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