Germany Day by Day

This section shows the details of the trip on a day by day basis. If you’re looking for loco numbers or individual workings, you’re in the right place.

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Sun 09 Jun 2013

The final day of the trip and a real anticlimax after three really good days. I had a plan to do some shots on the Oberstdorf branch then go across to the Füssen line but the weather thought differently and it soon became obvious that anywhere near the mountains wasn’t going to get any sun. There was a big blue patch between Immenstadt and Martinszell so that’s where most of the morning was spent. An abortive trip to Harbatshofen was followed by an afternoon east of Günzach where the sun occasionally appeared between showers.

ALEX were using 223.065 on the Oberstdorf shuttles again but 2143.18 was seen heading west towards Kempten in the afternoon so things could change again tomorrow. Once again there were only standard ALEX 223s on the München - Lindau workings. DB’s 218s were better behaved today with all the ECs being double headed as booked.

S of Sonthofen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84162 07:20 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 09:24

S of Martinszell

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.459 RE57392 08:03 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 09:57
218.423
218.418
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 10:05
218.499 IC2084 09:25 Oberstdorf - Augsburg Hbf 10:30
218.326
218.476
IC2012 09:46 Oberstdorf - Leipzig Hbf 10:41
223.072 [VBG] ALX84144 09:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 10:57

Harbatshofen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.404
218.421
EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 11:43

Görwangs, E of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.437
218.403
EC194 12:12 München Hbf - Zürich HB 13:25
223.063 [VBG] ALX84149 11:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 13:32
218.492
propelling
RE57589 13:37 Kempten Hbf - München Hbf 13:57
223.061 [VBG] ALX84148 13:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 14:44
218.xxx IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 14:51
223.072 [VBG] ALX84151 13:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 15:23

St. Alban, E of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
2143.18 [SVG]   WB Light 15:50
218.471 RE57590 14:52 München Hbf - Kempten Hbf 16:07
223.063 [VBG] ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 16:29
218.403
218.437
EC195 13:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 16:30

Görwangs, E of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.421
218.404
EC192 16:00 München Hbf - Zürich HB 17:29
223.064 [VBG] ALX84153 15:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 17:33



Sat 08 Jun 2013

An excellent day weather and train wise. The morning was spent on the main line between Kempten and Kaufbeuren where almost everything ran according to plan. The main exceptions were the two ECs around midday, which were both single headed. Two 218s on a six coach train looks a bit OTT so this was improvement in my opinion. The other exception was also for the better, 233.572 grinding up the bank towards Günzach on a westbound CWR train, filling the air with the most wonderful noise.

The afternoon was spent on the Oberstdorf branch. ALEX seemed to be getting by without any exotic traction on the München - Lindau run or the Oberstdorf branch. Everything seen was worked by standard 223s. There were some strange goings on though. The 13:19 from München, due in Oberstdorf at 15:38, was almost 50 minutes late, arriving around 15 minutes after it should have gone back to Immenstadt. Remarkably, it had made up all but six minutes by the time it had done another round trip but then lost another ten minutes turning round at Oberstdorf. That ten minutes cost me a shot in sun, one of only two lost all day.

Also worth noting is that the Oberstdorf - Augsburg IC, which should return with the same loco in the afternoon didn’t. It went north behind a very smart 218.435 but returned with something a lot scruffier.


Ellenberg, N of Kempten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.061 [VBG] ALX84145 08:00 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 09:24
218.459 RE57392 08:03 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 09:40
218.457 RE57584 08:52 München Hbf - Kempten Hbf 10:16
218.403
218.437
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 10:25

S of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.435 IC2084 09:25 Oberstdorf - Augsburg Hbf 11:02
223.072 [VBG] ALX84147 09:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 11:27

Görwangs, E of Günzach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.457
propelling
RE57587 11:38 Kempten Hbf - München Hbf 12:05
218.492 RE57586 10:52 München Hbf - Kempten Hbf 12:05
223.061 [VBG] ALX84146 11:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 12:28
218.xxx EC193 09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 12:36
233.572   WB Welded Rails 12:48
218.423 EC194 12:12 München Hbf - Zürich HB 13:23
223.064 [VBG] ALX84149 11:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 13:33

S of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84171 14:16 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 14:40

N of Oberstdorf

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.435 IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 16:17
223.065 [VBG] ALX84168 13:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 16:24
(almost 50 mins late)
223.065 [VBG] ALX84173 16:12 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 16:40
223.065 [VBG] ALX84170 15:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 17:44

S of Blaichach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84175 18:13 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 18:50

S of Altstädten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84172 17:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 19:29



Fri 07 Jun 2013

Another sunny start. The aim was to get some more shots of 218.391 on the ALEX trains to Oberstdorf, except it wasn’t 218.391. Instead, 223.065 was working the branch, no problem as I hadn’t got many shots of blue 223s on the line until today.

A late morning visit to Weizern-Hopferau on the Füssen line produced 218s on the expected trains but nothing in sun.

Then it was back to the Immenstadt area for a repeat of yesterday afternoon but with different shots in good light, most importantly including the shot of EC192 running alongside the Alpsee, my top priority shot for the trip. Back on the Oberstdorf line, the 218 worked ECS, which failed to show up yesterday actually appeared today, then I realised it was a Fridays only working, dohhhhh!


N of Fischen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84165 08:16 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 08:28
223.065 [VBG] ALX84162 07:20 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 09:29
218.481 IC2084 09:25 Oberstdorf - Augsburg Hbf 09:47
218.434 IC2012 09:46 Oberstdorf - Magdeburg Hbf 10:05
223.065 [VBG] ALX84167 10:11 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 10:29

S of Weizern-Hopferau

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.489 RE57506 09:52 München Hbf - Füssen 11:48
218.489
propelling
RE57509 12:06 Füssen - München Hbf 12:16
218.469 RE57508 11:52 München Hbf - Füssen 13:54

S of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84171 14:16 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 14:42

S of Altstädten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84168 13:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 15:23
218.481 IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 16:19

S of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84173 16:12 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 16:47

Bühl, W of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.072 [VBG] ALX84153 15:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 16:59
223.064 [VBG] ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 17:05

Trieblings, W of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.421
218.404
EC192 16:00 München Hbf - Zürich HB 18:06

S of Blaichach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.065 [VBG] ALX84172 17:13 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 19:18
218.471 71475 18:59 Oberstdorf - Kempten Hbf Empty Stock 19:24



Thu 06 Jun 2013

An altogether better day with quality rather than quantity the aim. The morning was spent covering a lot of miles and targetting specific trains at specific locations between Oberstaufen, on the Allgäubahn, and Meckenbeuren, on the Südbahn. Not many pictures but the ones that counted were all in sun. Things were spiced up a bit by the appearance of shiny black Dispolok 223.013 on the 08:00 ALEX from Lindau but it was disappointing to find a pair of 611s on IRE4207 from Ulm to Lindau, a train that was 218 worked when I last saw it in early May. At least the most photogenic train wasn’t a unit. The Roßberg - Friedrichshafen stone was worked by 232.635 and, as usual, passed the curve north of Meckenbeuren well ahead of schedule at 11:03.

Most of the afternoon was spent on the Oberstdorf branch, where yellow 218.391 was again in charge of ALEX workings and 218.434 worked IC2085. The second IC wasn’t seen as I’d gone for a long walk around the Alpsee, west of Immenstadt, to try a shot of diverted EC192 running along the shoreline. Then it was back to the Oberstdorf branch where the hoped for 218 on the 18:59 ECS from Oberstdorf failed to appear.

The weather was pretty good throughout with clear skies most of the morning but more in the way of cloud during the afternoon, when about half the trains passed in sun.


N of Unterthalhofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.013 [DISPO] ALX84145 08:00 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf 08:36

Buflings, W of Oberstaufen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.405 EC196 07:17 München Hbf - Zürich HB 09:12

Riedhirsch, W of Röthenbach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.061 [VBG] ALX84142 07:20 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 09:37
218.445
218.444
EC191 07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf 09:39

Löhner, N of Meckenbeuren

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.427
propelling
IRE4206 10:06 Lindau Hbf - Ulm Hbf 10:45
232.635 GB61813 11:15 Roßberg - Friedrichshafen Gbf Stone 11:04
218.436
propelling
IRE4228 11:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf 11:46
218.496 IRE4225 10:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf 12:17

Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.428
218.440
EC194 12:12 München Hbf - Zürich HB 13:58

S of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.391 ALX84171 14:16 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 14:42

S of Altstädten

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.391 ALX84168 13:19 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 15:25
218.434 IC2085 13:56 Augsburg Hbf - Oberstdorf 16:10

S of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.391 ALX84173 16:12 Oberstdorf - München Hbf 16:39

E of Trieblings, W of Immenstadt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
223.061 [VBG] ALX84150 15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf 17:19
218.421
218.404
EC192 16:00 München Hbf - Zürich HB 18:07

S of Blaichach

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
218.391 ALX84172 17:13 München Hbf - Oberstdorf 19:24
218.471
propelling
RE57653 18:19 Ulm Hbf - Oberstdorf 20:00