A fabulous day with wall to wall sunshine from dawn till dusk, almost. One small cloud took out a 101 but who cares.

The whole day was spent on the left bank photographing at Bacharach first, then Bingerbruck, or Bingen(Rhein) Hbf as it’s now known, and finally Oberwesel. There are a number of additional IC services on a Friday so, despite the diversion of some services via the right bank, there was plenty of activity. With no freight expected and yesterday’s notes to act as a guide, it was easy to decide when it was safe to move without the risk of missing something. The gaps in traffic were also useful for shooting across the river.

Traffic patterns were very similar to yesterday on the left bank with 103.235 showing up on IC119 and IC118 as expected and 182.573 working EC7. There must have been a swap over at Basel because 182.174 came back with EC6 in the evening. A couple of 120s were seen, 120.126 on IC2012 and another (unidentified) on IC2311. All the other ICs were worked by class 101s, remarkably only one of which had a silly livery. Timekeeping was much improved and most trains were within a few minutes of right time. REs were worked by the same pairs of 143s seen yeaterday apart from RE12190 and RE12192, which were 111.121 and 111.115 respectively. Locals were all class 460 EMUs. The ICE fest on the right bank wasn’t repeated.

The freight traffic seen across the river was as varied as yesterday. Apart from the usual DB class 185s, a pair of 151s and a single 155 were seen. Four 140s (or possibly 139s) were seen, the same pair of RBH locos as yesterday and two DB locos on two separate southbound freights. Curiosities included a class 223 hauling a pair of Belgian class 18s south and two class 181s running in opposite directions light engine.

Bacharach

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.046	IC2010	06:11 Tübingen Hbf - Berlin Südkreuz	09:23
460.013 [MRB]	MRB25323	08:53 Koblenz Hbf - Mainz Hbf	09:30
143.568 t & t with 143.009	RE4285	09:02 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	09:38
101.131	EC115	06:31 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	09:47
101.109 propelling	IC2216	07:37 Stuttgart Hbf - Greifswald	09:57
182.073 [DISPO]	EC7	04:28 Hamburg-Altona - Chur	10:17
143.647 t & t with 143.216	RE4282	09:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	10:21
460.003 [MRB]	MRB25320	09:32 Mainz Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	10:30
460.006 [MRB]	MRB25327	09:53 Koblenz Hbf - Mainz Hbf	10:31 (460.003[MRB] going away)
103.235	IC119	07:37 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf	10:48

Bingen (Rhein) Hbf

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
143.216 t & t with 143.647	RE4287	11:02 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	11:45
101.077 propelling	IC2218	09:37 Stuttgart Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	11:46
101.129	IC2005	06:34 Emden Hbf - Konstanz	11:51
143.009 t & t with 143.568	RE4284	11:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	12:15
460.013	MRB25326	11:32 Mainz Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	12:17
101.143	EC9	06:30 Hamburg-Altona - Chur	12:25 (628.473 stabled on the left)

N of Oberwesel

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.024	IC2013	06:01 Magdeburg Hbf - Oberstdorf	13:33
143.568 t & t with 143.009	RE4289	13:02 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	13:37
101.xxx propelling	IC1216	06:39 Salzburg Hbf - Berlin Südkreuz	13:38
101.xxx	IC2312	11:37 Stuttgart Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	13:55

Oberwesel

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.040	IC2313	08:32 Hamburg-Altona - Stuttgart Hbf	14:14
101.047	IC2014	12:09 Stuttgart Hbf - Emden Hbf	14:16
143.647 t & t with 143.216	RE4286	13:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	14:25
460.010 [MRB]	MRB25341	13:53 Koblenz Hbf - Mainz Hbf	14:28
460.017 [MRB]	MRB25334	13:32 Mainz Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	14:34
101.015	IC1911	11:52 Dortmund Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	14:40
460.002	MRB25345	14:53 Koblenz Hbf - Mainz Hbf	15:30
143.216 t & t with 143.647	RE4291	15:02 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	15:34
120.126	IC2012	09:46 Oberstdorf - Hannover Hbf	15:44
101.048	EC8	09:16 Chur - Hamburg-Altona	15:50
101.056	IC2217	07:04 Greifswald - Stuttgart Hbf	16:17
143.009 t & t with 143.568	RE4288	15:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	16:26
460.008	MRB25342	15:32 Mainz Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	16:35
101.064 propelling	IC2017	11:56 Hannover Hbf - München Hbf	16:41
103.235	IC118	06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf	17:30
111.121	RE12190	16:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	17:31
143.568 t & t with 143.009	RE4293	17:02 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	17:31
460.001 [MRB]	MRB25346	16:32 Mainz Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	17:36
182.574 [DISPO]	EC6	11:16 Chur - Hamburg-Altona	17:50
101.114 propelling	EC114	08:42 Klagenfurt - Dortmund Hbf	18:19
120.xxx	IC2311	09:26 Westerland (Sylt) - Stuttgart Hbf	18:23
143.647 t & t with 143.216	RE4290	17:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	18:36
101.085	IC1915	11:59 Berlin Südkreuz - Stuttgart Hbf	18:57
460.xxx	MRB25359	18:53 Koblenz Hbf - Mainz Hbf	19:24
111.115	RE12192	18:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	19:27

N of Kaub (across the river)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
185.xxx		NB Hoppers	13:48
185.xxx 185.xxx		SB Hoppers	13:55
182.5xx [DISPO]		NB Intermodal	14:33
185.xxx		SB Flats	14:39
401.xxx	ICE1026	13:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	15:04
401.065	ICE1025	09:32 Hamburg-Altona - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	15:20
155.043		SB Freight	15:25
140.789 [RBH] 140.815 [RBH]		NB Hoppers	15:37
181.xxx		NB Light Engine	16:33
185.692 [RPOOL]		NB Oil Tanks	16:40
428.xxx	SE25074	15:23 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	17:00
101.032	IC2022	15:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	17:05
101.xxx	IC2327	09:08 Fehmarn-Burg - Passau Hbf	17:30
427.xxx [VIAS] 427.xxx [VIAS]	SE25076	16:21 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	18:00
427.xxx [VIAS]	SE25079	17:24 Koblenz Hbf - Assmannshausen	18:03
266.105 [CTD]		NB Oil Tanks	18:04
482.xxx [SBBC]		NB Oil Tanks	18:09
181.201		SB Light Engine	18:44
411.068	ICE26	10:52 Wien Westbf - Dortmund Hbf	19:08
101.063		SB	19:21 (unidentified SB IC)