First trip to the Fatherland - Germany 26/08 to 02/09 1989

Our first ever trip to Germany, a three pronged attack on the Diesels of DB by myself (Poodle) Steve Thomas (Neath) & John "Zuzzy Hell" Sandham. The holder of the Kursbuch and therefore chief planner honours fell to Neath, even though he was only of tender years (but just old enough to drink - which made up for it).With the remit of as many diesel locos and new lines during daylight hours then the odd electric to get in place for the overnight.(New locos again denoted by #).

Friday 25/08/1989

No boring tales of crossing the channel - an afternoon boat from Dover must have been taken as we were on the last departure from Ostend.
2751#  Ostend - Aachen Hbf  2030 Ostend - Hamburg Altona 280km

Saturday 26/08/1989

Straight through on the overnight, we were all well used to doing (somewhat shorter) overnights behind class 33's here in the UK.
110 302#   Aachen Hbf - Hamburg Hbf  2030 Ostend - Hamburg Altona 521km

218 335)#  Hamburg Hbf - Lubeck  0814 Hamburg Hbf - Lubeck 63km

218 456)#  

218 456)    Lubeck - Bad Oldsloe  0901 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 23km

218 335)

218 456 & 218 335 at Bad Oldsloe on the 0901 Lubeck to Hamburg service

218 258)#  Bad Oldsloe - Lubeck  0914 Hamburg Hbf - Lubeck 23km

218 324)#

218 324)   Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf  1001 Lubeck - Hamburg Hbf 63km

218 258)

218 492#   Hamburg Hbf - Ahrensburg 1048 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 21km

218 492 at Ahrensburg on the 1048 Hamburg Hbf to Bad Oldsloe

218 195 at Ahrensburg on the 1115 to Hamburg Hbf.

218 195#   Ahrensburg - Wandsbek Ost 1115 Ahrensburg - Hamburg Hbf 12km

218 457#   Wandsbek Ost - Ahrensburg 1118 Hamburg Hbf - Ahrensburg 12km

218 333#   Ahrensburg - Hamburg Hbf  1125 Bad Oldsloe - Hamburg Hbf 21km

114 499#   Hamburg Hbf - H.Altona 7km

218 175#   Hamburg Altona - Bordesholm  1324 H.Altona - Kiel 85km

218 185#   Bordesholm - Neumunster 1423 Kiel - H.Altona 12km

218 185 at Neumunster off the 1423 Kiel - Hamburg Altona

218 111#   Neumunster - Flensburg 0913 Koln - Frederica 101km

1436#        Flensburg - Padborg  0913 Koln - Frederica 12km

MZ1436 at Padborg on the 0913 Koln - Frederica

The Danish Customs officers were bemused as they checked our passports to & from Padborg.One asked us "Can you not afford to visit Denmark?" no, mate - we just wanted to sample an MZ!

1435#        Padborg - Flensburg 1110 Fredrikshaven - H.Altona 12km

333 047#   Flensburg Shunt 1110 Fredrikshaven - H.Altona 1km

218 111     Flensburg - H.Altona 1110 Fredrikshaven - H.Altona 174km

218 119)#  H.Altona - Neumunster  1045 Munchen - Kiel 73km

218 187)#

218 188#   Neumunster - H.Altona  2138 Kiel - Koln 73km

103 166#   H.Altona - Koln Hbf  2138 Kiel - Koln 479km

Daily Total = 1788km

Sunday 27/08/1989

No shortage of diesel hauled moves available, even on a Sunday!

141 296#  Koln Hbf - Solingen Ohligs 0614 Koln Hbf - Hagen 28km

111 160# Solingen Ohligs - Dusseldorf Hbf 0645 Solingen Ohligs - Dusseldorf Flughafen 19km

111 160 Dusseldorf on the 0645 from Solingen Ohligs

212 297 at Dusseldorf on the 0735 to Duren

212 297#   Dusseldorf - Duren 0735 Dusseldorf - Duren 60km

212 297 at Duren off the 0735 from Dusseldorf

212 297     Duren - Neuss  0849 Duren - Neuss 49km

111 188#   Neuss - Wuppertal Elberfeld 0930 Monchengladbach - Hagen 38km

212 275#   Wuppertal Elberfeld -           1048 Wuppertal E. - Solingen Ohligs 28km

                  Remscheid Guldenwerth 

212 275 at Remscheid Guldenwerth on the 1048 Wuppertal Elberfeld to Solingen Ohligs

212 279#   Remscheid Guldenwerth -  1115 Solingen Ohligs - Wuppertal Elberfeld 4km

                  Remscheid Hbf 

212 266#   Remscheid Hbf - Solingen Ohligs 1144 Remscheid Lennep - Solingen Ohligs 18km

110 261#   Solingen Ohligs - Koln Hbf 1048 Hamm - Koln Hbf 28km

215 035#   Koln Hbf - Euskirchen 1303 Koln Deutz - Euskirchen 40km

215 113#   Euskirchen - Kottenforst  1431 Euskirchen - Bonn 22km

215 118#   Kottenforst - Euskirchen  1444 Bonn - Euskirchen 22km

215 118 at Euskirchen on the 1531 to Bonn

215 118     Euskirchen - Bonn  1531 Euskirchen - Bonn 34km

Time for a nice diesel hauled trundle under the wires along the banks of the Rhine & up into the hills above.

213 333#   Bonn Hbf - Kreuzberg  1647 Bonn Hbf - Kreuzberg 46km

Neath & Mr Sandham pose with 213 333 at Kreuzberg off the 1647 from Bonn

213 333 at Kreuzberg on the 1757 to Remagen (with bellowing window fully open)

213 333    Kreuzberg - Ahrweiler  1757 Kreuzberg - Remagen 13km

213 334#  Ahrweiler - Kreuzberg  1804 Remagen - Kreuzberg 13km

213 334 at Kreuzberg on the 1910 to Remagen

213 334     Kreuzberg - Remagen 1910 Kreuzberg - Remagen 26km

114 502#   Remagen - Koln Hbf 1920 Koblenz - Koln Deutz 54km

218 132#   Koln Hbf - Rosrath  2120 Koln - Gummersbach 18km

218 135#   Rosrath - Koln Hbf  2122 Gummersbach - Koln Hbf 18km

103 237#   Koln - H.Altona (via Hamm) 2328 Koln - Kiel 479km

Daily Total: 947km

Monday 28/08/1989

A pre-breakfast 218 move off the overnight before making our way via Hannover to Oldenburg

218 194#   Hamburg Altona - Elmshorn 0601 Hamburg Altona - Kiel 30km

218 168#   Elmshorn - Hamburg Altona  0554 Kiel - Hamburg Altona 30km

120 111#   Hamburg Altona - Hannover  0712 Hamburg Alt - Munchen 185km

218 251#   Hannover - Lehrte  0703 Soltau - Wolfsburg 16km

218 904#   Lehrte - Hannover  0832 Wolfsburg - Hannover 16km

112 270#   Hannover - Oldenburg  0952 Hannover - Oldenburg 167km

112 270 is detached from the 0952 from Hannover at Oldenburg
216 061#   Oldenburg - Sande  0928 Osnabruck - Wilhelmshaven 45km

211 325#   Sande - Jever  1152 Wilhelmshaven - Esens 12km

211 325 at Jever on the 1152 Wilhelmshaven - Esens

211 077#   Jever - Sande  1229 Esens - Sande 12km

332 147#   Shunt E7525 onto E3145  1km

332 147 after shunting E7525 (1229 Esens - Sande) coaches onto E3145 (1306 Wilhelmshaven - Bad Harzburg

216 061#   Sande - Oldenburg  1306 Wilhelmshaven - Bad Harzburg 45km

110 368#   Oldenburg - Delmenhorst  1306 Wilhelmshaven - Bad Harzburg 31km

211 163#   Delmenhorst - Rechterfeld  1439 Delmenhorst - Bramsche 32km

211 163 at Rechterfeld on the 1439 Delmenhort - Bramsche

211 243#   Rechterfeld - Delmenhorst  1347 Osnabruck - Delmenhorst 32km

211 076#   Delmenhorst - Osnabruck 1617 Delmenhorst - Osnabruck  112km

A top line little trains (load 2 or 3) hauled by 211's what's not to like!

103 194#   Osnabruck - Hamburg Hbf  1327 Stuttgart - Hamburg Alt  238km

218 499#   Hamburg Hbf - Hasselbrook 2122 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 4km

218 258     Hasselbrook - Hamburg Hbf 2100 Bad Oldsloe - Hamburg Hbf 4km

120 118#   Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg Altona 0926 Berchesgarten - Hamburg Alt 7km

103 191#   H.Altona - Hannover (via Burgdorf) 2309 Hamburg Alt - Salzburg 188km 

Daily Total =  1207km

Tuesday 29/08/1989

103 111#    Hannover Hbf - Wurzburg 2309 Hamburg A - Salzburg  357km

141 019#    Wurzburg - Schweinfurt 0547 Wurzburg - Nurnberg 43km

Now for something completely different steaming 212's!

The traincrew check 212 235 is coupled correctly at Schweinfurt

212 235, stock & 212 070 steam merrily during a platform to platform shunt at Schweinfurt prior to forming the 0643 to Bad Kissingen & Mellrichstadt

212 070)#  Schweinfurt - Ebenhausen  0643 Schweinfurt - Mellrichstadt/Bad Kissingen 25km

212 235)#  (including shunt)

212 235     Ebenhausen - Bad Kissingen 0643 Schweinfurt - Bad Kissingen 24km

We arrived on 212070 on the 0643 ex Schweinfurt. 212331 waits with its train for Gemunden while we boarded 218011 on the 0744 to Munich

218 011#   Bad Kissingen - Schweinfurt  0744 Bad Kissingen - Munchen 24km

111 085#   Schweinfurt - Nurnberg 0750 Wurzburg - Nurnberg 119km

151 041 at Nuremburg on the 0736 Munchen to Berlin

151 041#   Nurnberg - Furth Hbf  0736 Munchen - Berlin     8km

141 018#   Furth Hbf - Nurnberg  0954 Neustadt - Nurnberg 8km

218 210#   Nurnberg - Kirkenlaibach  0750 Frankfurt - Praha 94km

211 049#   Kirkenlaibach - Bayreuth  1224 Weiden - Bayreuth 19km

614 043     Bayreuth - Schnabelwaid  1400 Bayreuth - Nurnberg 19km

211 058 arrives at Schnabelwaid on the 1352 Pegnitz to Marktredwitz

211 058#  Schnabelwaid - Kirkenlaibach 1352 Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 19km

614 005    Kirkenlaibach - Bayreuth  1324 Weiden - Bayreuth 19km

Think we actually did go for a beer in Bayreuth.

211 049 at Bayreuth

218 238#   Bayreuth - Nurnberg  1527 Bayreuth - Stuttgart 94km

111 051#    Nurnberg - Roth 1707 Nurnberg -Munchen 26km

290 360#   Roth - Hilpolstein 1729 Roth - Hilpolstein 11km

(211 057 DIT on rear) 

This service was booked a 290 Pilot each Tuesday & Thursday to service a factory on the branch.

290 360 at Hilpoltstein on the 1729 from Roth 

211 057 at Hilpolstein before the working the 1804 to Roth

211 057#   Hilpolstein - Roth 1804 Hilpolstein - Roth 11km

A quintessential Bavarian branch-line, a little loco tooting away over the numerous crossings en-route.

103 243#   Roth - Nurnberg  1729 Augsburg - Nurnberg 26km

151 128 at Nuremburg 

151 128#   Nurnberg - Vach  1851 Nurnberg - Bamberg 15km

Such was our innocence we didn't do this to Bamberg for beer. Still a number of years to make up for this lapse!

141 357#   Vach - Nurnberg  1826 Bamberg - Nurnberg 15km

103 114#   Nurnberg - Munchen (via Ingolstadt) 1414 Hamburg A - Munchen 199km 

103 113#   Munchen - Nurnberg (via Augsburg)  2345 Munchen - Hamburg Altona 199km

Daily Total =  1350km

Wednesday 30/08/1989

103 222#   Nurnberg - Hannover  2345 Munchen - Hamburg Altona 486km

                   (via Hildesheim)

110 373#   Hannover - Bremen 0105 Cottbus - Nordeich Mole 122km

141 061#   Bremen - Hude  0920 Bremen - Nordenham 28km

110 373#   Hude - Oldenburg  0105 Cottbus - Nordeich Mole 17km

216 057 & 216 076 at Oldenburg on E1440 the 0105 Cottbus - Nordeich Mole

216 057)#  Oldenburg - Augustfehn 0105 Cottbus - Nordeich Mole 32km

216 076)#

Oldenburg shed (HOLD) with a 216 coming off for its next turn.

624 639     Augustfehn - Oldenburg 1036 Leer - Oldenburg 32km

216 077#   Oldenburg - Sande 0928 Osnabruck - Wilhelmshaven 45km 

211 015 at Sande on the 1152 Wilhelmshaven - Esens  

211 015#    Sande - Wittmund  1152 Wilhelmshaven - Esens 20km

211 012#    Wittmund - Sande 1229 Esens - Sande 20km  

332 147#   Shunt E7525 onto E3145  1km

216 077     Sande - Oldenburg  1306 Wilhelmshaven - Bad Harzburg 45km

110 373     Oldenburg - Delmenhorst  1306 Wilhelmshaven - Bad Harzburg 31km

211 201#   Delmenhorst - Rechterfeld  1439 Delmenhorst - Bramsche 32km

211 325     Rechterfeld - Delmenhorst  1347 Osnabruck - Delmenhorst 32km

211 066 at Delmenhorst on train 8348 the 1617 to Osnabruck which we took throughout, 112km's behind the wee Beastie  

211 066#   Delmenhorst - Osnabruck 1617 Delmenhorst - Osnabruck 112km

103 146#   Osnabruck - Hamburg Hbf  1327 Stuttgart - Hamburg Alt  238km

218 332#   Hamburg Hbf - Hasselbrook  2122 Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldsloe 4km

218 334#   Hasselbrook - Hamburg Hbf  2100 Bad Oldsloe - Hamburg Hbf 4km

103 210#   Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg Altona 1247 Munchen - Hamburg Alt 7km

103 219#   H.Altona - Hannover (via Burgdorf) 2309 Hamburg Alt - Salzburg 188km 

Daily Total = 1496km 

Thursday 31/08/1989

103 113     Hannover Hbf - Wurzburg  2309 Hamburg A - Salzburg 357km

141 123#   Wurzburg - Schweinfurt  0547 Wurzburg - Nurnberg 43km

212 065)#  Schweinfurt - Poppenhausen  0643 Schweinfurt - Bad Kissingen/ 12km

212 102)#  (in tandem / including shunt)          Mellrichstadt

212 235     Poppenhausen - Schweinfurt  0621 Mellrichstadt - Schweinfurt 12km

212 103 at Schweinfurt on the 0715 to Bad Kissingen.

212 103#   Schweinfurt - Bad Kissingen  0715 Schweinfurt - Bad Kissingen 24km

212 103     Bad Kissingen - Schweinfurt  0912 Bad Kissingen - Schweinfurt 24km

110 194#   Schweinfurt - Bamberg  0950 Wurzburg - Hof  57km

218 198#   Bamberg - Neuenmarkt Wirsberg 0950 Wurzburg - Hof 74km

614 007     N.Wirsberg - Bayreuth  1201 N.Wirsberg - Bayreuth 20km

211 283 at Bayreuth prior to working the 1316 to Marktredwitz

211 283#   Bayreuth - Kirkenlaibach  1316 Bayreuth - Marktredwitz 19km

218 238#   Kirchenlaibach - Schnabelwaid 1315 Marktredwitz - Pegnitz 19km

Two veg spoil the phot of 211 209 at Schnabelwaid

211 209#   Schnabelwaid - Neusorg 1352 Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 38km

211 056#   Neusorg - Schnabelwaid 1503 Marktredwitz - Schnabelwaid 38km

218 216#   Schnabelwaid - Nurnberg 1527 Bayreuth - Stuttgart 75km

111 218#   Nurnberg - Roth  1707 Nurnberg - Munchen 26km

Covered the 290 turn again but with exactly the same result!

290 360)    Roth - Hipoltstein  1729 Roth - Hipoltstein 11km

211 057 (DIT on rear) 

290 360 at Hipoltstein after working train 6217 the 17:29 from Roth (with 211 057 dit on rear)

211 057     Hipoltstein - Roth  1804 Hipoltstein - Roth 11km

103 166     Roth - Nurnberg  1729 Augsburg - Nurnberg 26km

103 107#   Nurnberg - Munchen  1414 Hamburg Alt - Munchen 199km

                  (via Ingolstadt)

Daily Total = 1084km 

Friday 01/09/1989

103 141#   Stuttgart - Koln Hbf   2014 Salzburg - Koln 384km

110 456#   Koln - Wuppertal Elberfeld  0540 Koln - Wuppertal Oberbarmen 46km

212 324#   Wuppertal Elberfeld -  0648 W.Elberfeld - Solingen Ohligs 28km

                  Remscheid Guldenwurth

212 264#   Remscheid Guldenwurth -  0708 W.Elberfeld - Solingen Ohligs 14km

                  Solingen Ohligs

212 318#   Solingen Ohligs - Dusseldorf Hbf 0736 W.Oberbarmen - Dusseldorf 14km

212 253#   Dusseldorf - Neuss   0844 Dusseldorf - Grevenbroich 11km

212 253 at Neuss Hbf on the 0844 Dusseldorf to Grevenbroich

110 252#   Neuss - Dusseldorf  1314 Ancona - Dortmund 11km

110 410#   Dusseldorf - W. Elberfeld  0756 Aachen - Siegen 27km

216 103#   W.Elberfeld - Essen Uberruhr  0943 W.Oberbarmen - Bottrop 37km

216 031#   Essen Uberruhr - Essen Holthausen 1011 Bottrop - Langenberg 1km

216 031 departs Essen Holthausen

216 156#   Essen Holthausen - Essen Uberruhr 1039 Langenberg - Haltern 1km

216 156 at Essen Uberruhr on the 1039 Langenberg - Haltern

216 028#   Essen Uberruhr - Langenberg  0953 Haltern - Langenberg 12km

216 034#   Langenberg - W.Elberfeld  1051 Bottrop - W.Oberbarmen 25km

216034 at Wuppertal Vohwinkel on the 1051 Bottrop to Wuppertal Oberbarmen

103 164#   W.Elberfeld - Koblenz  1145 Dortmund - Munchen 139km

141 064#   Koblenz - Boppard  1407 Koblenz - Bingerbruck 19km

213 341#   Boppard - Emmelshausen  1432 Boppard - Emmelshausen 15km

213 341 at Emmelshausen off the 1432 from Boppard

213 341     Emmelshausen - Boppard  1504 Emmelshausen - Boppard 15km

141 097#   Boppard - Koblenz  1453 Bingerbruck - Koblenz 19km

103 161#   Koblenz - Bonn  0917 Chur - Amsterdam 59km

213 338#   Bonn - Remagen  1647 Bonn - Kreuzberg 20km

212 328#   Remagen - Ahrweiler  1726 Remagen - Ahrweiler 13km

212 328 at Ahrweiler on the 1752 to Remagen

212 328     Ahrweiler - Bad Bodendorf  1752 Ahrweiler - Remagen 9km

213 334#   Bad Bodendorf - Bad Neuenahr 1804 Remagen - Kreuzberg 5km

213 338     Bad Neuenahr - Remagen  1759 Kreuzberg - Remagen 10km

110 412#   Remagen - Koln Hbf  1820 Koblenz - Koln Deutz 54km

110 412     Koln Hbf - Dusseldorf (Via Neuss) 2049 Koln Deutz - Amsterdam 54km

110 135#   Dusseldorf Hbf - Munchen Ost  1925 Amsterdam - Verona 665km

                  (Via Heidelberg & Stuttgart Zazenhausen) 

Daily Total = 1704km 

Saturday 02/09/1989

110 180#   Munchen Hbf - Regensburg 0628 Munchen - Hof 138km

218 307#   Regensburg - Schwandorf   0628 Munchen - Hof 42km

218 208#   Schwandorf - Regensburg  0450 Zwickau - Munchen 42km

110 180#   Regensburg - Neufarhn  0450 Zwickau - Munchen 39km

111 076#   Neufarhn - Regensburg  0937 Munchen - Gorlitz 39km

111 081#   Regensburg - Nurnberg  0947 Passau - Dortmund 101km

103 220#   Nurnberg - Munchen (via Inglostadt) 1249 Nurnberg - Munchen 199km

111 059#   Munchen - Petershausen  1441 Munchen - Treuchtlingen 36km

S2 units     Petershausen - Munchen Hbf (Tief) 37km

218 408#   Munchen - Turkheim  1642 Munchen - Lindau 76km

628 235     Turkheim - Bad Worishofen 1738 Turkheim - Bad Worishofen 5km

The return train E3947 conveyed a through coach to somewhere - we assumed it was hauled to Buchloe to be attached to its forward working there - wrong! Much to Zuzzy John's disappointment the unit hauled it instead !!

628 235     Bad Worishofen - Buchloe  1804 Bad Worishofen - Augsburg 13km

218 400)#  Buchloe - Kempten   1800 Munchen - Zurich 63km

218 436)#  

218 400 & 218 436 make a spirited departure from Kempten with EC98 the 1800 Munchen - Zurich

218 465 at Kempten on the 1820 Lindau - Munchen

218 465#   Kempten - Buchloe  1820 Lindau - Munchen 63km

218 398#   Buchloe - Augsburg  1904 Fussen - Augsburg 40km

103 201#   Augsburg - Munchen  1309 Hannover - Munchen 62km

420 073     Munchen Hbf (Tief) - Munchen Ost 4km

218 347#   Munchen Ost - Munchen Hbf 2248 Munchen Ost - Munster 10km

110 356#   Munchen Ost - Koln Hbf     2248 Munchen Ost - Munster 619km

                  (Via Stuttgart Zazenhausen & Heidelberg)

 Daily Total = 1636km 

Sunday 03/09/1989

110 474#   Koln Hbf - Duren  0639 Duisburg - Aachen 39km

212 253     Duren - Heimbach  0826 Duren - Heimbach 30km

212 253 at Heimbach

212 253     Heimbach - Duren  0930 Heimbach - Duren 30km

212 253 heads back towards Duren on a lovely sunny morning

110 474     Duren - Koln Hbf   1001 Aachen - Dortmund 39km

110 436#   Koln Hbf - Koln Deutz  1112 Koln Hbf - Kreuztal 1km

A Lufthansa "Duck" unit at Koln Deutz.

218 149 approaches Koln Deutz on the 1022 ex Gummersbach

218 149#   Koln Deutz - Koln Hbf  1022 Gummersbach - Koln Hbf 1km

110 410     Koln Hbf - Aachen  1208 Koln Hbf - Oostende 70km

2725#        Aachen Hbf - Oostende  1208 Koln Hbf - Oostende 280km

(2328# Liege Banker) 

Daily Total = 490km

Total KM = 11978km                          Daily Average = 1331km

Total Moves = 178                               Average per Move = 67.3km

A great introduction into the many and varied diesels of DB at the time. The timetable worked like clockwork so all our planned moves made. I took a larger number of photo's than I would have for the same number of days if in the UK, not surprising as we had been looking forward to the trip for some time. We even managed to catch some Steam heat on the 212's out of Schweinfurt, something of a novelty for us!