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Before The Watershed
218.406 approached Wattenweiler with IRE 4215, the 11:00 Stuttgart Hbf to Lindau Hbf, during a rare sunny break on 6 May 2017.All the way from Ulm, the line has followed the Donau, which flows east to the Black Sea, and its tributary, the Riß. At Wattenweiler it crosses to the valley of the Schussen, which flows into Bodensee then, via the Rhein, into the North Sea.
218.406 had its own watershed moment the following day when it dumped all its transmission oil at Ravensburg.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 17-D-2741
camera : Nikon D610
lens : 70-200mm f/2.8
focal length : 90.0 mm
shutter : 1/1000 sec
aperture : f/9.0
ISO : 400 ISO
original : Digital: 24MP NEF
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : 218.406
Train : IRE 4215, 11:00 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf passenger
Location : Winterstettenstadt, N of Bad Schussenried
Line : 751 Ulm - Friedrichshafen
Country : Germany
Date & Time : 06/05/2017 12:45