Afternoon all!

This ever-changing weather this week affected me rather a lot, so I chose to take a break on Wednesday and get some fresh air during a round of spotting. For this, I rode to Riedstadt-Goddelau on the southwestern end of the S7 line on the suburban railway network around Frankfurt.

This was actually the suburban set I rode myself, seen here having returned from the stabling area which is located roughly behind the rear end of this train. The 420 unit in the lead on the return trip to Frankfurt was 420 316, one of two class 420 sets from Frankfurt fitted with experimental LED headlight units. I don't think any additional 420s will be thus refitted, though, given that the remaining sets are to be retired upon the launch of the new suburban franchise, which begins in 2014 and required DB Regio to renew their fleet. The rear unit was 420 294.

These headlight clusters look like this:

...though on the "B" end car, the faceplates have been painted red a few months ago, as you can see in the first image.

Next, 185 096 was headed north on an intermodal working...

...while 111 094 was working RE 4570 on its way from Mannheim.

Next, 185 009 was pulling a mixed rake of wagons, though what I had been aiming for all along was the following:

With a few minutes delay, this TGV Duplex 2N2 set made a rather impressive display of power and speed as it shot north at what I believe must have been 200 kph, working the TGV 9583 service from Marseille-St. Charles to Frankfurt.

Once again, thanks for looking! B)