Several weekend RegioExpresses on the Oberstdorf branch were booked for pairs of class 218s working top-and-tail but on Saturday 15 July 2006 most were worked by DMUs due to track work on the Ulm line. RE32705 was the only morning RE working that was loco hauled. It was photographed emerging from the woods between Oberstdorf and Langenwang behind 218.234 during one of the few sunny periods that morning. Things got even worse on Sunday when all the morning REs were DMUs.