My last morning in Altmühltal was spent around Dollnstein. Once again, the weather was co-operative with a little cloud first thing and then clear skies.

Loco	Train No	Train	Notes
111017	RB30276	06:25 München Hbf - Treuchtlingen
111003	RB30275	07:35 Treuchtlingen - München Hbf	propelling
185258		WB Oil Tanks
151045		EB Intermodal
185298		WB Car Carriers
111226	RE35925	07:38 Nürnberg Hbf - München Hbf
185226		EB Oil Tanks
111055	RE35926	07:29 München Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf	propelling
185xxx		WB Intermodal
189064		EB Freight
185267		WB Freight
111017	RB30277	09:36 Treuchtlingen - München Hbf	propelling
185538		EB Freight	TX Logistik loco
111xxx	RB30278	08:29 München Hbf - Treuchtlingen
152xxx		WB Intermodal
185165		WB Intermodal
152158		WB Intermodal
111171	RE35929	09:39 Nürnberg Hbf - München Hbf
11176	RE35928	09:28 München Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf	propelling
152002		EB Intermodal

It was time to move on, although I’d have been happy to stay longer in Altmühltal.

At 11:00, I left for the Mühldorf area, stopping briefly near Vilsbiburg for a shot of a 218 on one of the few loco worked passengers on the Mühldorf - Landshut line.

The rest of the day was spent around Kastl, on the Mühldorf - Burghausen line, photographing the procession of afternoon freights from Kastl and Wackerwerk to Mühldorf. The line was closed for engineering work between 07:00 and 15:00 so nothing could run early and there was a parade of freights after the blockade was lifted. It was nice to see that some 217s were still in traffic. I stayed in the Gasthof zum Kirchenwirt in Seibersdorf, a few km from Simbach.

Loco	Train No	Train	Notes
218xxx	RB27211	13:36 Landshut Hbf - Mühldorf	propelling
225017 + 225803		EB Oil Tanks	16:12 (Kastl)
233206		WB Freight	16:26 (Kastl)
233596		WB Oil Tanks	17:16 (Kastl)
217015 + 225024		WB Oil Tanks	17:22 (Kastl)
217002 + 225806 + bankers 225803 + 225017		WB Freight	17:47 (Kastl)
233043		WB Binliner	18:42 (Kastl)

My first full day around Mühldorf. The Burghausen branch was closed until 15:00 for engineering work so I went looking for spots on the Mühldorf - München line and ended up just east of Dorfen Bahnhof, or should it be Dorfen Bahnhof Bahnhof? Everything appeared as expected except for the ÖBB train, which was 2 hours late.

Next stop was Salling, north of Tittmoning-Wiesmühl on the Mühldorf - Freilassing line, for the afternoon binliner. This line sees little freight so it was a surprise to find a train of oil tanks heading south as I drove up to the spot. The bins turned up at the expected time but with a pair of 294s in place of the expected 225.

The rest of the afternoon was spent near Kastl for the procession of westbound trains in the late afternoon.

Once again, the weather was generally favourable.

Loco	Train No	Train	Notes
218444	RB27040	08:30 Mühldorf - München Hbf	propelling
218426	RB27031	08:17 München Ost - Mühldorf
218423	RB27033	09:06 München Hbf - Mühldorf
217015 + 225024	69220	09:49 Mühldorf - München Ost Light Engines
225003 + 225811	61907	07:56 München Ost - Wackerwerk Oil Tanks
218423	RB27046	10:29 Mühldorf - München Hbf	propelling
2016xxx	RE966	06:05 Garsten - München Hbf	2 hrs late
218428	RB27037	11:07 München Hbf - Mühldorf
225xxx + 225xxx		WB Freight	Weidenbach 12:20
225xxx + 225xxx		SB Oil Tanks	nr Tittmoning 13:09
294887 + 294606	51027	13:47 Mühldorf - Traunstein Bins	nr Tittmoning 14:41
233451 + 233043		EB Light engines	Kastl 15:27
225809 + 225027		EB Oil Tanks	Kastl 16:26
233451		WB Freight	Kastl 17:23
233206		WB Oil Tanks	Kastl 18:16
233043		WB Freight	Kastl 18:43
225030 + 217012		WB Gas Tanks	Kastl 19:22

One of the strangest workings around Mühldorf runs on a Saturday morning. Train RE27005 from Mühldorf to Passau is formed of a class 218 on a rake of Inter City coaches. These are then attached to train IC1887 at Passau and go forward to Hamburg Altona. RE27005 and its southbound counterpart, RE27004, are the only loco hauled passengers on the Passau line and well worth a look.

I found a spot to photograph the train near Eggenfelden.

Loco	Train No	Train	Notes
218428	RE27005	08:36 Mühldorf - Passau

There’s not much freight or loco hauled passenger activity around Mühldorf at weekends so I headed south to spend the rest of the day east of Traunstein, on the electrified München - Salzburg main line. In addition to expresses and local passengers between München and Salzburg, this section of line sees Austrian “Korridorzüge” running from Kufstein to Salzburg through German territory, .

There was engineering work between Traunstein and Rosenheim, so some of the local passengers were being turned round at Traunstein and the passengers bussed to Rosenheim. As a result, some of the locos apparently going to München returned far more quickly than would have normally been expected.

Loco	Train No	Train	Notes
151003		WB Oil Tanks
111044	RE30011	09:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1116214 + 1116212	RJ160	07:20 Wien Westbf - Zürich HB	2x Railjet sets
1116051	EC740	07:40 Wien Westbf - Bregenz
152160		EB Intermodal
1116176 + 1116xxx	EC561	07:13 Bregenz - Wien Westbf
111039	RE30022	11:12 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	propelling
101043	EC317	05:32 Saarbrücken Hbf - Graz Hbf
111039	RE30013	10:38 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1116218	RJ65	11:27 München Hbf - Budapest K pu	propelling
101113	EC114	08:43 Klagenfurt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	propelling
1116056 + 1116257	EC162	09:20 Wien Westbf - Zürich HB
111044	RE30024	12:12 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	propelling
1016038	EC743	08:09 Bregenz - Wien Westbf
1016025	EC742	09:44 Wien Westbf - Innsbruck Hbf
1116222	RJ60	07:10 Budapest K pu - München Hbf
111020	RE30015	11:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1116093 + 1016015	EC564	11:20 Wien Westbf - Bregenz	top'n'tail
1016010 + 1116278	EC163	08:40 Zürich HB - Wien Westbf
111020	RE30030	14:12 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	propelling
111039	RE30017	12:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1116034 + 1116xxx	EC112	10:31 Klagenfurt Hbf - Siegen
151025		WB Containers
111038	RE30032	15:12 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	propelling
111xxx	RE30019	13:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1116102	EC115	06:31 Münster Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf
1016005 +1016001	EC565	11:16 Bregenz - Wien Westbf
101027	IC2083	07:14 Hamburg Altona - Berchtesgaden
101032	EC316	11:38 Graz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	propelling
1116037 + 1116064	EC566	13:20 Wien Westbf - Bregenz
111181	RE30034	16:12 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	propelling
1116232		EB Wood Chips
111022	RE30023	15:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1116202	RJ64	11:10 Budapest K pu - München Hbf
1116060 + 1116006	EC567	13:16 Bregenz - Wien Westbf
111039	RE30036	17:12 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	propelling
152160		WB Freight
101004	EC319	12:20 Frankfurt(Main) Hbf - Graz Hbf
111xxx	RE30077	16:48 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf
1016041 + 1016048	EC568	15:20 Wien Westbf - Bregenz

Back on the Mühldorf system recovering from a weekend of 1116 overload on the München - Salzburg and Salzburg - Linz lines. Unfortunately the weather had taken a turn for the worse with cloud and frequent showers for most of the day. Traffic levels were excellent, especially for a Monday, with a number of additional workings in addition to the regular trains.

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
225030 217012	47774	08:59 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Oil Tanks	09:04 W of Lindach
225017 225803	50535	08:57 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Intermodal	09:38 W of Lindach
225806 217002		Mühldorf - Burghausen Hoppers	10:35 Tüssling
233643	69191	11:29 Mühldorf - Kastl Light Engine(s)	10:59 Tüssling
233596 225071 225073	61907	10:57 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Oil Tanks	11:40 Tüssling (225s on the back)
218466	RB27086	11:08 Salzburg Hbf - Landshut Hbf Passenger	12:06 Tüssling (propelling)
233206	56516	12:17 Kastl - Mühldorf Binliner	12:31 Tüssling
225803 225017 217002 225806 233596	50536	12:21 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Intermodal	12:59 Tüssling (2 on the front, 3 on the back)
233643	56512	12:57 Kastl - Mühldorf Freight	13:09 Tüssling
294887	51027	13:47 Mühldorf - Traunstein Binliner	14:11 Tüssling
217012 225030 225017 225803 233206	47769	14:41 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Light Engine(s)	14:42 Tüssling
233596	56713	13:55 Mühldorf - Kastl Binliner	14:46 Tüssling
294864		Garching - Mühldorf Pick-up Freight	14:54 Tüssling
217019 217021		Mühldorf - Kastl Light Engine(s)	15:56 Tüssling
233043		Mühldorf - Garching Light Engine(s)	16:04 Tüssling
233043		Garching - Mühldorf Hoppers	16:38 Tüssling
225030 217012	56518	16:55 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Oil Tanks	17:41 Tüssling
225803 225017	60884	17:55 Wackerwerk - München Ost Freight	18:04 Tüssling
233206	56520	18:20 Kastl - Mühldorf Freight	18:13 Tüssling

A very frustrating day. The weather was generally good and there were plenty of freight trains but the clouds had developed an amazing knack of being in front of the sun virtually every time a train went past. The entire day was spent between Burghausen and Tüssling.

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
233643	61946	08:25 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Oil Tanks	08:33 W of Lindach
233233 294606	56521	11:47 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Oil Tanks	12:25 Pirach
217012 225030	47134	12:50 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Freight	13:00 Tüssling
225803 225017		Mühldorf - Freilassing Freight	13:06 Tüssling
233043 217019 217021 225094 225079		Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Gas Tanks	13:17 Tüssling (4 on the back)
233596	56512	12:57 Kastl - Mühldorf Freight	13:19 Tüssling
294887	51027	13:47 Mühldorf - Traunstein Binliner	13:54 Tüssling
217015		Mühldorf - Garching Light Engine(s)	13:58 Tüssling
225806 217002	56713	13:55 Mühldorf - Kastl Binliner	14:02 Tüssling
225030 217012		Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Intermodal	14:44 Tüssling
294864		Garching - Mühldorf Pick-up Freight	14:55 Tüssling
217015		Garching - Mühldorf Freight	15:05 Tüssling
233206	69217	15:28 Mühldorf - Garching Light Engine(s)	15:35 Tüssling
225809 225027 233596	51025	15:47 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Gas Tanks	15:54 Tüssling (2 on the front, 1 on the back)
?		Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Gas Tanks	16:28 W of Lindach
233043 225027 225809	56518	16:55 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Freight	17:07 W of Lindach (2 on the back)
233233 294661	60880	17:55 Wackerwerk - München Ost Gas Tanks	18:24 Boslhäusl, N of Kastl (294 on the back)
233596	56524	19:17 Kastl - Mühldorf Freight	18:40 Boslhäusl, N of Kastl

My last day at Mühldorf. The weather behaved a lot better with no cloud problems all day. The trains were the main problem, particularly the lack of loaded trains from Wackerwerk in the morning. An excellent afternoon at Tüssling helped to make up for the disappointment. I left around 19:30 and drove to Leipheim, near Ulm, for the night. I stayed at the Axxe Motel at the Leipheim Süd motorway services.

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
628586	RB27147	06:09 Landshut Hbf - Burghausen Passenger	08:10 W of Lindach
225079 225094	69198	08:25 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Light Engine(s)	08:30 W of Lindach
217019 217021	60885	04:33 München Ost - Wackerwerk Freight	08:37 W of Lindach
217021 217019	69230	08:59 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Light Engine(s)	09:00 W of Lindach
225806 217002	50537	08:57 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Intermodal	09:40 W of Lindach
628569	RB27155	10:37 Mühldorf - Burghausen Passenger	11:13 E of Pirach
628569	RB27158	11:47 Burghausen - Mühldorf Passenger	11:52 E of Pirach
233596	56521	11:47 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Light Engine(s)	12:24 E of Pirach
217002 225806	50536	12:21 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Gas Tanks	13:12 E of Pirach
628569	RB27291	12:35 Mühldorf - Burghausen Passenger	13:29 Pirach
217019 217021	56713	13:55 Mühldorf - Kastl Binliner	14:31 Tüssling
628572	RB27291	14:13 Waldkraiburg - Trostberg Passenger	14:36 Tüssling
294887		Garching - Mühldorf Pick-Up Freight	14:55 Tüssling
233233 232347	61947	15:00 Mühldorf - Wackerwerk Light Engine(s)	15:10 Tüssling
225024 217015 217012 225030	51025	12:54 München Ost - Wackerwerk Gas Tanks	15:54 Tüssling
233206		Garching - Mühldorf Tubs	16:50 Tüssling
233233	56518	16:55 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Freight	17:01 Tüssling
225811 225803		Freilassing - Mühldorf Light Engine(s)	17:05 Tüssling
225071 225073		Freilassing - Mühldorf Intermodal	17:51 Tüssling
233596	56522	18:57 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Gas Tanks	18:00 Tüssling
217021 217019	56520	18:20 Kastl - Mühldorf Freight	18:45 Tüssling
232347	56524	19:17 Kastl - Mühldorf Binliner	19:02 Tüssling
225030 217012	61934	19:57 Wackerwerk - Mühldorf Freight	19:35 Tüssling
233206		Landshut Hbf - Garching Light Engine(s)	16:09 Tüssling