23 July 2010
23 July 2010
31/07/12 18:12
It was forecast to be dull and wet and that’s exactly what happened. I went for a trip to the Hoyerswerda - Horka line, travelling from Dresden to Ruhland on a Cottbus service, unusually formed of single deck stock, and changing to a Leipzig - Hoyerswerda service there.
The electrification ends at Knappenrode, a couple of stations out of Hoyerswerda, and passenger services on the line to Horka are operated by ODEG using Class 650 railcars. The line is also used by freight trains heading for Wegliniec in Poland via the Horka border crossing, my reason for being there. I travelled east to Niesky and waited for a couple of hours to see what showed up, recording two freights, both hauled by class 233 diesels. After two hours it was time to move on and I caught the next eastbound train. Passenger services turn right before reaching Horka and join the line from Cottbus for the run to Görlitz.
Görlitz is home to a Bombardier coach works, the former Waggonbau Görlitz plant, now producing DB Regio’s loco-hauled double-deck stock but the town appears to be 100% served by DMUs. Shame, as the station has a very photogenic overall roof.
The line from Görlitz back to Dresden is also photogenic but loco hauled passengers or freights must be very rare. I did see a freight, hauled by an ITL Class 285, at Bischofswerda but that was all. As expected, there was no sign of the sun all day.
The electrification ends at Knappenrode, a couple of stations out of Hoyerswerda, and passenger services on the line to Horka are operated by ODEG using Class 650 railcars. The line is also used by freight trains heading for Wegliniec in Poland via the Horka border crossing, my reason for being there. I travelled east to Niesky and waited for a couple of hours to see what showed up, recording two freights, both hauled by class 233 diesels. After two hours it was time to move on and I caught the next eastbound train. Passenger services turn right before reaching Horka and join the line from Cottbus for the run to Görlitz.
Görlitz is home to a Bombardier coach works, the former Waggonbau Görlitz plant, now producing DB Regio’s loco-hauled double-deck stock but the town appears to be 100% served by DMUs. Shame, as the station has a very photogenic overall roof.
The line from Görlitz back to Dresden is also photogenic but loco hauled passengers or freights must be very rare. I did see a freight, hauled by an ITL Class 285, at Bischofswerda but that was all. As expected, there was no sign of the sun all day.
Heidenau
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 371.201 (CD) | EN476 | 19:58 Budapest-Keleti pu - Berlin Hbf | 08:10 |
| 143.865 | S1 7026 | 07:41 Bad Schandau - Meißen-Triebischtal | 08:13 |
Dresden Hbf
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143.342 propelling |
S3 7310 | 08:36 Dresden Hbf - Tharandt | 08:35 |
| 143.058 | RE17447 | 06:58 Leipzig Hbf - Dresden Hbf | 08:41 |
| 143.306 | RE38506 | 08:45 Dresden Hbf - Cottbus | 08:45 |
Dresden-Friedrichstadt
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 372.011 (CD) | EB Freight | 08:49 |
Coswig (Dresden)
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 156.003 (MEG) | Stabled | 09:03 |
Großenhain-Cottbus bf
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143.908 | RE17225 | 08:38 Hoyerswerda - Dresden Hbf | 09:29 |
Ruhland
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143.038 propelling |
RE26193 | 08:10 Leipzig Messe - Hoyerswerda | 09:59 |
| 143.941 | RE26196 | 09:31 Hoyerswerda - Leipzig Hbf | 10:00 |
Hosena
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 185.598 (ITL) | Stabled | 10:10 |
Hoyerswerda
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 650.069 (ODEG) | OE99669 | 10:32 Hoyerswerda - Görlitz | 10:32 |
Uhyst
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 233.179 | WB Freight | 10:51 |
Klitten
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 650.059 (ODEG) | OE99668 | 10:25 Görlitz - Hoyerswerda | 10:59 |
Niesky
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 233.219 | EB Freight | 11:59 | |
| 233.219 | WB Light Engine | 12:34 | |
| 650.069 (ODEG) | OE99670 | 12:23 Görlitz - Hoyerswerda | 12:42 |
| 650.059 (ODEG) | OE99761 | 12:30 Hoyerswerda - Görlitz | 13:15 |
Görlitz
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 642.660 | RB17670 | 12:45 Görlitz - Dresden Hbf | 13:45 |
Bischofswerda
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 285.106 (ITL) | EB Freight | 14:39 |
Dresden-Klotsche
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143.973 propelling |
S2 7244 | 14:24 Pirna - Dresden Flughafen | 15:05 |
Dresden Hbf
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 143.157 propelling |
S1 7054 | 14:41 Bad Schandau - Meißen-Triebischtal | 15:30 |
| 143.909 propelling |
S3 7324 | 15:36 Dresden Hbf - Freiberg (Sachs) | 15:31 |
| 143.122 | RE17230 | 15:41 Dresden Hbf - Hoyerswerda | 15:37 |
| 143.116 propelling |
RB17618 | 16:10 Dresden Hbf - Elsterwerda-Biehla | 15:55 |
| 143.883 | S1 7063 | 15:35 Meißen-Triebischtal - Schöna | 15:55 |
| 143.173 propelling |
RB17326 | 16:06 Dresden Hbf - Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf | 15:58 |
| 143.551 propelling |
RE17464 | 16:23 Dresden Hbf - Leipzig Hbf | 16:00 |
| 143.933 | S2 7247 | 15:46 Dresden Flughafen - Pirna | 16:10 |
| 143.828 propelling |
S2 7250 | 15:54 Pirna - Dresden Flughafen | 16:18 |
| 143.217 propelling |
RB17620 | 16:35 Dresden Hbf - Coswig (Dresden) | 16:20 |
| 143.033 propelling |
S3 7326 | 16:36 Dresden Hbf - Freiberg (Sachs) | 16:34 |
| 143.967 | S2 7427 | 15:46 Dresden Flughafen - Pirna | 16:37 |
| 371.005 (CD) | EC172 | 05:27 Villach Hbf - Hamburg-Altona | 16:49 |
| 101.045 | EC172 | 05:27 Villach Hbf - Hamburg-Altona | 16:58 |
| 143.562 propelling |
S1 7066 | 16:01 Schöna - Meißen-Triebischtal | 17:00 |
