More rain, and it was forecast to stay dull and wet all day. Instead of sitting in the car watching the rain lashing down, I decided to sit on a train and watch the rain lashing down. First move was from Oberndorf to Tuttlingen to pick up the Schwarzwald Bunny (218.406 today) for a trip to Neustadt, then to Rottweil and back to Villingen. Then it was time to have a look at potential photspots on the Schwarzwaldbahn with a trip to Offenburg then back down to Singen before finally returning to Oberndorf. Apart from the 218 and it’s 3-coach push-pull set, everything else I travelled on was formed of Dosto push-pull sets worked by 146s.

The main sightings of interest were at Rottweil where they’re clearly preparing for a big track renewal job with piles of new sleepers and other material in the station area. 213.336 and 218.261, both with Bahnbau Gruppe markings, were stabled at opposite ends of the station. Kriegslok 52.7596 was also there, waiting to depart on what appeared to be a special to Tübingen. There were at least two withdrawn 110s at the depot, one of them clearly being worked on by the preservation group based there.

The Schwarzwaldbahn was seriously overgrown in most places, which is just as well as the last thing I need at the moment is another line to photograph. Unless the weather improves dramatically, the 115s will be at least 200 years old before i’ve got the shots I want on the Gäubahn. There were a few good positions but nothing exceptional and if all that’s on offer is 146s and the occasional 101 or 185, they can wait.

Only three of the Stuttgart - Zürich ICs were seen, IC280 and IC185 were expected to be worked by 101s and were. IC281 was a 181 as expected.

Timekeeping was generally good throughout the day but not always spot on. My +1 from the northbound Schwarzwaldbahn train into the southbound at Offenburg looked seriously dodgy when we dropped a couple of minutes and I was all set to switch to plan B. However it wasn’t required as the southbound was also a few minutes late.

Oberndorf (Neckar)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.210 propelling	RE19035	08:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel)	09:38 (travelled Oberndorf - Tuttlingen)

Rottweil

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
213.336 218.261		Stabled	09:53 (both DB Baugruppe)
52.7596		Rottweil - Tübingen Hbf Special	09:53

Aldingen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.206	RE19040	09:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf	10:00

Tuttlingen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.406 propelling	IRE3220	08:10 Ulm Hbf - Neustadt (Schwarzw.)	10:15 (Travelled Tuttlingen - (Donaueschingen))

Donaueschingen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.406	IRE3220	08:10 Ulm Hbf - Neustadt (Schwarzw.)	10:45 (Travelled (Donaueschingen) - Neustadt (Schwarzw.))

Neustadt (Schwarzw.)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
143.312 t & t with 143.364	RB26932	11:31 Neustadt (Schwarzw.) - Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf	11:32
218.406 propelling	RE22304	11:33 Neustadt (Schwarzw.) - Rottweil	11:32 (travelled Neustadt (Schwarzw.) - (Villingen))

N of Donaueschingen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.239	RE5317	10:09 Karlsruhe Hbf - Kreuzlingen	12:16

Villingen (Schwarzw)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.406	RE22304	11:33 Neustadt (Schwarzw.) - Rottweil	12:25 (travelled (Villingen) - Rottweil)

Rottweil

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.024	IC280	11:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf	12:50
218.406 propelling	RE22311	13:11 Rottweil - Neustadt (Schwarzw.)	13:02 (travelled Rottweil - Villingen)
185.087		SB Containers	13:02
101.002	IC185	11:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	13:09

Villingen (Schwarzw)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
294.821		Stabled	13:49
146.229 propelling	RE5314	12:31 Kreuzlingen - Karlsruhe Hbf	13:49 (travelled Villingen (Schwarzw) - Offenburg)

Offenburg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.234	RE5323	14:09 Karlsruhe Hbf - Kreuzlingen	14:59 (travelled Offenburg - Singen (Hohentwiel))

Hornberg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.239 propelling	RE5316	13:31 Kreuzlingen - Karlsruhe Hbf	15:32

St Georgen (Schwarzw)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.228 propelling	RE4722	14:38 Konstanz - Karlsruhe Hbf	15:58

Singen (Hohentwiel)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.210	RE19048	17:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf	17:04 (travelled Singen (Hohentwiel) - Oberndorf (Neckar))
146.112 propelling	RE5320	16:31 Kreuzlingen - Karlsruhe Hbf	17:06
185.397 152.160 11215 [SBB]		Stabled	17:20

N of Engen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
181.xxx	IC281	15:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	17:36

Aldingen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.208 propelling	RE19045	16:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel)	18:00