Germany : 20 - 24 June 2012 : Day by Day

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Wed 20 June 2012

From 10 June to 8 July the Buchloe - Memmingen line in southern Bayern is closed for engineering work and the three pairs of EuroCity trains that normally go that way are diverted over the infinitely more photogenic Allgäubahn via Kempten and Immenstadt, my favourite German line. That was more than enough of an excuse to justify another visit to the area.

I caught Lufthansa’s 06:40 flight from Heathrow to München, arriving 15 minutes late due to an AWS failure (or was it ILS?) on one of the runways at München. Despite this, I was still at the lineside at Schwabenhausen, west of Geltendorf, by 11:25. Everything seen there was as expected with 218s on almost everything but the 223 hauled ALEX trains. There can’t be many other places left where you can see eleven diesel worked passengers in just over two hours. During that time only two DMUs were seen. The light wasn’t particularly special but there were a few short periods of hazy sunshine.

By 13:30 the weather was looking grim so I headed south through increasingly heavy rain to Altstädten on the Oberstdorf branch, close to my base for the trip, the Landhotel Bauer in Sonthofen, booked via www.booking.com. The rain continued for a long time (a good excuse for a kip) but finally stopped around 17:00 and the sun even came out for a couple of hours before the cloud returned sometime after 19:30. Having got some good shots of red 2143.21 on my previous visit, I was pleased to find blue 2143.18 at work on the ALEX trains. The biggest surprise was the power for IC2013, the Magdeburg - Oberstdorf, which turned up with 218.326 on the front. Assuming it sticks to the diagram, it should work to Augsburg and back on Thursday and Saturday and Stuttgart and back on Friday and Sunday but don’t blame me if it doesn’t.

Schwabenhausen, W of Geltendorf

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.490 RE57586 10:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 11:25
218.475
propelling
RE57507 10:06 Füssen - München Hbf 11:35
223.061 (VBG) ALX84146 11:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 11:50
223.071 (VBG) ALX84147 09:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 12:10
233.452   EB light engine 12:18
218.467 RE57508 11:51 München Hbf - Füssen 12:25
218.xxx
propelling
218.462
propelling
RE57587 11:37 Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf - München Hbf 12:39
218.402
218.xxx
EC194 12:11 München Hbf - Zürich HB 12:41
218.488 RE57410 12:20 München Hbf - Memmingen 12:58
218.459
propelling
RE57409 12:04 Memmingen - München Hbf 13:09
218.444
218.433
EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 13:14
218.492
propelling
RE57509 12:06 Füssen - München Hbf 13:34

Altstädten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
2143.18 (SVG) ALX84168 13:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 15:26
218.481 IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 15:57
2143.18 (SVG) ALX84173 16:12 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 16:31
2143.18 (SVG) ALX84170 15:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 17:29
628.241 RE57672 17:39 Oberstdorf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 17:58
218.326 IC2013 05:58 Magdeburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 18:01
2143.18 (SVG) ALX84175 18:12 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 18:37
218.485
propelling
RE57651 16:15 Ulm Hbf - Oberstdorf 18:42
2143.18 (SVG) ALX84172 17:13 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 19:30
218.485 71469 19:24 Oberstdorf - Immenstadt Empty Stock 19:39





Thu 21 June 2012

Quite a lot of sunshine today but a fair amount of cloud as well. The morning got off to a poor start as my first and second choice locations were both overgrown and I’d missed two 218 hauled trains before I found a clear spot. The third train was well worth getting even though it was only an ALEX. Instead of the usual blue liveried class 223, there was a mustard and silver Dispolok 223.007, just like the ALEX of several years ago, apart from the blue liveried coaches. Interesting also to see that the loco had been renumbered as a 223, it would have been 253.007 originally. A blue 2143 was briefly glimpsed at Immenstadt as I passed in the evening, so it looks like 2143.18 is still on the Oberstdorf shuttles.

218.326 worked the Oberstdorf - Augsburg - Oberstdorf IC turn as expected and should be on the Oberstdorf - Stuttgart - Oberstdorf tomorrow, always assuming the diagrams hold. Plenty of 218.4s around on the diverted ECs and the München - Kempten REs, .

Immenthal, W of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.418
218.423
EC196 07:17 München Hbf - Zürich HB 08:26
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84142 07:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 08:37
223.071 (VBG) ALX84145 07:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 09:25
294.710   Buchloe - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf pick-up freight 09:54
218.469 RE57584 08:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 10:14
218.422
218.437
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 10:30
223.061 (VBG) ALX84144 09:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 10:39
218.326 IC2084 09:26 Oberstdorf - Augsburg Hbf 10:56

Görwangs, E of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.068 (VBG) ALX84147 09:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 11:33
218.467
propelling
RE57587 11:37 Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf - München Hbf 11:59
218.459 RE57586 10:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 12:05
294.710   Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf - Buchloe pick-up freight 12:11
223.071 (VBG) ALX84146 11:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 12:28
218.423
218.416
EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 12:39
218.419
218.401
EC194 12:11 München Hbf - Zürich HB 13:22
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84149 11:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 13:32
218.459
propelling
RE57589 13:37 Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf - München Hbf 13:58

Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.326 IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 14:53

Ellenberg, E of Kempten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.467 RE57590 14:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 16:17

Harbatshofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 17:27
218.445
218.403
EC192 16:03 München Hbf - Zürich HB 18:23



Fri 22 June 2012

218.326 confounded expectations today by working the Oberstdorf - Augsburg - Oberstdorf IC turn for the second day in a row. At least that should mean it’s back at Oberstdorf tonight and, in theory, should work to Stuttgart and back tomorrow. Dispolok 223.007 continued to work ALEX services, covering the same trains as yesterday. Red liveried 2143.21 was seen heading west, light engine, near Günzach so 2143.18’s stint on the Oberstdorf - Immenstadt shuttles could be over for the time being.

Much of the day was spent between Kempten and Biessenhofen in dull weather. Remarkably I managed to get two of my first three shots in sun despite the almost totally overcast conditions. The sky cleared in mid-afternoon and a number of well lit shots were bagged around Günzach and Harbatshofen before the cloud re-appeared in the evening.

Ellenberg, E of Kempten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.469 RE57582 06:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 08:17
218.445
218.403
EC196 07:17 München Hbf - Zürich HB 08:32
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84142 07:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 08:46
223.068 (VBG) ALX84145 07:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 09:24

Görwangs, E of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.467 RE57584 08:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 10:05
294.710   Günzach - Buchloe pick-up freight 10:06
223.071 (VBG) ALX84144 09:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 10:32
218.437
218.426
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 10:39
218.326 IC2084 09:26 Oberstdorf - Augsburg Hbf 11:04
294.661   EB scrap metal 11:12
223.061 (VBG) ALX84147 09:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 11:33
218.469
propelling
RE57587 11:37 Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf - München Hbf 11:58
218.489 RE57586 10:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 12:05
2143.21 (SVG)   WB light engine 12:18
223.068 (VBG) ALX84146 11:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 12:29
218.403
218.445
EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 12:41
218.444
218.433
EC194 12:11 München Hbf - Zürich HB 13:30
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84149 11:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 13:33

W of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.061 (VBG) ALX84148 13:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 14:42
218.326 IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 14:56
223.071 (VBG) ALX84151 13:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 15:27
218.469 RE57590 14:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 16:15
218.433
218.444
EC195 13:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 16:29
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 16:34

Harbatshofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.xxx
218.xxx
EC192 16:03 München Hbf - Zürich HB 18:24
223.061 (VBG) ALX84155 17:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 18:33

Zell, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.071 (VBG) ALX84182 17:13 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 19:31



Sat 23 June 2012

Another dull start followed by a brilliant afternoon with the mountains clearly visible for the first time since I arrived.

218.326 was up to its usual tricks, working the Augsburg IC again, rather than the diagrammed Stuttgart train. 223.007 continued to cover ALEX services, working the same trains as on the previous two days. The Saturdays and Sundays only bike train from München to Lindau and back was worked by a Kempten 218 as expected. The diagrams show this train as hauled in both directions but it was formed of a push-pull set and was propelled on the way back.

Ellenberg, E of Kempten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.068 (VBG) ALX84145 07:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 09:27
218.488 RE57392 08:03 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 09:34
218.492 RE57584 08:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 10:17
218.475
218.422
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 10:31
223.061 (VBG) ALX84144 09:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 10:37
218.326 IC2084 09:26 Oberstdorf - Augsburg Hbf 10:53

W of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.071 (VBG) ALX84147 09:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 11:23
218.492
propelling
RE57587 11:37 Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf - München Hbf 11:48
218.467 RE57586 10:51 München Hbf - Kempten(Allgäu) Hbf 12:14
218.418
218.428
EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 12:43
223.068 (VBG) ALX84146 11:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 12:45

Harbatshofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.416
218.423
EC194 12:11 München Hbf - Zürich HB 14:19
223.061 (VBG) ALX84151 13:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 14:33

Oberthalhofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.xxx (VBG) ALX84148 13:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 15:23
218.423
218.416
EC195 13:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 15:56

Weissenbachmühle, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.068 ALX84153 15:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 16:36
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 17:24
218.422
218.419
EC192 16:03 München Hbf - Zürich HB 18:17
223.071 (VBG) ALX84155 17:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 18:35

Zell, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.061 (VBG) ALX84152 17:20 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 19:23
218.488
propelling
RE57393 18:40 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 19:25


Sun 24 June 2012

Not much to report now that 223.007 on ALEX services is old hat. At least today it worked a different set of trains. The only possible out of course working was a class 628 on RE3984, which I would have expected to have been a 612, otherwise it was business as usual. Virtually the whole day was spent west of Immenstadt so I can’t report on what 218.326 worked or whether the 2143s on the Oberstdorf branch had actually swapped over.

The weather was clear to start with before clouding up around midday. At least that meant I wasn’t torn between staying for one more shot and leaving for the airport in good time.

Weissenbachmühle, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.422
218.419
EC196 07:17 München Hbf - Zürich HB 09:20
223.061 (VBG) ALX84142 07:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 09:34
218.418
218.xxx
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 09:51
218.488 RE57392 08:03 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 10:21
223.071 (VBG) ALX84147 09:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 10:35
628.046 RE3984 10:20 Lindau Hbf - Ulm Hbf 10:58
612.091 RE3983 09:19 Ulm Hbf - Röthenbach(Allgäu) 11:02
223.068 (VBG) ALX84144 09:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 11:24
218.419
218.422
EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 12:03
223.061 (VBG) ALX84149 11:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 12:36

Oberthalhofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.007 (Dispo) ALX84146 11:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 13:25
218.416
218.423
EC194 12:11 München Hbf - Zürich HB 14:19

Weissenbachmühle, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.068 (VBG) ALX84151 13:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 14:37

Weinhausen, S of Buchloe

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.486 RB57352 15:03 Augsburg Hbf - Füssen 15:51
223.068 (VBG) ALX84151 13:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 15:54
223.061 (VBG) ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 16:08
218.435 RE57512 15:51 München Hbf - Füssen 16:50
218.428
218.418
EC192 16:03 München Hbf - Zürich HB 17:04
218.423
218.416
EC195 13:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 17:17
218.490
propelling
RE57513 16:04 Füssen - München Hbf 17:23