Thu 15 Aug 2013
Thu 15 Aug 2013
24/08/13 21:15
With no 103 expected during the morning, the right bank seemed the obvious place to go. I started south of Lorch, trying to get a couple of shots that had eluded me when I visited the line last year. There were plenty of freights but they were all going north and I needed trains going south. Eight northbounds passed in less than two hours but only two southbounds. It was the same at the next location, the Loreley Tunnel, where eleven northbound freights but only three southbounds passed in an hour and a half. The next location, north of St. Goarshausen, favoured northbounds so I was expecting the flows to reverse but they didn’t. Eleven northbounds and eight southbounds passed in the next three hours.
There seemed to be a bit more variety in the motive power than yesterday although DB class 185s were still far more common than anything else. A single 139 and a single 155 were the only old DB locos seen. A pair of 151s and a pair of 140s did pass but they were RBH locos. Crossrail, Railpool, Captrain and the inevitable MRCE Dispolok were also in evidence. 218.391, the yellow liveried loco that had been working ALEX services on the Oberstdorf branch in June, worked a civil engineers train north then returned south later, light engine.
Passenger services were largely as described yesterday with a number of InterCity services running via the right bank. Timekeeping was fairly poor so it was often difficult to tell which trains ran on which side of the river. It appears that the diversions are due to a shortage of staff at Mainz signalbox (thanks to Keith for the info) so they may continue for some time. Ex ÖBB 1042.520 also appeared, as it does almost every time I visit Germany, on a southbound ECS working on the right bank.
For a period of around an hour in the late afternoon, the right bank experienced an ICE fest with four southbounds and two northbounds seen, all 403s or 411s (I haven’t yet worked out how to tell the difference if there isn’t a number visible). I suspect these were diversions from the NBS as they didn’t fit with what was supposed to run via the left bank and weren’t seen yesterday.
I crossed to Oberwesel on the left bank for the late afternoon trains. IC118, the Salzburg - Münster, was worked by 103.235 as expected and EC6 was a Dispolok 182. The other ICs seen were worked by 101s. Most of the Frankfurt - Koblenz REs were top’n’tailed 143s on Dostos but RE12190 and RE12192 were 111s at the north end of single deck push-pull sets. Again, all the REs ran via the left bank, as did the Mainz - Koblenz locals. Timekeeping for the locals and REs was fairly good so it appears that the late running of ICs may not all be due to the problems at Mainz.
The weather was generally good but it did cloud up for a period in the middle of the day and again in the late afternoon, just in time to take out the 103 and 182 at Oberwesel. Oh well, try again tomorrow.
There seemed to be a bit more variety in the motive power than yesterday although DB class 185s were still far more common than anything else. A single 139 and a single 155 were the only old DB locos seen. A pair of 151s and a pair of 140s did pass but they were RBH locos. Crossrail, Railpool, Captrain and the inevitable MRCE Dispolok were also in evidence. 218.391, the yellow liveried loco that had been working ALEX services on the Oberstdorf branch in June, worked a civil engineers train north then returned south later, light engine.
Passenger services were largely as described yesterday with a number of InterCity services running via the right bank. Timekeeping was fairly poor so it was often difficult to tell which trains ran on which side of the river. It appears that the diversions are due to a shortage of staff at Mainz signalbox (thanks to Keith for the info) so they may continue for some time. Ex ÖBB 1042.520 also appeared, as it does almost every time I visit Germany, on a southbound ECS working on the right bank.
For a period of around an hour in the late afternoon, the right bank experienced an ICE fest with four southbounds and two northbounds seen, all 403s or 411s (I haven’t yet worked out how to tell the difference if there isn’t a number visible). I suspect these were diversions from the NBS as they didn’t fit with what was supposed to run via the left bank and weren’t seen yesterday.
I crossed to Oberwesel on the left bank for the late afternoon trains. IC118, the Salzburg - Münster, was worked by 103.235 as expected and EC6 was a Dispolok 182. The other ICs seen were worked by 101s. Most of the Frankfurt - Koblenz REs were top’n’tailed 143s on Dostos but RE12190 and RE12192 were 111s at the north end of single deck push-pull sets. Again, all the REs ran via the left bank, as did the Mainz - Koblenz locals. Timekeeping for the locals and REs was fairly good so it appears that the late running of ICs may not all be due to the problems at Mainz.
The weather was generally good but it did cloud up for a period in the middle of the day and again in the late afternoon, just in time to take out the 103 and 182 at Oberwesel. Oh well, try again tomorrow.
S of Lorch
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
185.046 | NB Vans | 09:01 | |
401.008 | ICE1028 | 05:30 Nürnberg Hbf - Hamburg-Altona Hbf | 09:08 |
411.077 | ICE1521 | 06:36 Dortmund Hbf - München Hbf | 09:36 |
185.285 | NB Oil Tanks | 09:39 | |
189.286 [DISPO] | NB Intermodal | 09:43 | |
155.008 | SB Freight | 09:50 | |
185.302 | NB Intermodal | 10:02 | |
145.103 [XRAIL] | SB Intermodal | 10:17 | |
185.401 | NB Freight | 10:25 | |
185.xxx [XRAIL] | NB Intermodal | 10:37 | |
182.5xx [DISPO] | NB Intermodal | 10:42 |
Loreley Tunnel, S of St. Goarshausen
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
411.054 | ICE27 | 08:37 Dortmund Hbf - Wien Westbf | 11:18 |
101.127 propelling |
NB | 11:22 (unidentified NB InterCity) |
|
185.636 [RPOOL] | SB Light Engine | 11:38 | |
185.367 | NB Freight | 11:43 | |
185.120 | SB Freight | 11:45 | |
185.184 | NB Intermodal | 11:49 | |
185.550 [CTD] | NB Vans | 11:53 | |
145.036 | NB Freight | 11:58 | |
189.907 [LM] | NB Intermodal | 12:03 | |
185.283 | SB Freight | 12:04 | |
1042.520 [CBB] | SB Empty Stock | 12:07 | |
189.213 [DISPO] | NB Intermodal | 12:07 | |
185.075 | NB Car Carriers | 12:13 | |
185.599 [XRAIL] | NB Intermodal | 12:18 | |
185.384 | NB Freight | 12:35 | |
185.176 | NB Freight | 12:41 | |
185.157 | NB Intermodal | 12:49 |
Wellmich, N of St. Goarshausen
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
185.304 | SB Intermodal | 13:00 | |
151.151 [RBH] 151.152 [RBH] |
NB Hoppers | 13:11 | |
185.191 | SB Freight | 13:11 | |
101.052 | IC2023 | 07:32 Hamburg-Altona - Frankfurt (M) Hbf | 13:14 |
101.079 propelling |
IC2024 | 07:18 Passau Hbf - Hamburg-Altona | 13:17 |
139.287 | SB Freight | 13:19 | |
185.305 | SB Freight | 13:31 | |
185.115 | SB Freight | 13:34 | |
189.098 [DISPO] | NB Intermodal | 13:45 | |
140.815 [RBH] 140.789 [RBH] |
NB Hoppers | 13:50 | |
218.391 | NB Departmental | 13:54 | |
185.189 | NB Freight | 13:58 | |
152.151 | SB Intermodal | 14:02 | |
185.692 [RPOOL] | NB Oil Tanks | 14:23 | |
151.168 | SB Flats | 14:32 | |
185.001 | NB Freight | 14:41 | |
185.xxx | SB Oil Tanks | 14:41 | |
185.376 | NB Intermodal | 14:57 | |
401.052 | ICE1026 | 13:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Hamburg-Altona | 15:12 |
185.275 | NB Hoppers | 15:18 | |
185.552 [DISPO] | NB PKP Coal | 15:24 | |
401.054 | ICE1025 | 09:32 Hamburg-Altona - Frankfurt (M) Hbf | 15:31 |
189.050 | NB Freight | 15:43 |
Oberwesel
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
143.647 t & t with 143.216 |
RE4288 | 15:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf | 16:30 |
101.046 | IC2011 | 14:51 Düsseldorf Hbf - Tübingen Hbf | 17:13 |
103.235 | IC118 | 06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf | 17:27 |
143.216 t & t with 143.647 |
RE4293 | 17:02 Koblenz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf | 17:32 |
182.573 [DISPO] | EC6 | 11:16 Chur - Hamburg-Altona | 17:52 |
111.115 | RE12190 | 16:08 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Koblenz Hbf | 17:58 |
101.xxx propelling |
EC114 | 08:42 Klagenfurt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf | 18:25 |