My original idea had been to spend most of the day on the Strasbourg - Nancy/Metz main line in eastern France before driving to Calais for the Eurotunnel shuttle back to the UK. With strikes in France apparently disrupting rail services there, I decided to rethink my plans and headed further north to have another go at the Moseltalbahn. For once the sun actually shone from start to finish.

Freight traffic levels didn’t seem to have been affected by events in France with 9 freights seen in around 5 hours. What was noticeable was the lack of SNCF BB37000s. The general freight services that they would have hauled still appeared to run but with DB class 185s on the front. The highlight was 140.801 heading south on coal hoppers at the end of the day.

Passenger services were much as expected with 143s on REs and 425s and 426s on RBs except for RE12024, which was worked by a unit, and RB12225, which was worked by a 143, as three weeks earlier. All the ICs produced 181s including orientrot 181.215 on IC336.

Moselbrücke, Bullay

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
628.582	RB12911	11:43 Traben-Trarbach - Bullay	12:02
425.129	RE12024	11:22 Koblenz Hbf - Kaiserslautern Hbf	12:08
628.592	RB12910	12:17 Bullay - Traben-Trarbach	12:18
185.xxx [MRCE]		NB Empty Flats	12:27
425.135 426.xxx	RB12220	11:40 Koblenz Hbf - Trier Hbf	12:41
143.919 propelling	RE12011	11:04 Saarbrücken Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	12:49
189.039 189.041		SB Iron Ore	12:56
143.073 propelling	RE12012	12:22 Koblenz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	13:09
425.xxx	RB12222	12:40 Koblenz Hbf - Trier Hbf	13:40
185.189		SB Freight	13:47
181.215	IC336	08:34 Emden Hbf - Luxembourg	14:10
143.925 propelling	RB12225	13:21 Trier Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	14:12

St. Aldegund, N of Bullay

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
143.919	RE12014	14:22 Koblenz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	15:05
152.043		SB Steel	15:15
189.xxx		NB Iron Ore Empties	15:24
185.189		NB Steel	15:30
425.059	RB12226	14:40 Koblenz Hbf - Trier Hbf	15:39
185.284		SB Freight	15:44
181.xxx	IC337	14:24 Luxembourg - Emden Hbf	15:51
181.212	IC334	09:53 Norddeich Mole - Luxembourg	16:06
426.xxx 425.xxx	RB12231	14:31 Perl - Koblenz Hbf	16:15
425.xxx	RB12228	15:40 Koblenz Hbf - Trier Hbf	16:36
143.073	RE12015	15:04 Saarbrücken Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	16:54
143.xxx	RE12016	16:22 Koblenz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	17:05
140.801		SB Coal Hoppers	17:12
426.xxx 425.xxx	RB12233	16:21 Trier Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	17:15
294.xxx		SB Pick-Up Freight	17:20