Fri 26 Apr 2013

It seems that every time I expect a day to produce a lot of pictures, it doesn’t, and when I don’t expect a lot, I’m pleasantly surprised. Today was one of those don’t expect a lot days. I started off at Neuhaus(Pegnitz) with a pair of 232s on the early Nürnberg - Cheb freight, that seems to consistently run late, and a 233 on the freight from Zwickau, running very early. At that point, I almost left but decided to wait in case the freight from Cheb, which should have preceded the Zwickau, was still to come. Not only did it come, it was looped due to single line working between Neuhaus and Vorra and was clearly going to stay looped for a while given the number of passengers due. That gave me time to get to Hohenstadt for another shot, which turned out to be one of the day’s best.

There were no freights due for hours and the next firm item on the agenda was the 103 at Donauwörth in the late afternoon. To fill the time I decided to have a look at the shots around Mohrenberg, on the Augsburg line just south of Treuchtlingen and was very glad I did. Although the light was a bit patchy there were plenty of trains and more passed in sun than didn’t. The variety of traction was remarkable with various types of ICEs, 101s and Dispolok 182s on IC trains, 111s and 440 EMUs on REs, 185s , Dispolok 182s, a 189 and a 151 on freights. I moved on to Donauwörth in the late afternoon and took up position at a spot I’d identified from Google Maps. It was a bit tight but not bad otherwise. Shortly before the 103 was due, the shadows of some nearby trees moved across the line and I was forced to look for an alternative position. Fortunately a spot was found and the 103 waited half an hour for a large cloud to pass before passing in reasonably good light. All in all not a bad day.

Hammerschrott, N of Neuhaus (Pegnitz)

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
232.359
232.426
45367 05:19 Nürnberg Rbf - Cheb Freight 07:45
233.367 51683 04:51 Zwickau - Nürnberg Rbf Freight 07:54

Neuhaus (Pegnitz)

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
233.478 45360 06:00 Cheb - Nürnberg Rbf Freight 08:30

N of Hohenstadt (Mittelfr)

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
233.478 45360 06:00 Cheb - Nürnberg Rbf Freight 09:16

Mohrenberg, S of Treuchtlingen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
185.353   NB Intermodal 11:00
189.026   NB Freight 11:29
111.159
propelling
RE59119 10:39 Nürnberg Hbf - Augsburg Hbf 11:46
151.046   SB Intermodal 11:51
111.200 RE59122 11:26 Augsburg Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf 12:16
185.179   NB Freight 12:25
182.509 (DISPO) IC2082 08:35 Berchtesgaden Hbf - Hamburg-Altona 13:05
182.571 (DISPO)   NB Intermodal 13:37
111.219
propelling
RE59123 12:39 Nürnberg Hbf - Augsburg Hbf 13:39
152.150   SB Freight 13:44
182.572 (DISPO) IC2083 07:10 Hamburg-Altona - Berchtesgaden Hbf 13:51
111.159 RE59124 14:18 Augsburg Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf 14:18
101.049
propelling
  unidentified NB IC 14:25

W of Donauwörth

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
101.131   unidentified NB IC 15:42
185.191   NB Oil Tanks 15:46
185.637 (RPOOL)   NB Car Carriers 15:51
111.035
propelling
RE59125 14:39 Nürnberg Hbf - Augsburg Hbf 15:59
111.219 RE59126 15:25 Augsburg Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf 16:02
185.058   NB Intermodal 16:22
103.245 IC2206 15:39 München Hbf - Nürnberg Hbf 16:58