Germany 23/08 to 27/08 1991 "There's 218's on the overnight from Kassel - apparently!"
This trip started with myself (Poodle) & John "Zuzzy Hell" Sandham, although we went our separate ways from the 26th. A different start to the trip (my fifth European bash of 1991) - a flight instead of the usual cross-channel ferry! No doubted saving a days leave in the process. (New locos again denoted by #).
Friday 23/08/1991G-BIKV Heathrow - Dusseldorf Flughafen 1900 Heathrow - Dusseldorf
111 183# Dusseldorf Flughafen - Duisburg 2118 Dusseldorf - Dortmund 20km
141 248# Duisburg - Oberhausen 2025 Monchengladbach - Dortmund 8km
216 065 at Esens
141 071 at Nordenham
Shunting taking place alongside the station at Emden Aussenhafen, this shunter had worked our passenger train from Emden Hbf. After completion of the shunting it took us back to Emden.
141 298 at Nordeich Mole off the 1502 from Munster
99 7239 departs Sorge on the 0640 Nordhausen Nord - Wernigrode
99 7232 arrives at Sorge on the 0730 Wernigerode - Nordhausen Nord
99 7232 at Eisfelder Talmuhle prior to working the 0949 to Gernrode (still a timetabled DR service)
99 7232 races out of Eisfelder Talmuhle (right) on the 0949 Eisfelder Talmuhle to Gernrode alongside the Wernigerode service. There were 10 minutes between departure times but after watering etc the crews always liked racing each other up the hill !
99 7243 at Harzgerode on the 1220 to Gernrode
99 7243 at Gernrode on the 1345 to Hasselfelde
216 216 at Bad Vilbel on the 1707 Frankfurt - Stockheim
212 373 at Freidberg
111 092# Oberhausen - Duisburg - 2103 Rheine - Koln 8km
103 186# Duisburg - Koln Hbf 1838 Hamburg Altona - Koblenz 64km
Saturday 24/08/1991
103 245 Koln Hbf - Hamburg Harburg 2335 Koln - Kiel 450km
A bit different today as we covered some new track for electric traction , namely the Bremen Vegesack , Nordenham branch & Nordeich Mole as well as new track for diesel to Esens, Leer & the Emden Aussenhafen branch.
103 177# Hamburg Harburg - Bremen Hbf 0438 Hamburg A. - Berchesgarten 103km
141 208# Bremen Hbf - Bremen Vegesack 0601 Bremen - Bremen Vegesack 17km
141 208 Bremen Vegesack - Bremen 0630 Bremen V. - Bremen 17km
110 250# Bremen - Oldenburg 0430 Braunschweig - Wilhelmshaven 45km
216 150 Oldenburg - Sande 0430 Braunschweig - Wilhelmshaven 45km
216 061 Sande - Esens 0900 Wilhelmshaven - Esens 33km
216 065# Esens - Sande 1018 Esens - Wilhelmshaven 33km
216 150 Sande - Oldenburg 1100 Wilhelmshaven - Braunschweig 45km
110 420 Oldenburg - Hude 1100 Wilhelmshaven - Braunschweig 17km
141 071# Hude - Nordenham 1143 Bremen - Nordenham 44km
141 071 Nordenham - Hude 1314 Nordenham - Bremen 44km
120 115# Hude - Oldenburg 1354 Bremen - Wilhelmshaven 17km
216 058 Oldenburg - Leer 1130 Braunschweig - Nordeich Mole 55km
140 453# Leer - Emden Hbf 1130 Braunschweig - Nordeich Mole 26km
332 088# Emden Hbf - Emden Aussenhafen 1636 Emden - E.Aussenhafen 2km
332 088 E.Aussenhafen - Emden Hbf 1700 E.Aussenhafen - Emden 2km
141 298# Emden - Nordeich Mole 1502 Munster - Nordeich Mole 35km
110 238# Nordeich Mole - Munster 1826 Nordeich Mole - Munster 215km
114 492# Munster - Essen Hbf 2110 Munster - Essen Hbf 83km
110 437# Essen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf 2155 Dortmund - Basel SFF 19km
332 295# Shunt D205 onto D203
110 409# Duisburg Hbf - Dortmund Hbf 2300 Dusseldorf - Zwickau 53km
Daily Total = 1400km
Sunday 25/08/1991
The main objective of the trip was to sample the famed Harz mountains narrowgauge steam while it was still running public timetabled steam services. Whilst not a fan of steam previously Rubble had informed me the Zwickau overnight was getting pairs of 218's out of Kassel so was "safe" for me as I do not like "Red Sheds" (class 232 (formerly 132) Russian built devices) & we could do this to Nordhausen for the Steam on the Harz network.
103 130# Dortmund - Kassel Hbf 2300 Dusseldorf - Zwickau
132 398# Kassel Hbf - Nordhausen 2300 Dusseldorf - Zwickau
We had got a Compo in an empty coach directly behing the 103 then reversed in Kassel Hbf - I awoke after leaving Kassel & could hear screaming from the other end of the train - not from a person but from the 132 which had bowled us out! Cheers Mr Wormald......
114 789# Nordhausen - Niedersachswerfen 0502 Nordhausen - Ellrich
I walked accross the unlit streets of the village to the narrow gauge station, you could hear the steam loco whistling as it crossed unmarked roads on it's journey down the valley - I instantly realised that this route & these steam locos were something special.
99 7239# Niedersachswerfen Ost - Nordhausen Nord 0529 Ilfeld - Nordhausen Nord
It was like discovering another world, real working steam. John had decided (in his wisdom) not to do the above move but rather meet me for the 0640 departure as there had been a pair of 132's at Nordhausen so he thought he would do these instead. The first one had failed on departure & the 2nd staggered to the first shack where he was lucky to make his train back. "I told you they are Crap" was my answer to all that!
99 7239 Nordhausen Nord - Sorge 0640 Nordhausen N - Wernigerode
99 7232# Sorge - Eisfelder Talmuhle 0730 Wernigerode - Nordhausen Nord
99 7232 Eisfelder Talmuhle - Alexisbad 0949 E.Talmuhle - Gernrode
99 7243# Alexisbad - Harzgerode 1138 Alexisbad - Harzgerode
99 7243 Harzgerode - Gernrode 1220 Harzgerode - Gernrode
99 7243 Gernrode - Hasselfelde 1345 Gernrode - Hasselfelde
99 7243 Hasselfelde - Eisfelder Talmuhle 1614 Hasselfelde - E.Talmuhle
99 7231# E.Talmuhle - Niedersachswerfen Ost 1451 Wernigerode - Nordhausen N
99 7238# Niedersachswerfen Ost - Ilfeld 1728 Nordhausen N - Ilfeld
99 7238 Ilfeld - Nordhausen Nord 1810 Ilfeld - Nordhausen Nord
A very pleasant way to spend a Sunday
216 171# Nordhausen - Northeim 1855 Nordhausen - Northeim
110 135# Northeim - Hannover 2011 Gottingen - Hamburg Altona
103 181# Hannover - Hamburg Hbf 2016 Fulda - Hamburg Altona Daily Total = 915km
Monday 26/08/91
A day attempting to do new track for diesel Gelnhausen - Geissen / Laasphe - Marburg & Beienheim - Hungen.
110 328# Hamburg Hbf - Fulda 2249 Kiel - Innsbruck 467km
120 141# Fulda - Gelnhaussen 0516 Fulda - Frankfurt Hbf 60km
216 196 Gelnhausen - Budingen 0601 Gelnhausen - Geissen 15km
212 023# Budingen - Gelnhaussen 0548 Nidda - Gelnhausen 15km
212 023 Gelnhaussen - Geissen 0643 Gelnhausen - Geissen 70km
Sprinter Geissen - Wetzlar 0815 Geissen - Limburg 13km
140 607# Wetzlar - Geissen 0802 Dillenburg - Geissen 13km
141 259# Geissen - Butzbach 0905 Geissen - Butzbach 18km
216 213# Butzbach - Geissen 0919 Friedberg - Geissen 18km
216 212# Geissen - G.Lichter Strasse 1019 Geissen - Fulda 3km
216 193# G.Lichter Strasse - Geissen 0845 Fulda - Geissen 3km
110 338# Geissen - Marburg 0549 Konstanz - Kassel 30km
798 658 Marburg - Laasphe 1153 Marburg - Erndtebruck 41km
212 157# Laasphe - Marburg 1255 Laasphe - Marburg 41km
110 351# Marburg - Treysa 1121 Frankfurt - Kassel 42km
110 389# Treysa - Frankfurt 1228 Kassel - Frankfurt 138km
216 216# Frankfurt - Bad Vilbel 1707 Frankfurt - Stockheim 16km
420 252 Bad Vilbel - Friedberg F.Stresemannallee - Friedberg 18km
212 023 (212 373 on 2nd portion) Friedberg - Beienheim 1825 Friedberg - Nidda/Hungen 6km
212 373# Beienheim - Hungen 1825 Freidberg - Hungen 7km
The only way out was by bus, I had researched the move & it all panned out.
Bus Hungen - Friedberg 2002 Hungen - Friedberg
110 338 Friedberg - Frankfurt Hbf 34km
141 066# Frankfurt Hbf - Dusseldorf Flughafen 2349 Frankfurt - Dusseldorf F. 273km
Daily Total = 1323km
Tuesday 27/08/91
The line from Gravenweisbach (via Freidrichsdorf) to Frankfurt had gone to a private operator but their new units weren't ready yet - a through Commuter train in the morning meant you could do all the track but it was hard to get to. A not recommended overnight with Top & Tail 141's to Dusseldorf Flughafen & back with little or no sleep was my only option. Not a branch that many people managed to do, as not loco hauled for very long.
141 214# Dusseldorf Flughafen - Frankfurt Hbf xxxx Dusseldorf F - Frankfurt 273km
420 240 Frankfurt (Tief) - Freidrichsdorf 24km
212 366# Freidrichsdorf - Frankfurt Hbf xxxx Gravenweisbach - Frankfurt Hbf 24km
141 401# Frankfurt Hbf - Niedernhausen 0737 Frankfurt Hbf - Limburg 32km
141 184# Niedernhausen - Frankfurt Hbf 32km
420 736 Frankfurt (Tief) - Freidrichsdorf 24km
211 201 Freidrichsdorf - Gravenweisbach 0940 Freidrichsdorf - Gravenweisbach 29km
211 201 Gravenweisbach - Freidrichsdorf 1057 Gravenweisbach - Freidrichsdorf 29km
110 109# Friedberg - Frankfurt Hbf 34km
218 378 Frankfurt Hbf - Mainz 1302 Frankfurt - Saarbrucken 38km
120 105# Mainz - Koblenz 91km
103 223# Koblenz - Remagen 39km
212 232# Remagen - Ahrweiler 1522 Remagen - Kreuzberg 12km
212 253 Ahrweiler - Remagen xxxx Kreuzberg - Remagen 12km
111 098# Remagen - Dusseldorf Hbf xxxx Heildelberg - Rheine 94km
111 135# Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf Flughafen 10km
G-BNWB Dusseldorf Flughafen - Heathrow 1850 Dusseldorf - Heathrow
Daily Total = 799km
Total KM = 4537km Daily Average = 907km
Total Moves = 82 Average per Move = 55km
Another successful trip, doing hard to get branch lines with little 211's or 212's was fast becoming my favourite. The visit to the Harz for the Steam locos was an eye-opener - I was hooked from the moment we did the parallel departure from Eisfelder Talmuhle & raced each other up the hill!
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