Wed 01 May 2013

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.

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