Off to Europe again to photograph diesels and electrics, this time mainly in Germany, but my first stop was the Saverne Gap in eastern France. I left home very early to drive to Cheriton in time for the 05:48 Eurotunnel car shuttle. The journey through the tunnel and across northern France was uneventful and by lunchtime I was checking into the Hotel des Vosges in Lutzelbourg, in the heart of the Saverne Gap. The afternoon was spent checking out potential photo positions between Saverne and Sarrebourg on the main line from Strasbourg to Metz and Nancy. Photography was attempted whenever the sun was out but I didn’t have a great deal of success. I spent most of the time around Stambach and Arzviller.

The table below details the trains seen. TGVs have been omitted as they were all worked by TGVs, surprisingly enough. Units have been included to indicate which trains were not loco hauled/propelled. I haven’t included any numbers for the AGCs because they didn’t appear to have any numbers, except for one set that had different numbers at each end of an articulated unit - that’s France for you!

Loco	Train No	Train	Notes
15025	IR90	11:36 Zürich HB - Bruxelles Midi
26146	35064	14:37 Strasbourg - Nancy Ville
26145	35049	14:15 Nancy Ville - Strasbourg	propelling
AGC	30330	15:35 Strasbourg - Metz Ville
26146	96253	16:15 Nancy Ville - Basel SNCF	propelling
26141	96240	15:17 Basel SNCF - Nancy Ville
15023	IR97	13:09 Bruxelles Midi - Zürich HB
26153	30344	16:52 Strasbourg - Metz Ville
26145	30130	17:18 Strasbourg - Sarrebourg
185023		WB Freight	DBS loco