Germany 27/12 1990 to 02/01/1991 "Pfarrkirchen is far enough!"
My first ever single manned trip to Germany, my 3rd trip overall. I had decided to avoid having to watch The Great Escape again on Xmas day or being sardined in a pub on New Years Eve. New track for diesel (in daylight) & of course winning locos being the main aim.(New locos again denoted by #.)
Thursday 27/12/1990
No messing today a daytime channel crossing straight onto an overnight.
1603 Ostend - Koln 1702 Ostend - Frankfurt 350km
103 193# Koln - Mainz 1702 Ostend - Frankfurt 185km
110 461# Mainz - Frankfurt 1715 Amsterdam - Wien 38km
Daily Total = 573km
Friday 28/12/1990
103 177# Frankfurt - Gottingen 1922 Basel - Hamburg Altona 241km
A quick leap here to head back south I had a couple of diagrams to cover at Geissen.
103 190# Gottingen - Geissen 2314 Hamburg Alt - Munchen 191km
216 189# Geissen - Limburg 0548 Giessen - Koblenz 65km (new track for diesel)
212 116# Limburg - Geissen 0604 Koblenz - Giessen 65km
110 165# Geissen - Frankfurt Hbf 0842 Geissen - Frankfurt 66km
111 102# Frankfurt Hbf - Neu Isenberg 0948 Frankfurt - Darmstadt 7km
141 105# Neu Isenberg - Frankfurt Louisa 0938 Darmstadt - Frankfurt 3km
211 199#) Frankfurt - Ober Roden 1009 Frankfurt - Ober Roden 22km
212 374 DIT)
212 360# Ober Roden - Buschlag Sprendlingen 1037 Dieburg - Bush Spren. 15km
141 070# Buschlag Sprendlingen - Frankfurt Hbf 1105 Darmstadt - Frankfurt 11km
216 205# Frankfurt - Hanau Hbf 1207 Frankfurt - Stuttgart 24km (new track for diesel)
141 103# Hanau - Freidberg 1246 Hanau - Marburg 32km
212 122#) Freidberg - Beienheim 1335 Freidberg - Nidda/Wolf Sodel 6km
212 118#)
212 122 Beienheim - Nidda 1335 Freidberg - Nidda/Wolf Sodel 19km (new track for diesel)
212 122 Nidda - Freidberg 1432 Nidda - Freidberg 25km
216 139# Freidberg - Frankfurt Hbf 1456 Giessen - Frankfurt 34km (new track for diesel)
216 190# Frankfurt - Hochst 1609 Frankfurt - Nidda 37km (new track for diesel)
628 330 Hochst - Eichen 1706 Altenstadt - Bad Vilbel 2km
216 196# Eichen - Stockheim 1640 Frankfurt - Stockheim 12km (new track for diesel)
216 186# Stockheim - Gelnhaussen 1639 Giessen - Gelnhausen 24km (new track for diesel)
A good day with a whole host of new track covered. Then a few scratch moves.
110 334# Gelnhausen - Langenselold 1808 Wachtersbah - Frankfurt 10km
110 336# Langenselold - Hanau 1610 Kassel - Frankfurt 11km
141 178# Hanau - Dettingen 1839 Frankfurt - Aschaffenburg 12km
141 277# Dettingen - Frankfurt 1915 Aschaffenburg - Frankfurt 36km
Mcdonalds & bought a couple of beers to imbibe on the move to get to my overnight
103 216 Frankfurt - Stuttgart 1544 Hamburg Altona - Stuttgart 217km
110 179 Stuttgart - Bad Canstadt 2310 Stuttgart - Ulm 3km
628 302 Bad Canstadt - Stuttgart - 2230 Aalen - Stuttgart 3km
110 133# Stuttgart - Koln Hbf 2054 Munchen - Nordeich Mole 383km
Daily Total = 1574km
Saturday 29/12/1990
As it was my first solo trip I could do whole branches for the required track on this trip, not leap off
on route for a winner back as some people do.
111 173# Koln Hbf - Koln Nippes 0536 Koln Hbf - Koln Worringen 2km
111 147# Koln Nippes - Koln Hbf 0448 Duisburg - Bergish Gladbach 2km
215 032 Koln Hbf - Nieukirk 0556 Koln Deutz - Kleve 78km (new track for diesel as far as Krefeld)
215 019# Nieukirk - Krefeld Hbf 0645 Kleve - Koln Deutz 22km
141 415# Krefeld Hbf - Duisburg 0724 Monchengladbach - Dortmund 21km
First up was the Xantern branch.
212 238# Duisburg - Xantern 0840 Duisburg - Xantern 45km (new track for diesel)
212 238 Xantern - Duisburg 0937 Xantern - Duisburg 45km
110 152# Duisburg - Essen Hbf 1001 Monchengladbach - Bebra 19km
103 103# Essen Hbf - Dortmund Hbf 0603 Stuttgart - Hannover 34km
212 025# Dortmund Hbf - Hagen Hbf 1127 Dortmund - Ludenscheid 24km (new track for diesel)
218 151# Hagen Hbf - Schwerte 1215 Hagen - Kassel 14km
110 406 Schwerte - Unna 0924 Frankfurt - Nordeich Mole 16km
2nd up was the Unna - Neuenrade branch.
212 308# Unna - Neuenrade 1312 Unna - Neuenrade 39km (new track for diesel)
212 308 Neuenrade - Frondenberg 1435 Neuenrade - Frondenberg 26km
218 147# Frondenberg - Schwerte 1356 Winterberg - Aachen 15km
110 405# Schwerte - Unna 1415 Koln - Hamm 16km
110 421# Unna - Schwerte 1548 Hamm - Koln 16km
3rd up was the Iserlohn branch. A multitude of routes with a multitude of little locos - Hellfire!
212 281# Schwerte - Iserlohn 1558 Dortmund - Iserlohn 20km (new track for diesel)
212 281 Iserlohn - Schwerte 1705 Iserlohn - Dortmund 20km
218 128# Schwerte - Hagen 1554 Kassel - Aachen 14km
110 419# Hagen - Wuppertal Elberfeld 1554 Kassel - Aachen 27km
103 127# W.Elberfeld - Koln 1745 Dortmund - Basel 46km
215 039# Koln - Euskirchen 1905 Koln Deutz - Euskirchen 40km
215 045# Euskirchen - Koln 1739 Trier - Koln Deutz 40km
103 224 Koln - Duisburg 1902 Frankfurt - Dortmund 64km
103 159# Duisburg - Frankfurt 1946 Amsterdam - Klagenfurt 285km
Daily Total = 985km
Sunday 30/12/1990
South to Bavaria.
111 072# Frankfurt - Munchen Hbf 1946 Amsterdam - Klaggenfurt 413km
420 110 Munchen Hbf (Tief) - Dachau 0650 Holzkirchen - Petershausen 18km
I'd done the out & back winner move on the Altomunster's, now to do the whole branch.
212 047# Dachau - Altomunster 0800 Dachau - Altomunster 30km (new track for diesel)
212 047 Altomunster - Dachau 0925 Altomunster - Dachau 30km
111 206# Dachau - Munchen Hbf 0848 Treuchtlingen - Munchen 18km
218 350# Munchen Hbf - Munchen Harras 1051 Munchen - Tegernsee 6km
218 360# Munchen Harras - Munchen Hbf 0952 Bayrischzell - Munchen 6km
As Id never been to Muhldorf lots of winner track to aim for:
218 349# Munchen Hbf - Muhldorf 1149 Munchen - Simbach 85km (new track for diesel)
218 351# Muhldorf - Burghausen 1300 Muhldorf - Burghausen 32km (new track for diesel)
A plus two at the terminus for a different loco back - made so a result!
218 309# Burghausen - Muhldorf 1343 Burghausen - Munchen 32km
Back in these days Muhldorf was amazing, all the services were timed to meet here (including the buses) so you would have 50 minutes of nothing followed by 10 minutes with all the arrivals, everyone changing trains, then the departures - followed by 50 minutes of nothing & repeat.
218 340# Muhldorf - Landshut 1322 Salzburg - Landshut 55km (new track for diesel)
111 057# Landshut - Regensburg 1437 Munchen - Zwickau 62km
218 228# Regensburg - Weiden 1437 Munchen - Zwickau 86km
218 004 Weiden - Irrenlohe 1717 Weiden - Schwandorf 39km
218 009 Irrenlohe - Weiden 1700 Regensburg - Weiden 39km
211 302# Weiden - Schwandorf 1729 Hof - Schwandorf 44km
218 235# Schwandorf - Regensburg 1354 Dresden - Munchen 42km
111 064 Regensburg - Landshut 1354 Dresden - Munchen 62km
111 057 Landshut - Regensburg 2100 Munchen - Dresden 62km
A diesel overnight for a change lets hope I manage to wake up to leap at Hof!
218 235 Regensburg - Hof 2100 Munchen - Dresden 179km
Daily Total = 1340km
Monday 31/12/1990
Yes I managed to leap.
218 219# Hof - Regensberg 1614 Rostock - Munchen 179km
??? ??? Regensberg - Munchen 1614 Rostock - Munchen 138km
360 861# Munchen - Yard - Munchen ECS for E3431 (shunt release) 0.5km
Todays main aim was new track to Passau & the 0709 had a portion going there.
218 351 Munchen - Muhldorf 0709 Munchen - Burghausen/Passau 85km
218 342# Muhldorf - Pfarrkirchen 0709 Munchen - Passau 50km (new track for diesel)
After departing Muhldorf it became too foggy to enjoy the route - then as we approached Pfarrkirchen a steaming 212 loomed out of the fog - that'll do nicely so I bailed out. (Muhldorf - Passau became mainly unit soon after, it took me quite a few years to do the rest of the route - a Saturdays only 218 turn eventually doing the honours)
212 169# Pfarrkirchen - Muhldorf 0743 Passau - Muhldorf 50km
Rest of the days planned moves now out the window, to avoid delving into the diagrams too much leapt to Munich where lots of 218's were guaranteed.
218 346# Muhldorf - Munchen 1035 Muhldorf - Munchen 85km
218 448#) Munchen - Kempten 1200 Munchen - Bern 131km
218 463#)
218 467# Kempten - Memmingen 1252 Obertsdorf - Ulm 35km
218 474) Memmingen - Immenstadt 0648 Dortmund - Obertsdorf 56km
218 466)
218 442# Immenstadt - Kempten 1434 Obertsdorf - Ulm 21km
218 425#) Kempten - Munchen 1115 Bern - Munchen 131km
218 437#)
218 355# Munchen - Muhldorf 1729 Munchen - Linz 85km
218 347 Muhldorf - Freilassing 1841 Muhldorf - Freilassing 65km (new track for diesel)
111 059 Freilassing - Salzburg 1940 Berchesgarten - Salzburg 7km
Daily Total = 1118.5km
A pre-arranged move to meet Graham Belton (Peckham Fly) to see in the New Year, managed to do new track Muhldorf - Freilassing on the way.
The "Fly" was duly met on the platform, first job was to find some digs & drop off the bags. Of course not the quietest night of the year to get a last minute hotel room, in the end we managed to get a dirty room in a very run-down "Pension" which seemed to be leaning on the Hotel next door for support!
We soon found a "music-pub" in the Old town area where for a set amount of schillings you got free drinks all night & a glass of champagne at midnight. You also got an armband so could nip out for a snack if required. They make money with most people on this & can control numbers - however I more than made up for this in the drinking stakes!
Mistletoe was about so plenty of Fraulein's got the pleasure (!) of kisses from the Poodle (me) or the Fly (him). I can't remember if we both found a partner for the "midnight waltz", de rigueur in Austria to see in the New Year - much more upmarket than "Auld Langs Syne" but less atmospheric.
After this the beers took their toll on Peckham, he snoozed (he said he'd rather sleep in here than the Flea pit we'd had to check in to!) while I made sure I got my moneys worth into the wee small hours........
That just left the problem of two drunks staggering around Salzburg trying to find the aforementioned "Pension" - which we eventually managed but not before we were on the point of giving up!
Tuesday 01/01/1991
Yes you've guessed it - two right old states we were in this morning! No, Peckham, I'm not leaping into Hungary with you, I've got work in a couple of days. Leave me in bed, I'm sure I will manage to get up before check out time. Hopefully.
4010 022 Salzburg - Munchen Hbf 0605 Wien West - Munchen 153km
218 322# Munchen Hbf - Munchen Harras 1051 Munchen - Lenggries 6km
218 392# Munchen Harras - Munchen Hbf 0952 Bayrischzell - Munchen 6km
120 105 Munchen Hbf - Munchen Passing 1145 Munchen - Braunschweig 7km
420 640 Munchen Passing - Munchen Hbf (Tief) 1135 Buchenau - Zorneding 7km
111 190# Munchen Hbf - Regensburg 1228 Munchen - Dresden 138km
218 218# Regensburg - Weisau 1228 Munchen - Dresden 120km
Oh dear - leapt for a southbound service, forgetting it was New Years day, which meant it didn't run - so had to fester for the stopper behind to Marktredwitz.
211 033# Weisau - Marktredwitz 1623 Weiden - Hof 17km
Off my planned bash so a hasty look through the diagrams for trains that DO run today!
218 240# Marktredwitz - Kirkenlaibach 1243 Praha - Frankfurt 31km
796 825 Kirkenlaibach - Neusorg 1747 Pegnitz - Marktredwitz 19km
218 239# Neusorg - Kirkenlaibach 1728 Marktredwitz - Pegnitz 19km
218 234# Kirkenlaibach - Marktredwitz 1803 Nurnberg - Dresden 31km
218 213# Marktredwitz - Nurnberg 1527 Dresden - Nurnberg 125km
141 127 Nurnberg - Regensburg 2218 Nurnberg - Plattling 101km
Daily Total = 780km
Wednesday 02/01/1991
A shortish overnight to get new track for diesel from Bebra to Kassel under the wires, in the dark but didn't know how long the turn would stick.
110 300# Regensburg - Bebra 2113 Linz - Hamburg Altona 508km
216 218# Bebra - Kassel Hbf 0436 Bebra - Kassel 58km (new track for diesel)
141 348#) Kassel Hbf - Kassel Wilhelmshohe 0547 Kassel - Wabern 4km
140 838#)
110 115# Kassel Wilhelmshohe - Kassel Hbf 0506 Bebra - Kassel 4km
The added bonus was all new track diesel hauled Kassel to Schwerte on my way to Cologne.
216 214# Kassel Hbf - Warburg 0620 Kassel - Warburg 53km (new track for diesel)
218 139# Warburg - Hagen 0720 Warburg - Hagen 152km (new track for diesel to Schwerte)
212 285# Hagen - Hagen Oberhagen 0901 Ludenscheid - Dortmund 4km
212 025 Hagen Oberhagen - Hagen 0927 Dortmund - Ludenscheid 4km
103 212# Hagen - Koln 0945 Dortmund - Koln 73km
1601 Koln - Ostend 1115 Koln - Ostend 350km
Daily Total = 1210km
Total KM = 7580.5 Total Moves = 118
Daily Average = 1082km Average Per Move = 64km
A very enjoyable trip, travelling single manned gives a greater flexability to the moves - I would often go on trips by myself over the coming years. Meeting up with Peckham in Salzburg to see in the New Year was a bit different too! Got back into the UK with only a few days to recover before me & Peckham flew to Yugoslavia on our way to Greece.......
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