The day got off to its usual foggy start. After watching a couple of trains in the gloom at Aulendorf, there was time to check out a couple of spots between Roßberg and Bad Waldsee to see if they would be any good for the stone train. They weren’t, so it was off to Durlesbach where the fog was clearing rapidly by the time I arrived at 09:45. Ten minutes later I was in position and set up. The sun was shining from a clear blue sky. All I had to do was wait for the trains to roll by.

Wait is exactly what I did but nothing came, absolutely zilch for almost two hours. There should have been ten trains in that time but none of them showed up. Obviously something had gone seriously wrong somewhere but I know not what. I’d planned to leave at 11:30 anyway and in the circumstances that seemed a good idea.

The plan was to spend the afternoon at a spot north of Beimerstetten, just north of Ulm on the Stuttgart line. It had looked good from the train and turned out to be an excellent location. There was no shortage of trains there, with 66 movements seen in around five hours, most of which were loco worked. The problem was the light, which kept getting snuffed out by clouds whenever there was a train worth photographing. I didn’t come away empty handed but didn’t get many decent pictures for my efforts.

The variety at Beimerstetten was incredible with classes 101, 143, 146, 218 and ÖBB 1016 and 1116 on passengers, plus several ICEs and a pair of 611s. The 611s were probably a result of the disruption around Aulendorf as the trains they worked were loco and coaches yesterday. The freight side was just as interesting with a Ludmilla, a class 66 and a Voith Maxima representing dieseldom and the inevitable class 185s being joined by 151s, a 140, a 152, an HGK 145 and a CFL 4000. Definitely a location worth another visit.

S of Aulendorf

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.427	IRE4241	06:59 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	09:00
218.443 propelling	IRE4204	08:32 Friedrichshafen Stadt - Ulm Hbf	09:01

N of Beimerstetten

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
143.880 propelling	RB19317	11:27 Plochingen - Ulm Hbf	12:29
185.063		SB Sugar Beet	12:31 (SBB wagons)
146.218	RE19217	11:31 Stuttgart Hbf - Ulm Hbf	12:42
143.845	RB19278	12:37 Ulm Hbf - Geislingen (Steige)	12:48
151.041		SB Containers	12:50
101.090 propelling	EC115	06:31 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	12:54
151.085		NB Containers	12:56
401.560		SB ICE (unidentified)	12:57
403.029 403.056	ICE515	05:27 Hamburg-Altona - München Hbf	13:00
403.031 403.028	ICE518	11:30 München Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	13:03
101.025		SB Light Engine	13:04
101.057	EC218	05:44 Graz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	13:13
146.213 propelling	IRE4228	11:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	13:22
218.406	IRE4247	12:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	13:24
146.218	RE19224	13:10 Ulm Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	13:26
185.xxx		NB Freight	13:31
232.635		SB Freight	13:31
145.093 [HGK]		NB Oil Tanks	13:36
143.195 propelling	RB19321	12:27 Plochingen - Ulm Hbf	13:36
151.073		NB Freight	13:41
146.207 propelling	RE19221	12:31 Stuttgart Hbf - Ulm Hbf	13:44
101.080	IC2261	12:06 Karlsruhe Hbf - München Hbf	13:48
143.880	RB19280	13:37 Ulm Hbf - Geislingen (Steige)	13:48
140.490 185.310		SB Light Engines	13:58
401.013	ICE596	12:28 München Hbf - Berlin Ostbf	14:01
401.055	ICE595	06:20 Berlin Ostbf - München Hbf	14:08
101.110 propelling	IC2260	12:47 München Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf	14:17
146.207	RE19228	14:10 Ulm Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	14:20
101.075	IC119	07:27 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf	14:25
101.025	IC118	06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf	14:28
146.216 propelling	RE19223	13:31 Stuttgart Hbf - Ulm Hbf	14:44
185.289		NB Steel	14:45
101.129 propelling	EC219	12:20 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Graz Hbf	14:47
143.195	RB19282	14:37 Ulm Hbf - Geislingen (Steige)	14:49
101.075		NB Light Engine	14:54
403.023 403.034	ICE517	10:37 Dortmund Hbf - München Hbf	15:00
403.032 403.014	ICE516	13:28 München Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	15:01
611.024 611.019	IRE4230	13:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	15:05
146.213	IRE4229	14:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	15:07
185.297		SB Steel Coil	15:10
101.131	EC114	08:42 Klagenfurt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	15:13
143.xxx propelling	RB19279	14:49 Geislingen (Steige) - Ulm Hbf	15:15
146.216	RE19230	15:10 Ulm Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	15:19
266.067 [DHC]		NB Oil Tanks	15:26
146.202 propelling	RE19227	14:31 Stuttgart Hbf - Ulm Hbf	15:44
143.880	RB19284	15:37 Ulm Hbf - Geislingen (Steige)	15:48
152.057		SB Intermodal	15:50
218.499 218.460	IC2013	06:01 Magdeburg Hbf - Oberstdorf	15:53
401.060	ICE1090	14:28 München Hbf - Berlin Ostbf	16:01
401.067	ICE597	08:20 Berlin Ostbf - München Hbf	16:02
146.222 propelling	IRE4244	15:54 Ulm Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	16:05
143.195 propelling	RB19281	16:00 Geislingen (Steige) - Ulm Hbf	16:22
146.202	RE19234	16:10 Ulm Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	16:23
4001 [CFL]		SB Intermodal	16:36
146.215 propelling	RE19229	15:31 Stuttgart Hbf - Ulm Hbf	16:41
264.001 [VTH]		NB Hoppers	16:43
143.195	RB19286	16:37 Ulm Hbf - Geislingen (Steige)	16:48
101.015 propelling	EC117	14:20 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	16:51
611.019 611.024	IRE4231	16:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	16:56
403.056 403.025	ICE519	12:37 Dortmund Hbf - München Hbf	17:00
403.056 403.029	ICE514	15:28 München Hbf - Hamburg-Altona	17:01
143.880 propelling	RB19283	16:49 Geislingen (Steige) - Ulm Hbf	17:09
146.213 propelling	IRE4246	15:00 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	17:09
1116.100 [ÖBB] t & t with 1016.020 [ÖBB]	EC112	10:27 Klagenfurt Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	17:16
146.215	RE19236	17:10 Ulm Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	17:20
185.366		NB Freight	17:24