A dull, wet start in the Neckar Valley, which was a shame as there was a 181 on IC181 and 115.205 on IC284. By midday, I’d looked at all the potential photspots I could think of and there was no sign of the weather improving. I decided to head north to the Rhein Valley, where I planned to spend the night anyway. When I got to Oberwesel it was still dull and wet but within half an hour the cloud had broken and the sun shone for much of the next three hours.

Several IC workings were seen, mostly worked by 101s and all but one hauled. The only train that was propelled passed while I was sheltering from a shower and isn’t recorded below. One IC working wasn’t identified but it ran close to the time a southbound ICE was expected (the ICE wasn’t seen). There was a bit of freight on the left bank as well, not to mention the many freights that passed on the other side of the river.

S of Sulz am Neckar

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
181.207	IC181	05:56 Frankfurt(M) Hbf - Zürich HB	08:54
115.205	IC284	07:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart	09:10

S of Fischingen, N of Sulz am Neckar

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
185.193 185.194		SB Oil Tanks	09:42
146.222	RE19040	09:19 Singen(Hohentw) - Stuttgart Hbf	10:35
120.115	IC183	09:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	10:50
101.005	IC282	09:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart	11:14

Horb

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.064	IC185	11:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	12:37

Oberwesel

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.002	IC2217	07:27 Stralsund Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	16:44
101.076	IC2022	15:44 Frankfurt(M) Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	16:51
189.090-DISPO		SB Containers	17:03
266.017-XRAIL		NB Containers	17:11
120.113	IC118	06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf	17:20
101.089	IC2327	09:08 Fehmarn-Burg - Passau Hbf	17:27
182.573-DISPO	EC6	11:16 Chur - Hamburg-Altona	17:49
189.982-DISPO		NB Intermodal	18:21
101.042	IC2311	09:26 Westerland(Sylt) - Stuttgart Hbf	18:45
482.013-SBBC		SB Intermodal	18:50
185.592-XRAIL		NB Intermodal	19:09
101.084		unidentified SB IC	19:15