 16km
218 137# Rosrath Stumpen - Koln Deutz 0538 Gummersbach - Koln Hbf 15km
110 353 Koln Deutz - Koln Kalk 0645 Koln Hbf - Kreutzal 3km
218 152# Koln Kalk - Koln Hbf 0611 Gummersbach - Koln Hbf 4km
215 048# Koln Hbf - Euskirchen 0727 Koln Deutz - Trier 41km
215 016# Euskirchen - Odendorf 0831 Euskirchen - Bonn 7km
215 114# Odendorf - Euskirchen 0814 Bonn - Euskirchen 7km
215 042# Euskirchen - Koln Hbf 0646 Trier - Koln Deutz 41km
110 254# Koln Hbf - Duren 0945 Koln Hbf - Aachen 40km
212 328 Duren - Grevenbroich 1039 Duren - Neuss 34km
212 297 Grevenbroich - Duren 1059 Neuss - Duren 34km
212 241# Duren - Neuss 1159 Duren - Neuss 49km
110 331# Neuss - Krefeld Hbf 1218 Koln Deutz - Kleve 20km
215 024# Krefeld Hbf - Kempen 1218 Koln Deutz - Kleve 11km
215 030# Kempen - Krefeld 1238 Kleve - Koln Deutz 11km
141 418# Krefeld - Duisburg 1327 Monchengladbach - Dortmund 21km
110 428# Duisburg - Essen Hbf 1313 Koln - Dortmund 19km
216 112# Essen Hbf - E.Borbeck Sud 1330 Wuppertal Oberbarmann - Bottrop 3km
216 035# Essen Borbeck Sud - Essen Kupferdreh 1353 Haltern - Langenberg 14km
216 112 Essen Kupferdreh - Wuppertal Elberfeld 1501 Bottrop - W.Oberbarmen 32km
212 317# W.Elberfeld - W.Oberbarmen 1648 W.Elberfeld - Solingen Ohligs 6km
212 266 W.Oberbarmen - W.Elberfeld 1616 Solingen Ohligs - W.Elberfeld 6km
216 029 W.Elberfeld - W.Oberbarmen 1601 Bottrop - W.Oberbarmen 6km
216 031 W.Oberbarmen - Langenberg 1730 W.Oberbarmen - Bottrop 30km
216 103 Langenberg - Essen Hbf 1839 Langenberg - Haltern 19km
110 138# Essen - Hannover 1805 Koln - Warsaw 242km
141 182# Hannover - Achim 2219 Hannover - Oldenberg 107km
112 312# Achim - Hannover 2150 Wilhelmshaven - Stuttgart 107km
Sunday 12/08/1990
103 104# Hannover - Kassel 2314 Hamburg A. - Stuttgart 238km
110 127 Kassel - Geissen 2314 Hamburg A. - Stuttgart 135km
110 122# Geissen - Frankfurt (M) 0617 Geissen - Frankfurt 65km
120 127# Frankfurt - Nurnberg 0630 Wiesbaden - Munchen 238km
151 111# Nurnberg - Furth (Bay) 0736 Munchen - Berlin 8km
141 441# Furth (Bay) - Nurnberg 0742 Hof - Nurnberg 8km
218 236# Nurnberg - Pegnitz 0802 Stuttgart - Dresden 67km
218 221# Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 0750 Frankfurt - Praha 58km
218 229#) Marktredwitz - Hof 1314 Marktredwitz - Hof 42km
218 007#)
218 009 Hof - Wiesau 1430 Hof - Munchen 59km
218 231# Wiesau - Marktredwitz 1228 Munchen - Dresden 17km
796 825 Marktredwitz - Kirkenlaibach 1559 Marktredwitz - Pegnitz 31km
218 001# Kirkenlaibach - Marktredwitz 1627 Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 31km
211 053# Marktredwitz - Markleuthen 1623 Wieden - Hof 19km
218 011 Markleuthen - Hof 1437 Munchen - Zwickau 23km
218 007 Hof - Neumarkt Wirsberg 1920 Hof - Nurnberg 53km
218 007) Neumarkt Wirsberg - Nurnberg 1920 Hof - Nurnberg 114km
218 237#)
140 127 Nurnberg - Regensburg 2218 Nurnberg - Plattling 101km
A great day Rabbit bashing! The load 2 stopper with a pair in multi threw you back in your seat out of every station - two more prototypes scratched & a 3 different classes of electric locos ending 127!
Monday 13/08/1990
An overnight back up to Hannover to drop us into the Braunschweig area again, a mass of diesel hauled services to cover.
110 363# Regensburg - Hannover 2113 Linz - Hamburg 622km
110 454# Hannover - Braunschweig 0701 Hannover - Berlin 61km
212 012# Braunschweig - Knesbeck 0749 Braunschweig - Uelzen 59km
614 068 Knesbeck - Braunschweig 0820 Uelzen - Braunschweig 59km
216 169# Braunschweig - Schladen 1026 Braunschweig - Altenbeken 28km
216 183# Schladen - Braunschweig 0735 Altenbeken - Braunschweig 28km
We then decided to cover the branch to Saltzgitter Lebenstedt:
212 055# Braunschweig - SG Lebenstedt 1229 Braunschweig - SG Lebenstedt 22km
212 055 SG Lebenstedt - Braunschweig 1258 SG Lebenstedt - Braunschweig 22km
212 250# Braunschweig - Schoppenstedt 1325 Braunschweig - Helmstedt 30km
212 141# Schoppenstedt - Braunschweig 1315 Helmstedt - Braunschweig 30km
141 319# Braunschweig - Verlecht 1405 Helmstedt - Lohne 14km
141 072# Verlecht - Braunschweig 1429 Hannover - Helmstedt 14km
216 180# Braunschweig - Wolfenbuttel 1534 Braunschweig - Frankfurt 12km
212 250 Wolfenbuttel - Braunschweig 1502 Helmstedt - Braunschweig 12km
216 202# Braunschweig - Borssum 1535 Wolfsburg - Kriensen 24km
218 270# Borssum - Braunschweig 1453 Gottingen - Braunschweig 24km
212 141 Braunschweig - Giffhorn 1752 Braunschweig - Uelzen 30km
218 277# Giffhorn - Hannover 1925 Wolfsburg - Hannover 58km
McD's for food again followed by a couple of beers before the long overnight to Passau.
111 064# Hannover - Passau 1849 Hamburg Alt - Wien 739km
Tuesday 14/08/1990
111 093# Passau - Plattling 0450 Passau - Munchen 52km
218 203# Plattling - Zweisal 0536 Plattling - Zweisal 58km
Zweisel is 58km from Plattling & 14km from Bayerish Eisenstein (the former border crossing with Czechoslovakia) a fantastic little "world that time forgot" at this time, 218's & 211's on the mainline & 211's on both branches to Bodemais & Grafenau.
211 056 Zweisal - Grafenau 0647 Zweisal - Grafenau 32km
211 056 Grafenau - Zweisal 0800 Grafenau - Zweisal 32km
We were in our element, little locos on silverfish stock, tooting there way up and down the valleys.
211 042# Zweisal - Bodenmais 0900 Zweisal - Bodenmais 15km
211 042 Bodenmais - Zweisal 0929 Bodenmais - Zweisal 15km
Both branches done, I'd spotted in the diagrams you could do one 218 to Bayerish Eisenstein for a different one back.
218 002# Zweisal - Bayerish Eisenstein 0900 Plattling - Bayerish Eisenstein 14km
218 307 Bayerish Eisenstein - Plattling 1040 Bayerish Eisenstein - Plattling 72km
110 234# Plattling - Vilshofen 1020 Munchen - Passau 31km
110 178# Vilshofen - Regensberg 1220 Passau - Regensberg 96km
218 214# Regensberg - Schwandorf 1228 Munchen - Dresden 42km
211 317# Schwandorf - Weiden 1457 Schwandorf - Weiden 44km
218 238 Weiden - Schwandorf 0819 berlin - Munchen 44km
Time for a pint in the station buff at Schwandorf, a tidy little pub with Kulmbacher brewery beers.
218 011 Schwandorf - Weiden 1437 Munchen - Zwickau 44km
Dmu Weiden - Neustadt 1745 Weiden - Hof 6km
218 007 Neustadt - Weiden 1720 Marktredwitz - Weiden 6km
211 041# Weiden - Neukirchen (new track) 1803 Weiden - Neukirchen 52km
218 008# Neukirchen - Schwandorf 1808 Nurnberg - Schwandorf 49km
218 215# Schwandorf - Regensberg 1305 Dresden - Munchen 42km
111 074# Regensberg - Munchen 1305 Dresden - Munchen 118km
218 469# Munchen - Munchen Pasing 2304 Munchen - Kempten 8km
Wednesday 15/08/1990
103 108# Munchen - Stuttgart 0117 Munchen - Stuttgart 242km
A bijou overnight as we wanted to pick up the 212's on the student trains around Kirkheim (Tech) as they only ran morning & late afternoon.
420 890) Stuttgart (S) Tief - Plochingen 0533 Stuttgart (S) Tief - Plochingen 23km
421 340)
420 390)
212 040# Plochingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 0610 Plochingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 13km
212 267# Kirkheim (Tech) - K.(T) Otlingen 0633 Kirkheim (Tech) - Wendlingen 2km
212 276# K.(T) Otlingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 0634 Wendlingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 2km
212 276# Kiirkheim (Tech) - Plochingen 0649 Kirkheim (Tech) - Plochingen 13km
Then the move was to get round to Backnang for the branch to Marbach
111 019# Plochingen - Stuttgart 0532 Jettingen - Stuttgart 23km
215 142# Stuttgart - Backnang 0745 Stuttgart - Crailsheim 31km
212 348# Backnang - Marbach 0825 Backnang - Marbach 14km
212 348 at Marbach off the 0825 from Backnang
Unit Marbach - Ludwigsburg 0847 Marbach - Stuttgart 11km
??? ??? Ludwigsburg - Stuttgart 0651 Wurzburg - Stuttgart 14km
215 011# Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt 0913 Stuttgart - Nurnberg 3km
215 139# Bad Cannstatt - Stuttgart 0810 Crailsheim - Stuttgart 3km
103 238# Stuttgart - Ulm 0734 Wiesbaden - Salzburg 94km
A run down to Freidrichshafen to do the new track from there to Basel Bad.
215 056# Ulm - Freidrichshafen 1111 Ulm - Freid.Hafen 103km
218 415# Freidrichshafen - Kressbronn 1234 Freidrichshafen - Lindau 14km
218 475# Kressbronn - Freidrichshafen 1238 Lindau - Freid.14km
218 291# Freidrichshafen - Singen 1302 Lindau - Basel 69km
218 283# Singen - Radolfzell 1346 Basel Bad - Radolfzell 10km
211 333 at Radolfzell
211 333# Radolfzell - Sipplingen 1559 Radolfzell - Lindau 20km
218 289# Sipplingen - Radolzell 1510 Lindau - Radolfzell 20km
139 555# Radolfzell - Singen 1642 Konstanz - Offenburg 10km
139 555 at Singen on the 1642 Konstanz - Offenburg
From Singen to Waldshut the DB route ran through Switzerland, lots of little trains with Ulm 211's & with Haltingen 218's on the through trains to/from Basel.
211 268# Singen - Schaffhausen 1726 Singen - Erzingen 19km
218 396# Schaffhausen - Thayngen 1646 Waldshut - Singen 8km
211 356 runs round its stock at Thayngen to form the 1822 to Waldshut
211 356# Thayngen - Waldshut 1822 Thayngen - Waldshut 47km
211 356 our traction on the 1822 Thayngen - Waldshut where we changed onto 218293 on the 1918 Waldshut to Basel Bad Bf
218 293# Waldshut - Basel Bad 1918 Waldshut - Basel Bad 55km
103 141 Basel Bad - Frankfurt 2017 Basel - Frankfurt 344km
Thursday 16/08/1990
103 226# Frankfurt - Hamburg Altona 0002 Frankfurt - Hamburg Altona 534km
We must have been feeling glazed by now (our 13th day having done just one B&B in that time) as we went straight to Westerland for the track - then came straight back! We could have covered hordes of diagrams and it's the first day of the trip where I took no photographs - sorry!
So it's a day of Rabbit, Rabbit & Rabbit......
218 261# Hamburg Altona - Neumunster 0700 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 73km
212 276# K.(T) Otlingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 0634 Wendlingen - Kirkheim (Tech) 2km
212 276# Kiirkheim (Tech) - Plochingen 0649 Kirkheim (Tech) - Plochingen 13km
Then the move was to get round to Backnang for the branch to Marbach
215 142# Stuttgart - Backnang 0745 Stuttgart - Crailsheim 31km
212 348# Backnang - Marbach 0825 Backnang - Marbach 14km
Unit Marbach - Ludwigsburg 0847 Marbach - Stuttgart 11km
??? ??? Ludwigsburg - Stuttgart 0651 Wurzburg - Stuttgart 14km
215 011# Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt 0913 Stuttgart - Nurnberg 3km
215 139# Bad Cannstatt - Stuttgart 0810 Crailsheim - Stuttgart 3km
103 238# Stuttgart - Ulm 0734 Wiesbaden - Salzburg 94km
A run down to Freidrichshafen to do the new track from there to Basel Bad.
215 056# Ulm - Freidrichshafen 1111 Ulm - Freid.Hafen 103km
218 415# Freidrichshafen - Kressbronn 1234 Freidrichshafen - Lindau 14km
218 475# Kressbronn - Freidrichshafen 1238 Lindau - Freid.14km
218 291# Freidrichshafen - Singen 1302 Lindau - Basel 69km
218 283# Singen - Radolfzell 1346 Basel Bad - Radolfzell 10km
211 333# Radolfzell - Sipplingen 1559 Radolfzell - Lindau 20km
218 289# Sipplingen - Radolzell 1510 Lindau - Radolfzell 20km
139 555# Radolfzell - Singen 1642 Konstanz - Offenburg 10km
From Singen to Waldshut the DB route ran through Switzerland, lots of little trains with Ulm 211's & with Haltingen 218's on the through trains to/from Basel.
211 268# Singen - Schaffhausen 1726 Singen - Erzingen 19km
218 396# Schaffhausen - Thayngen 1646 Waldshut - Singen 8km
211 356# Thayngen - Waldshut 1822 Thayngen - Waldshut 47km
218 293# Waldshut - Basel Bad 1918 Waldshut - Basel Bad 55km
103 141 Basel Bad - Frankfurt 2017 Basel - Frankfurt 344km
Thursday 16/08/1990
103 226# Frankfurt - Hamburg Altona 0002 Frankfurt - Hamburg Altona 534km
We must have been feeling glazed by now (our 13th day having done just one B&B in that time) as we went straight to Westerland for the track - then came straight back! We could have covered hordes of diagrams and it's the first day of the trip where I took no photographs - sorry!
So it's a day of Rabbit, Rabbit & Rabbit......
218 261# Hamburg Altona - Neumunster 0700 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 73km
218 260#) Neumunster - Hamburg Altona 0731 Kiel - Munchen 73km
218 109#)
218 182#) Hamburg Altona - Westerland 0850 Hamburg Altona - Westerland 243km
218 190#)
218 280# Westerland - Hamburg Altona 1125 Westerland - Hamburg Altona 243km
218 173# Hamburg Altona - Elmshorn 1449 Hamburg Altona - Westerland 39km
218 175 Elmshorn - Bordesholm 1521 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 55km
218 155# Bordesholm - Elmshorn 1625 Kiel - Hamburg Altona 55km
218 165# Elmshorn - Wrist 1702 Hamburg Altona - Neumunster 22km
218 115# Wrist - Neumunster 1726 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 22km
The traincrew check 212 235 is coupled correctly at Schweinfurt
103 230 Frankfurt - Hannover 1922 Basel - Hamburg Alt 349km
114 486# Hannover - Minden 1340 Warsaw - Hoek Van Holland 65km
110 250 Minden - Bielefeld 0545 Minden - Hamm 45km
211 253 at Lemgo towards the end of booked loco hauled services
211 253 Lemgo - Bielefeld 0803 Lemgo - Bielefeld 30km
103 124 Bielefeld - Koln Deutz 0732 Braunschweig - Munchen 214km
218 128 Koln Deutz - Koln 1022 Gummersbach - Koln 1km
1603 Koln - Aachen (via RR at Monchengladbach)1115 Koln - Ostend 119km
2759) Aachen - Liege 1115 Koln - Ostend 53km
1603)
5536 Liege Banker 1115 Koln - Ostend 3km
2759 Liege - Brussels Zuid 1115 Koln - Ostend 106km
1603 Brussels Zuid - Ostend 1115 Koln - Ostend 120km
So the final train of our over two week bash was diverted via Monchengladbach (run round) then Top & tail from Aachen, banked by diesel 5536 out of Liege & the train locos swopped round at Brussels Zuid. I hope we weren't going for a particular sailing!
Total Km = 18161 Daily Average = 1210km
Total Moves = 330 Average per move = 55km
A massive trip at a time when there were so many, not just loco hauled, but Diesel hauled services of a variety of classes (211/212/213/215/216 & 218's) including Steam Heat & original power units in most locos that there was hardly time in a day to eat & drink. We certainly didn't have many "proper" meals and only one true "Beer Session" more snacks and the odd pint. No alarm Readers, over the years as the hauled moves have died down the drinking has gone up considerably to compensate! Cheers Poodle (& John, with a guest appearance by Puppy)
218 109#)
218 182#) Hamburg Altona - Westerland 0850 Hamburg Altona - Westerland 243km
218 190#)
218 280# Westerland - Hamburg Altona 1125 Westerland - Hamburg Altona 243km
218 173# Hamburg Altona - Elmshorn 1449 Hamburg Altona - Westerland 39km
218 175 Elmshorn - Bordesholm 1521 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 55km
218 155# Bordesholm - Elmshorn 1625 Kiel - Hamburg Altona 55km
218 165# Elmshorn - Wrist 1702 Hamburg Altona - Neumunster 22km
218 115# Wrist - Neumunster 1726 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 22km
218 279#) Neumunster - Hamburg Altona 1417 Aarhus - Hamburg Altona 73km
218 164#)
103 187# Hamburg Altona - Hamburg Hbf 1939 Hamburg Altona - Koln 7km
218 258) Hamburg Hbf - Lubeck 2014 Hamburg - Lubeck 63km
218 461#)
218 333) Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 1640 Copenhagen - Frankfurt 63km
218 434#)
Across the road outside Hbf for a few beers before the overnight south.
110 410 Hamburg Hbf - Hannover 2309 Hamburg Altona - Salzburg 185km
Friday 17/08/1990
103 150# Hannover - Wurzburg 2309 Hamburg A. - Salzburg 220km
141 041# Wurzburg - Schweinfurt 0547 Wurzburg - Bamberg 43km
We had covered the 212 operations out of Schweinfurt on our first German trip the previous year - they are so hellfire we did it again! As you can see below Steam Heat produced - even in August!
212 235) Schweinfurt - Poppenhausen 0643 Schweinfurt - Mellrichstadt/Bad Kissingen 11km
212 330#)(in tandem)
212 378# Poppenhausen - Schweinfurt 0621 Mellrichstadt - Schweinfurt 11km
212 329# Schweinfurt - Bad Kissingen 0715 Schweinfurt - Bad Kissingen 24km
218 215 Bad Kissingen - Schweinfurt 0744 Bad Kissingen - Munchen 24km
110 483# Schweinfurt - Bamberg 0750 Wurzburg - Munchen 57km
211 035# Bamberg - Hallstadt 0920 Bamberg - Eburn 4km
614 027 Hallstadt - Bamberg 0742 Hof - Bamberg 4km
141 024 at Bamberg
141 024# Bamberg - Forchheim 0939 Bamberg - Nurnberg 23km
211 036 at Forchheim on the 1008 to Ebermannstedt
211 036 Forchheim - Ebermannstedt 1008 Forchheim - Ebermanstedt 15km
211 036 at Ebermannstadt off the 1008 from Forcheim
211 036 Ebermannstedt - Forchheim 1040 E. - Forchheim 15km
110 404# Forcheim - Furth (Bay) 1033 Lichtenstein - Nurnberg 31km
111 196# Furth (Bay) - Nurnberg 1051 Wurzburg - Nurnberg 8km
218 004 Nurnberg - Gaildorf West 1041 Neunmarkt Wirsberg - Stuttgart 129km
218 382# Gaildorf West - Schwabish Hall Hessental 1321 Stuttgart - Nurnberg 12km
215 070# Schwabish Hall Hessental - Stuttgart 1412 Crailsheim - Stuttgart 73km
110 182# Stuttgart - Pforzheim 1550 Stuttgrt - Pforzheim 59km
181 209# Pforzheim - Karlsruhe 0838 Wien - Paris 31km
218 481# Karlsruhe - Rastatt 1820 Karlsruhe - Schonmunzach 24km
110 226# Rastatt - Karlsruhe 1844 Rastatt - Karlsruhe 24km
218 304# Karlsruhe - Brutchhausen 1917 Karlsruhe - Schonmunzach 10km
218 476# Brutchhausen - Karlsruhe 1755 Freudenstadt - Karlsruhe 10km
150 119# Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe Durlach 2020 Karlsruhe - Pforzheim 5km
111 196# Furth (Bay) - Nurnberg 1051 Wurzburg - Nurnberg 8km
218 004 Nurnberg - Gaildorf West 1041 Neunmarkt Wirsberg - Stuttgart 129km
218 382# Gaildorf West - Schwabish Hall Hessental 1321 Stuttgart - Nurnberg 12km
215 070# Schwabish Hall Hessental - Stuttgart 1412 Crailsheim - Stuttgart 73km
110 182# Stuttgart - Pforzheim 1550 Stuttgrt - Pforzheim 59km
181 209# Pforzheim - Karlsruhe 0838 Wien - Paris 31km
218 481# Karlsruhe - Rastatt 1820 Karlsruhe - Schonmunzach 24km
110 226# Rastatt - Karlsruhe 1844 Rastatt - Karlsruhe 24km
218 304# Karlsruhe - Brutchhausen 1917 Karlsruhe - Schonmunzach 10km
218 476# Brutchhausen - Karlsruhe 1755 Freudenstadt - Karlsruhe 10km
150 119# Karlsruhe - Karlsruhe Durlach 2020 Karlsruhe - Pforzheim 5km
150119 at Karlsruhe Durlach on the 2020 Karlsruhe - Pforzheim
141 154# K.Durlach - Karlsruhe 1957 Heidelberg - Karlsruhe 5km
111 098# Karlsruhe - Frankfurt 1922 Basel - Hamburg Alt 142km
111 098# Karlsruhe - Frankfurt 1922 Basel - Hamburg Alt 142km
Saturday 18/08/1990
103 230 Frankfurt - Hannover 1922 Basel - Hamburg Alt 349km
114 486# Hannover - Minden 1340 Warsaw - Hoek Van Holland 65km
110 250 Minden - Bielefeld 0545 Minden - Hamm 45km
211 253# Bielefeld - Lemgo 0639 Bielefeld - Lemgo 30km
211 253 at Lemgo off the 0639 from Bielefeld
211 253 Lemgo - Bielefeld 0803 Lemgo - Bielefeld 30km
103 124 Bielefeld - Koln Deutz 0732 Braunschweig - Munchen 214km
218 128 Koln Deutz - Koln 1022 Gummersbach - Koln 1km
1603 Koln - Aachen (via RR at Monchengladbach)1115 Koln - Ostend 119km
2759) Aachen - Liege 1115 Koln - Ostend 53km
1603)
5536 Liege Banker 1115 Koln - Ostend 3km
2759 Liege - Brussels Zuid 1115 Koln - Ostend 106km
1603 Brussels Zuid - Ostend 1115 Koln - Ostend 120km
So the final train of our over two week bash was diverted via Monchengladbach (run round) then Top & tail from Aachen, banked by diesel 5536 out of Liege & the train locos swopped round at Brussels Zuid. I hope we weren't going for a particular sailing!
Total Km = 18161 Daily Average = 1210km
Total Moves = 330 Average per move = 55km
A massive trip at a time when there were so many, not just loco hauled, but Diesel hauled services of a variety of classes (211/212/213/215/216 & 218's) including Steam Heat & original power units in most locos that there was hardly time in a day to eat & drink. We certainly didn't have many "proper" meals and only one true "Beer Session" more snacks and the odd pint. No alarm Readers, over the years as the hauled moves have died down the drinking has gone up considerably to compensate! Cheers Poodle (& John, with a guest appearance by Puppy)
Thanks, this is fascinating.
ReplyDeleteAs someone that now lives in Germany but was only born in 1989, this world of vast numbers of hauled local services is almost unimaginable.