The weather was forecast to be dull and wet with a possibility of some sun in the morning. In fact it was completely overcast at dawn and stayed that way until late afternoon. The frequent heavy showers put me off doing any serious exploring so I spent the day at Oberwesel just watching the trains and boats go by.

There wasn’t much freight on the right bank, maybe a train each way every couple of hours, but there was one working I’d have loved to get in the sun. The pair of V200s returned south with a number of track machines in tow mid morning and I got a closer look at them. Both were 221s, looking very smart in RTS orange and black colours.

There were a few freights on the left bank and all the InterCity trains ran that way as well. As well as the 101s there were a handful of 120s working and more trains than expected were hauled instead of propelled. One ICE was substituted by loco and coaches. The biggest surprise of the day was that 103.235 went to Stuttgart with IC119 but didn’t come back on IC118. Instead it was 103.113’s turn for glory. EC7 and EC6 were worked by the expected Dispolok 182s and 182.574 on EC6 produced the only sunny shot of the day.

Then it was back up the Autobahn to Köln/Bonn Flughafen for the late easyJet back to Gatwick. Another trip over and another few pics in the bag. Where to next?

Oberwesel

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
185.024		NB Freight	09:25
101.129	EC115	06:31 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	09:42
101.109 propelling	IC2216	07:37 Stuttgart Hbf - Stralsund Hbf	09:54
218.425 propelling	RE18849	09:30 Koblenz Hbf - Wissembourg	10:02
182.573 [DISPO]	EC7	07:37 Dortmund Hbf - Chur	10:13
628.414 628.310	RE28092	08:07 Karlsruhe Hbf - Koblenz Hbf	10:28
103.235	IC119	07:37 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf	10:42
101.023	ICE1122	09:42 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Kiel Hbf	10:47 (vice ICE)
411.062	ICE27	08:37 Dortmund Hbf - Wien Westbf	11:13
101.056	IC2218	09:37 Stuttgart Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	11:52
101.007	EC9	06:30 Hamburg-Altona - Chur	12:13
101.092	IC2013	07:40 Hannover Hbf - Oberstdorf	12:44
101.058 propelling	IC2024	07:18 Passau Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	12:47
101.059	IC2023	07:32 Hamburg-Altona - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	13:11
101.124	IC1920	12:15 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Berlin Hbf	13:19
101.121	IC2312	11:37 Stuttgart Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	13:49
101.047	IC2004	09:23 Radolfzell - Emden Hbf	14:19
101.024	IC2313	08:32 Hamburg-Altona - Stuttgart Hbf	14:22
120.150	IC1911	11:52 Dortmund Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	14:42
401.052	ICE1026	13:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	14:47
185.593 [XRAIL]		NB Intermodal	15:10
401.xxx	ICE1025	09:32 Hamburg-Altona - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	15:14
120.126	IC2012	09:46 Oberstdorf - Leipzig Hbf	15:21
185.176		NB Intermodal	15:32
101.136	EC2	09:16 Chur - Kiel Hbf	15:51
120.152	IC2217	07:27 Stralsund Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	16:16
101.030	IC2011	09:59 Berlin Suedkreuz - Stuttgart Hbf	16:44
101.032	IC2022	15:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	16:53
185.167		NB Freight	17:08
101.082	IC2327	09:08 Fehmarn-Burg - Passau Hbf	17:14
103.113	IC118	06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf	17:25
182.574 [DISPO]	EC6	11:16 Chur - Hamburg-Altona	17:49

N of Kaub

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
221.xxx [RTS] 221.xxx [RTS]		NB Departmental	10:07