Afternoon all…

 

In today's post, I'd like to present you with the trawl of two different photo rounds which I did on 27 October in glorious autumnal sunshine, and today under an equally autumnal cloud ceiling. You will be seeing both railway and public transport photos, with the former having been taken at Thekla Station, one of my favourite venues for spotting freight services.

 

 

 

On 27 October, SBB Cargo's Re 421 390 was the first to roll in from the east, heading a container service.

 

 

 

 

155 048, in turn, was repositioning herself and running towards the Engelsdorf yard.

 

 

 

 

294 706 – one of the various ex-Deutsche Bundesbahn V 90 series heavy shunters which have been relocated to former Reichsbahn territory – was heading a trip working of container carriers towards Engelsdorf for pickup by mainline motive power.

 

 

 

 

The Second of Her Kind: 145 002 at the head of an eastbound mixed freight service.

 

 

Today, however, the sun had a much harder time making itself seen, so a tripod was definitely a must in order to yield reasonable shutter times!

 

 

 

Much like the V 90s, many ex-DB V 60 series C-coupled shunters have been relocated to the Eastern states as well. Here, 362 517 was repositioning herself, and would later return after having done her work – wherever that might have been.

 

 

 

 

Wearing an agreeably bright and clean orange livery, 293 022 of Muldental-Eisenbahnverkehrsgesellschaft (abbreviated MTEG) was running west with a string of car carriers loaded with Škodas of all shapes and sizes.

 

 

 

 

152 108 stopped right in front of me to await the route and had a broadside portrait taken of her.

 

 

 

 

 

After this, I had to decide between 650 538 – or VT 006 – of Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn on an ECS working, and a freight service headed by a 152 coming the other way. Split-second timing dictated I chose the former, but as I have not taken any photos of these diesel cars for a while, I do not mind at all.

 

 

 

294 895 was returning to Engelsdorf, her driver catching some fresh air at the side window.

 

 

 

 

First time I spotted a silver diesel TRAXX: 76 110, originally intended for SNCF's fully owned stock lessor Akiem and currently leased to Pressnitztalbahn, was running light to the east.

 

 

 

 

Working the regular wood service on its empty return trip, Mittelweserbahn's V 1702, or 203 103, was emerging from the Cottbus bypass.

 

 

 

 

Here, 294 706, also spotted on 27 October, was pulling a tanker service which comprised three factory-fresh bulk cargo hoppers as well.

 

 

 

 

It truly was a V 90 day today as 294 895 was returning from Engelsdorf with a rake of Maersk containers.

 

 

 

 

On another ECS, 1442 132 was running east. The news last night said 1442 131 had caught fire at MDR Station right outside the southern end of the trunk line tunnel, so it could be some repositioning moves were called for. Fortunately, no-one was harmed in the incident and damage to the unit seems to have been limited.

 

 

 

On my way home, I chose to quickly inspect the rail replacement bus service currently in place on tram line 4 due to engineering work on Menckestraße lasting till 19 November.

 

 

 

Northbound 4 line services terminate at the Feuerbachstraße stop, which is located on Waldstraße and immediately before the Sportforum reversing loop. This loop is normally used only for extra workings for visitor transport to the Leipzig Stadium. This loop goes through the western section of Feuerbachstraße, Max-Planck-Straße and Fregestraße, then to return to the main route on Waldstraße.

 

Here, NGT8 car 1113 "Werner Heisenberg" is pausing…

 

 

 

…as is Citaro G bus 302, licence plate L NV 1302, on rail replacement duty. This is one of the fleet of hybrid-powered buses operated by LeoBus, who are LVB's bus sector.

 

 

 

That same bus is seen here starting on its next round towards Landsberger Straße…

 

 

 

 

…while NGT8 car 1110 "F.D. Grassi" is egressing the Sportforum loop and returning to the route.