Evening all!

I decided to make use of the good weather we've been having today, and packed my camera for a railfanning session. I tried another new photo spot this time, which was located a few hundred metres south from the train stop at Ostheim – which in turn is a borough of the town of Butzbach, roughly between Gießen and Friedberg.

While I was sizing up the location, 425 050 came along on the semi-fast RE 15019 service from Treysa to Frankfurt Central Station.

Having picked the precise spot where I would then be waiting and looking for things to come, I then snapped 185 231 broadside as she was working north with a rake of car carriers...

...as well as this unidentified 143 working the RB 15081 stopping service from Gießen to Friedberg.

While this was not actually the first freight train to come along, it but was the first I managed to snap from a decent angle . The loco was 185 004 from DB Schenker.

Then it was EMU time again, with 425 017 working the RE 15018 semi-fast to Treysa.

I believe this 140 was either 534, 535 or 536 – in any case, she had yet another rake of car carriers in tow.

As a representative for private TOCs, HLB FLIRT type EMU 429 043 came along with a three-segment class 427 set up back, working the HLB 24972 semi-fast to Siegen.

And the last train I captured was IC 2286 to Rostock, headed by 101 031.

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed it!