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One Last Shove
Class 218 worked push-pull sets were once common on the Oberstdorf branch but the transfer of München services to ALEX and the increasing use of class 612 DMUs on DB trains has steadily squeezed them out. By 2013 there were only a couple of workings a day, early morning and late evening, and they disappeared at the end of the year.218.471 pushed RE57653, the 18:19 from Ulm, south from Bleichach on 6 June 2013.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 13-D-1539
camera : Nikon D600
lens : 70-200mm f/2.8
focal length : 105.0 (105mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/640 sec
aperture : f/9
ISO : 400 ISO
original : Digital: 24MP NEF
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : 218.471
Train : RE57653, 18:19 Ulm Hbf - Oberstdorf Passenger
Location : S of, Blaichach
Line : 970 München - Lindau + Oberstdorf
Country : Germany
Date & Time : 06/06/2013 19:59