Wed 01 May 2013
Wed 01 May 2013
01/05/13 22:41
Today started just like the last four, misty, totally overcast and very dull. My first stop was just outside Aulendorf where I was surprised by two southbound steam specials in less than an hour. 75.1118 shuffled past on the first, followed by the much more impressive departure of S3/6 Pacific 18.478, running only five minutes ahead of the southbound bike train and clearly determined to stay ahead of it.
Once the steam had gone, the sun came out. There was still a lot of cloud around but I did manage to get a few shots in good light during the day. As it was the May Day bank holiday, the Ulm - Friedrichshafen bike train was running in addition to the usual IREs but there was no stone train or any other freight.
I found to my horror that there was a “Bahn Day” at Durlesbach and imagined the place would be crawling with idiots, all getting in each other’s way. Nothing could be further from the truth. The only “Bahn” connection was that the event was held in the station yard at the closed Durlesbach station. It was all about listening to beer, drinking bratwurst and eating brass bands, or something like that. It was only the clouds that came between me and some good photos.
Once the steam had gone, the sun came out. There was still a lot of cloud around but I did manage to get a few shots in good light during the day. As it was the May Day bank holiday, the Ulm - Friedrichshafen bike train was running in addition to the usual IREs but there was no stone train or any other freight.
I found to my horror that there was a “Bahn Day” at Durlesbach and imagined the place would be crawling with idiots, all getting in each other’s way. Nothing could be further from the truth. The only “Bahn” connection was that the event was held in the station yard at the closed Durlesbach station. It was all about listening to beer, drinking bratwurst and eating brass bands, or something like that. It was only the clouds that came between me and some good photos.
S of Aulendorf
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
218.443 | IRE4221 | 07:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 08:59 |
75.1118 | SB Special | 09:04 | |
18.478 | SB Special | 09:51 | |
218.432 | RE22699 | 09:05 Ulm Hbf - Friedrichshafen Stadt | 09:56 |
218.410 | IRE4223 | 08:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 10:01 |
218.406 propelling |
IRE4232 | 09:06 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf | 10:02 |
S of Durlesbach, N of Mochenwangen
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
218.409 | IRE4207 | 10:12 Ulm Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 11:03 |
218.443 propelling |
IRE4206 | 10:06 Lindau Hbf - Ulm Hbf | 11:04 |
218.410 propelling |
IRE4228 | 11:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf | 11:57 |
218.406 | IRE4225 | 10:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 12:03 |
218.487 218.489 |
IC118 | 06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf | 12:58 |
218.443 | IRE4209 | 12:12 Ulm Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 13:00 |
218.406 propelling |
IRE4230 | 13:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf | 13:59 |
218.410 | IRE4227 | 12:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 14:02 |
218.443 propelling |
IRE4208 | 14:05 Lindau Hbf - Ulm Hbf | 14:57 |
218.456 218.495 |
IC119 | 07:27 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf | 15:00 |
S of Aulendorf
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
218.406 | IRE4229 | 14:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 15:51 |
218.410 propelling |
IRE4234 | 15:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf | 16:00 |
218.443 | IRE4211 | 16:12 Ulm Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 16:57 |
218.409 propelling |
IRE4212 | 16:06 Lindau Hbf - Ulm Hbf | 17:03 |
S of Bad Schussenried
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
218.410 | IRE4231 | 16:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 17:50 |
W of Winterstettenstadt, E of Bad Schussenried
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
218.406 propelling |
IRE4236 | 17:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf | 18:16 |
218.432 propelling |
RE22698 | 17:40 Friedrichshafen Stadt - Ulm Hbf | 18:23 |
218.427 | IRE4213 | 18:12 Ulm Hbf - Lindau Hbf | 18:46 |