One long distance train that provides a bit of variety on the Filstalbahn is EC 113, top’n’tailed by ÖBB Class 1116 electrics from Frankfurt to Salzburg.
A gleaming 1116.189 started to climb the Geislinger Steige, above the rooftops of Geislingen, with the 08:20 from Frankfurt (M) Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbf, on 10 May 2017. Out of sight at the rear was 1116.181.
Austrian motive power has been a common sight in Germany for many years and ÖBB locos can regularly be seen as far north as Emden and Hamburg.