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  1. NGT6 1315

    Freight in February

    By NGT6 1315,

    Afternoon all!
     
    As we're currently in Leipzig once again for a few days, I would like to regale the Continental railfans among you with a set of images I took today while I was at Thekla Station on the outskirts of Leipzig for a round of railfanning...
     
     
     

     
    Numerous V 90 type shunters from what was Deutsche Bundesbahn territory originally have found a new home in the Eastern states by now - one of them being 294 663 at the head of the first working I snapped.
     
     
     
     

     
    Funnily, the semi-fasts on the Leipzig-Hoyerswerda line call at Platform 1 in both directions, which means that services bound for Leipzig run on the left-hand track. Here, 143 093 is heading RE 26056, which had left Hoyerswerda at 9.32 am.
     
     
     

     
    294 820 was repositioning itself, possibly after completing a trip working somewhere.
     
     
     
     

     
    After that, it was 155 time, with this working headed by 155 191 being the first of four I captured today.
     
     
     

     
    203 311, which is assigned to DB Netze, was transferring a tamper from somewhere to another place.
     
     
     

     
    The next 155 I captured was 155 133, heading another mixed freight...
     
     
     

     
    ...followed by 155 075, coming in from the east.
     
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, 145 031 was pulling a string of empty car carriers.
     
     

     
    This is the same formation which had been working 26056 previously, and was now returning to Hoyerswerda on the RE 26057 service - with the driving trailer in the lead.
     
     
     

     
    After all those electrics, HHPI's 29004 "Dave Meehan", also known as 266 027, was flying the flag for the fossil fuel department, working a string of coal hoppers.
     
     
     

     
    145 027 almost snuck past on a light engine working...
     
     
     

     
    ...followed by 151 024.
     
     
     

     
    185 163, which had a number of hoppers and wood carriers up back, has been refitted with Norrland type snow ploughs, which were not originally fitted to 1st generation TRAXX locos.
     
     
     

     
    But the real lucky catch for the day was 261 012, a new Voith Gravita 10 BB type shunter coming in on a positioning move B) .
     
     
     

     
    And after capturing RE 18458 from Cottbus, which was headed by 143 058, I decided to call it a day and headed back to the city for something to eat!
     
     
    Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed these images...
  2. NGT6 1315
    Afternoon all!
     
    Without much preamble, here's a set of a few snaps I made earlier this afternoon upon having an unexpected encounter at Frankfurt Southern Station...
     

    With a set of two measuring coaches – the far one being a driving trailer converted from a Bimdzf type InterRegio driving trailer – , DB Systemtechnik's 120 502 – formerly known as 120 160, which number but remains written out on the body sides – is having a layover on an inspection run, while two of the train crew were disembarking and possibly obtaining some snacks from one of the outlets around the station.
     
    In 2005, 120 153 and 160 had been sold to DB Systemtechnik for network inspection and other departmental services. They were treated to a full revision at the Nuremberg works, renumbered as 120 501 and 502, and given special markings on the body sides. They but have been spotted also working normal passenger services on several occasions.
     
     
     

    Zooming in on Bogie 1 with the very prominent Flexicoil springs. As per the servicing inscriptions, the loco has had a revision cycle extension till 30 January 2012 at the Munich depot. Under German rules, full revisions are due every six years, though cycle extensions can be granted up till a total of eight years from the previous revision.
     
     
     
     

     
    The pantograph on the Cab 2 end has been dedicated to OHLE measurements and is, to my knowledge, only used on such occasions.
     
     
     

    As DB Systemtechnik also offer their services to foreign railways, their inspection coaches are certified pretty much in all standard gauge countries of Continental Europe.
     
     
     
     

     
    And this would be the measuring equipment on one of the two bogies, used for running quality and track alignment tests.
     
     
     
     

     
    Oh, I don't know – I wouldn't mind riding in one of these sets at all! The sign says, "No entry for passengers."
     
     
     
  3. NGT6 1315
    Morning all.
     
    I didn't get around to posting these images earlier, though I actually took them on 7 October when I felt the need to turn my mind to something else, following Grandpa's passing one day before. I rode out to Bischofsheim once again, hoping to capture a few freight trains circulating through the yard there.
     
     

     
    294 665 was on yard duty that day, and is seen here moving towards Bischofsheim's station building during her shunting turn. Weather that day was unstable with intermittent showers.
     
     
     

     
    Likewise, 185 342 - having just arrived with a freight train from the east - had uncoupled and was now shunting back into the yard.
     
     
     

     
    After one of the various showers to pour from the sky, 152 139 was exiting the yard with a string of "LKW Walter" intermodal trailers up back...
     
     
     

     
    ...followed by 155 182 on a rake of sliding wall wagons.
     
     
     

     
    Having returned to the suburban platform, I then captured 185 136 with one of the "Winner" intermodal workings.
     
     
     

     
    140 043 almost took me by surprise, coming in from Kostheim with what would appear to have been a shipment of car parts for the Opel works at nearby Rüsselsheim.
     
     
     

     
    And this was one of the ERS Eurosheds - specifically, 6612 or 266 035.
     
     
     

     
    185 350 was leaving to the west with a mixed rake of wagons.
     
     

     
    ...followed by 185 022, one of the 1st series locos and part of the batch equipped for France.
     
     

     
    And this was the biggest catch that day: Stock Transport's 264 002, the first Voith Maxima I have ever seen close up B) . An impressive beast...
  4. NGT6 1315
    Evening all!
     
    While ships certainly were ranking high on my photo list, I but also paid a visit to the railway facilities in Cuxhaven during my recent stay there. With the city being located on the non-electrified Lower Elbe Railway, 103.6 kilometres (64 mi) distant from Harburg Station, it is served by "metronom" semi-fast regionals to Hamburg, as well as stopping services to Bremerhaven. The latter are operated by Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB) under a subsidiary contract with DB Regio. Both lines are served every hour on weekdays and every two hours on Sundays and holidays.
     
    Cuxhaven's station is quite small, having only three platforms and a bus node on the station plaza, though there also is a more extensive network of harbour railways which I also had a look at later on.
     
     
     

     
    First of all, two Alstom LINT 41 type DMUs owned by EVB captured my interest, standing by to work the RB 14417 service to Bremerhaven and scheduled for departure at 12.37.
     
     
     
     

     
    Many private German TOCs assign their own running numbers to their motive power, even if this should be of the same types also used by DB AG. As such, the two LINT 41s I encountered were designated as VT 110 and 111 internally, and 648 194 and 195 in the common German numbering system. According to the remainder of the lettering, the 648 has a seating capacity of 122 passengers in 2nd class and eight in 1st class, and weighs in at 75 tonnes when fully loaded. The outer bogies are both powered by 315 kW diesel engines and mechanical transmission. The LINT 41 type is 41.81 metres (137.2 ft) long.
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
    Looking at one of the powered bogies. The LINT has a top speed of 120 kph (75 mph). There also is a shorter, non-articulated single-body version, called LINT 27 or class 640, measuring 27.26 metres (89.4 ft) in length and having only one powered bogie.
     
     
     
     

     
    The fuel filler caps are located near the Jacobs bogie. As you can see, the unit had its last revision completed on 9 March this year at the Bremervörde works.
     
     
     
     

     
    And then came this metronom rake consisting of five double deck coaches and 246 002 and working an ECS service, while the 1.10 pm ME 81520 service to Hamburg was waiting on Platform 1. Like all metronom rolling stock, these are owned by the state public transport authority of Lower Saxony, abbreviated as LNVG for "Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft." metronom themselves are a public-owned consortium of NiedersachsenBahn (itself formed from Osthannoversche Eisenbahn and EVB), BeNEX and Bremer Straßenbahn.
    While having earned a very good reputation among private TOCs since its founding, metronom but are currently suffering from a change in ownership structure, which notably soured what was previously reported to have been an excellent working environment. This conflict is still going on at the time I am writing this and has led into a spate of strikes over nationwide employment standards for railway staff in recent weeks, which part of the current owners are vehemently opposed to.
     
     
     
     

     
    The 246 is a diesel-electric 3rd generation Bombardier TRAXX type known as TRAXX P160 DE, and thus based on the same platform as the fully electric class 186 quad system loco or the Italian class E.483 DC only loco. Note how one of the side panels on both sides of the loco's body has been removed in order to allow an engine air intake to be installed, and how the roof outline has been altered accordingly.
     
    The slogan on the cab side actually is a pun in German and can be translated as something like "It's Lower Saxony's turn" and "Lower Saxony is on the train."
     
     
     
     

     
    Looking at Bogie 1, you can see the brake disks, PZB transceiver and a host of inscriptions, including the braking weights – R+E160 163 tonnes, R+E 138 tonnes, P+E 101 tonnes, R 125 tonnes, P 87 tonnes and G 71 tonnes – and loco weight (82 tonnes), braking gear type, and revision date (22 August 2007 at the Bremervörde works). The 246 has a 160 kph (100 mph) top speed. There but also is a dedicated freight version of the diesel-electric TRAXX, known as TRAXX F140 DE or class 285.
     
     
     
     

     
    Most metronom locos have been named in the meantime, with 246 002 carrying the name of the city of Buxtehude. The other loco previously seen in the background was 246 007, named "Himmelpforten."
     
     
     
     
     

     
    Alcoholic beverages are now banned on metronom services in an attempt to further improve cleanliness and to prevent passengers from being molested by intoxicated persons.
     
     
     
     

     
    A look at the inscriptions on one of the coaches. The double deck coaches used on the Lower Elbe Railway are the low entry variety, with the doors being located in the lower deck between the bogies rather than in the middle between the decks above the bogies.
     
     
     

     
    In order to accommodate visitors and cyclists, the coaches used on the Hamburg-Cuxhaven line feature expanded multipurpose and bicycle spaces, as reflected by the lowercase "d" in the type designation.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    The ECS rake eventually shunted out from the platform after having been given a "proceed shunting" signal in the shape of two diagonal white lights on the "W" plate halfway up the starting signal. As you can see, Cuxhaven Station still has semaphores.
     
     
     
     

     
    Am I supposed to crawl into the cable ducts? It is not uncommon at all for internal system status messages to find their way onto destination displays on contemporary German stock!
     
     
     

     
    As metronom offer seat reservations for regular passengers, the coaches obviously have to be numbered, as seen here.
     
     
     
    Heading over to the harbour railway branching off from the Lower Elbe Railway east of Cuxhaven Station, I noticed how much of the traffic there appears to be car shipments, though containers and steel are also present.
     
     

     
    Here, MRCE diesel ER 20-013, currently hired to PCT, was shunting a single covered car carrier into one of the sidings.
     
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, DB Schenker shunter 363 178 was removing a long rake of wagons.
     
     
     
     

     
    Eventually, ER 20-013 had coupled up to a long string of empty car carriers and throttled up to leave the stabling sidings after a driver change.
     
     
     
    Thanks for looking, hope you liked these images!
  5. NGT6 1315

    Double Triple-One

    By NGT6 1315,

    ...or two class 111 electrics going about their daily business at Frankfurt's Central Station this afternoon, as peak traffic was just getting into gear...
     
     
     

     
    111 028 from the Trier depot – fitted with DBS 54a diamond pans – was departing with the RE 12990 semi-fast to Koblenz...
     
     
     

     
    ...while 111 194 was shunting around on the south side of the station.
  6. NGT6 1315
    Afternoon all!
     
    You may remember my having presented the 7th batch class 420 EMUs from our suburban network several months ago – and today I have another image to show you . And in much better weather and light than had been the case last winter...
     
     

    As additional units are currently needed on the S5 line due to the "Hessentag" festival in Oberursel – which is served by that line – a number of 420s have seen a comeback on lines from which they had long been displaced. This morning, there were two sets of 420s on the S4 line – one consisting of 420 429 and the sliding door 325, seen here preparing to work the 35426 service back to Kronberg...
     
     
     

     
    ...and an all-sliding door formation consisting of 420 322 and 290, standing by to work the 35434 service.
  7. NGT6 1315
    Don't you just love it when courses are cancelled with no prior notice? Well, I tried to make the best of this situation, and rode out for a photo session – in spite of the weather still being sort of crummy. I'd been meaning to check out how things look at Bischofsheim for a while – this being the location of a well-known marshalling yard.
     
    Bischofsheim is an independent community of about 12,000 inhabitants, but used to be a borough of Mainz between 1930 and 1945. After the end of World War II, when the Rhine was declared the boundary between the French and American zones, several of Mainz's boroughs on the east bank of the Rhine were split off and became part of the state of Hesse, with Amöneburg, Kastel and Kostheim becoming boroughs of Wiesbaden – and laying the foundation for a rivalry of sorts which continues right into the present. Also, Bischofsheim is located at the junction of the Mainz-Frankfurt mainline (also known as "Mainbahn" in German) and the Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse Railway ("Hessische Ludwigsbahn" in German), which goes from Mainz to Aschaffenburg via Darmstadt.
     
    Well, anyway – let's have a look at what I got!
     
     
     
     

     
    First off, 294 735 was on station pilot duty that day, along with two sisters which we'll be seeing later on. As you can see n the background, several freight trains were waiting to depart the yard.
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
    Coming in from Kostheim, Mittelweserbahn's 1116 911 almost caught me by surprise, trailing a long rake of tankers.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, 145 026 was departing west with an intermodal working.
     
     
     
     

     
    Bundesbahn power – 151 049 with a bunch of open bogie wagons up back.
     
     
     

     
    There still are several 152s which have retained the long-obsolete DB Cargo lettering till this day. This here was 152 043, which also has yet to be refitted with the additional set of frontside handrails.
     
     
     
     

     
    I was particularly happy to be able to finally snap some 186s...! The one in the lead was 186 239, owned by motive power leasing company CBRail and currently under lease to Dutch freight operator Captrain.
     
     
     
     

     
    152 118 is one of those of her class which has already been given the additional handrails, which are located on the secondman's side of the fronts. She is seen here departing with an Ambrogio intermodal service.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, 185 338 was trailing a rake of car carriers.
     
     
     
     

     
    294 579 also was on pilot duty today.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    185 377 and one of her sisters but were working a coal service.
     
     
     
     

     
    DB Netz Instandhaltung loco 203 315 – an ex-DR V100 type diesel-hydraulic – came in from Kostheim on a positioning move.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    151 026 in turn was departing for Kostheim and the Rhine with a container service.
     
     
     
     

     
    This here was 189 091, one of those DB Schenker 189s sold to MRCE Dispolok and now available to other operators. She is currently under lease to Dutch operator ERS, and is seen here coming in with a container service.
     
     
     

     
    145-CL 204 is still wearing the basic blue and silver livery from the time when she was operated by RBH (formerly known as RAG), but is owned by Alpha Trains nowadays. At this time, she is under lease to Swiss operator Crossrail for their German area of operations.
     
     
     
     

     
    294 817 was also working around the yard today.
     
     
     

     
    This was another intermodal service by Ambrogio, worked by 185 248.
     
     
     
     

     
    And just in case you can't get enough of those 185s yet, I've got another one! This here was 185 262, thundering out of the yard.
     
     
     
     

     
    A wee bit smaller, innit? This was a GAF 100 type work car with a material wagon up front, which is a configuration in which these cars are explicitly cleared to work.
     
     
     

     
    Euroshed, anyone? This here's a broadside on 266 017 or PB 12, a Class 66 operated by Crossrail. This is Crossrail's newest livery, which I think looks fairly sharp .
     
     
     

     
     
    And a 1st generation TRAXX for a change – 185 184 coming in with a mixed freight. Next to this train, you will be able to spot a class 151 loco...
     
     
     
     

     
    ...which was 151 004 on a shunting movement from one track of the Bischofsheim yard to another.
     
     
     
    And that's it for this time – thanks for looking! B)
     
     
     
  8. NGT6 1315

    Train Noir

    By NGT6 1315,

    ...might be a fitting description for the following set of bleach-bypassed images which I snapped at Frankfurt Central Station on the rainy afternoon we were having yesterday...
     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

  9. NGT6 1315
    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!
  10. NGT6 1315
    Afternoon all!
     
    Just two quick shots I took on Sunday morning while getting some breaths of fresh air, for which purpose I had driven down to Saarlouis Central Station ...
     
     
     

     
    First off, 143 129 was working the RE 12008 service from Koblenz Central Station to Saarbrücken Central Station, consisting of three Dostos. Few passengers were around at this time of day, and also in light of it being Easter. These services work along the Mosel, with one of the stops being Trier.
     
     
     

    Half an hour later, there was 425 130, working the RB 33725 service from Trier to Homburg on Saar. These are the principal regional EMUs in this region, along with the 426s, which resemble two 425 cab segments slapped together.
     
  11. NGT6 1315
    Afternoon all!
     
    Having run my errands for today, I was meaning to show you these images I snapped yesterday while patrolling Frankfurt Central Station for anything out of the ordinary...
     
     

    And there was something out of the ordinary indeed, waiting at Platform 19. Unfortunately, it was much too long to be photographed in its entirety... This was the combined IC 1990/1959 service to Berlin Südkreuz and Leipzig Central, whose formations were joined up till Fulda. This resulted in the following setup: Class 120 loco – six coaches – class 101 loco running dead in the middle of the set – eight coaches – second class 120 loco. Sure was an impressively long formation! For obvious reasons, the only part of this train I could reasonably capture was the loco in the middle.
     
     
     

    With evening peak traffic getting into gear at this time of day, there then was the combined RE 15556/15446 service to Glauburg-Stockheim and Nidda, whose formations were again joined for part of the trip. They are working together up till Bad Vilbel, where the forward section to Stockheim is split off, and the rear section to Nidda continues north up till Friedberg and on to Nidda. This kind of procedure is implemented only during peak traffic, as the Friedberg-Nidda line is normally worked by Hessische Landesbahn with class 646 DMUs. As both the Stockheim and Nidda lines are not electrified, each set is powered by one class 218 diesel – resulting in the joint formation working in a temporary top-and-tail setup. Here, 218 477 is in the lead, in front of the driving trailer for its rake of coaches. Up at Stockheim, it will then run around and couple up to the other end.
     
     
     
     

    Consequently, the driving trailer for RE 15446 was facing the gangway of the rearmost coach on the RE 15556 formation. There already was a driver in the cab, in order to speed up the splitting sequence at Bad Vilbel.
     
     
     

     
    And this would be a look at the first part of the inscriptions on the frame of 218 477...comprising the running number in UIC-TSI format, revision dates (last revision completed at the Bremen workshops on 9 September 2004 and a one-year term extension being provided at the Frankfurt depot, which will be valid till 3 September this year.), braking gear type (Knorr-Einheitsbremse with settings G, P, P2 and R, hydrodynamic brake and direct brake valve), plus the service and braking weights.
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, the certification grid describes the loco as being cleared for service in Germany, Austria, Denmark (including permission for shipping by train ferry, as indicated by the anchor symbol), Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Czech Republic.
  12. NGT6 1315
    ...might be a suitable title for this set of images I took this past Sunday – inspired by a certain song by a-ha .
     
     

     
    These are two of the fifteen class 218 diesels which have been set aside to serve as breakdown assistance locos for ICE trains, and are stationed at various major stations in Germany. The one in front is 218 837 – looking closely, you may be able to see the Scharfenberg coupler adaptor just below the buffer stop's beam.
     
    I then noticed there was some shunting going on a few tracks further to the north, with things looking as if the driving trailer on one RE set had broken down and required replacement.
     
     
     

    363 707, one of the still-numerous C-coupled V 60 type diesel-hydraulic shunters, had moved in with a 761 series driving trailer, but had to remove the 763 series DT first.
     
     
     
     

    Coupled up at last, the 763 was ready to be removed.
     
     
     
     
     
     

    With the 363 and company disappearing into the sidings – left of the class 425 EMU and class 143 loco which you can see in the background – , I noticed there actually is a tandem point in this spot. Funny how you often notice things only after many years...
     
     
     

     
    Eventually, the 363 returned with the 763, which was then duly coupled to the rest of the train.
  13. NGT6 1315
    Evening all!
     
    There was a slightly odd formation working the RE 4609 service this morning:
     
     

    ...with two 111s top-and-tailing four double deckers and one "n" type coach, the latter of which you may be able to see just emerging from the shed. The loco in the lead was 111 217.
     
    This odd formation may have been due the Frankfurt-Würzburg-Nuremberg regional line currently being interrupted between Aschaffenburg and Laufach due to construction work, with replacement buses filling the gap. Then again, I have frequently seen formations of mostly Modus coaches plus one "n" type on this line, so this may just have been a variety of the known train formation oddities there!
  14. NGT6 1315
    Morning all!
     
    Well, the title for today's post pretty much sums up the motto of the photo session I did yesterday! In other words, I guess I'd been bitten by some kind of freight bug during my first stay at Thekla Station, which is why I returned there. Weather was quite sunny, too, and not all that cold – till about 2 pm, that is. Shall we begin...? B)
     
     
     
     

     
    There sure would turn out to be a bunch of 155s on the road that day! 155 036 was the first of the lot to come along.
     
     
     

     
    Aside from freight, I also intended to capture at least one of DB Regio's 182s on the Leipzig-Cottbus line. Which I did, as you can see here... B) The train seen here was the RE 18459 service to Cottbus, headed by 182 003 which appears to have been cleaned recently, going by the reflection off the red paint which you can see on the snow on the platform next to the loco. One thing which is interesting is that the 182s appear to have been refitted with the same kind of LED headlights which their Austrian sisters are now using as well. The first ES 64 U2 type locos I have seen thus equipped were those ÖBB 1116s detached to "railjet" services.
     
     
     
     

     
    Next up was an Euroshed double whopper – this being one of the regular coal services operated by HHPI. The leading loco was 29004 or 266 027, named "Dave Meehan", which I had also spotted during my previous Thekla session.
     
     
     
     

     
    The next "Pan Loaf" to come along was 155 031, trailing a mixed rake of wagons.
     
     
     
     

     
    Shed Attack! – This was HHPI loco 29006, or 266 028, which I had, unsurprisingly, also seen during my previous session at Thekla.
     
     
     
     

     
    155 172 is one of the many of her class with DSA 200 type single arm pantographs. I actually can hardly remember when I last saw a 155 with the original diamond pantographs!
     
     
     
     

     
    185 554 was one of the locos which had been used on the Frankfurt-Würzburg regional line several months ago but is now back in freight traffic. The wagons behind her are Falns type coal hoppers owned by Polish operator PKP Cargo.
     
     
     
     

     
    This here is 420.11 or 92 80 1 223 031-6 D-EVB, one of the four Siemens Eurorunner ER 20 type diesel-electrics operated by Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB), who are headquartered in Zeven in the northeast of Lower Saxony. I would not really have expected a loco from this company this far east!
     
     
     
     

     
    Siderods, anyone? 363 424 came along with three empty container wagons on a stock positioning service.
     
     
     
     

     
    More good stuff came along in the shape of this service headed by 145 009 – the loco dead in tow behind it being a brand-new Voith Gravita diesel-hydraulic shunter owned by stock leasing company "northrail." Interestingly, those Gravitas used by DB Schenker actually are northrail property as well. The Gravita seen in this image may well have been one of those allocated to the Halle yard. In DB service, they are designated as class 260, but are, of course, not to be confused with the V 60 type C-coupled shunters from the Bundesbahn era which originally were designated as class 260 as well.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, 185 238 was trailing a class 232 diesel-electric, in addition to a mixed string of wagons.
     
     
     
     

     
    Diesel shunter 290 531 travelled light in what was the shine of a sun already beginning to set.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    And the last train I captured was the RE 18460 service from Cottbus, which would eventually return there as RE 18461. It was powered by 182 005, which again was difficult to recognize due to the ice and snow on the front.
     
    After this, it was getting decidedly cold, so I called it a day and headed home to warm up.
     
    Thanks for looking!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  15. NGT6 1315
    A slight variation of a line from that Roxette song just came to my mind when I was thinking about a suitable title for this post... I left the house past nine last night in order to try and capture the "Canopus" sleeper train – also known as CNL 458 – which runs from Prague Central to Zurich Central Station, calling at Dresden, Leipzig, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Basel, and a couple of additional stops in between. The "CNL" designation is spelt out as "CityNightLine", I should add.
     
    The train's composition is a bit complex, actually: From Prague to Dresden, the train runs as EN 456 – "EN" meaning EuroNight – with four coaches. Then, three coaches, designated as train D 61458, are added for the bit to Erfurt, where said coaches are removed again, while eleven other coaches are coupled up, having come from Berlin as CNL 1258. The three foremost coaches then are open from Fulda to Basel, where they are again uncoupled.
     
    For unknown reasons, the train was about 35 minutes late, but in my opinion was worth the additional waiting .
     
     
     

     
    At Leipzig, 101 061 took over the train for the biggest section of its trip to Basel. I certainly did not envy the poor guy of a shunter who had to do the coupling in the bitter cold of the night!
     
    As is the case in many parts of the city, the track field of Leipzig Central is largely illuminated with sodium lamps, which gave the entire scene a glow of warmth which of course was not really there.
     
     
    The train had been brought to Leipzig by the following loco, the image of which really does not do it the justice it deserves – but given the time of day and resulting lighting conditions, I had little choice but to do a "hovercraft" photo from the platform, which I normally try to avoid...
     
     

    This is a Czech class 371 dual system locomotive, equipped for 3 kV DC and 15 kV AC. While it does look a bit old, the class actually was created in the late 1980s only, by the Škoda Works at Pilsen. This type, which was delivered from 1991 onwards, was built for both the Deutsche Reichsbahn, which continued to exist till 1994, and the former Czechoslovakian railways – the DR designation for it having been class 230, and the original Czechoslovakian one class 372. However, the Czechs eventually had six of these 120 kph locos rebuilt for a 160 kph top speed, which were then redesignated as class 371. The type also remained in the DB inventory as class 180, with a total of 20 locos having been built, while the Czechs had fifteen. The class has a 3,260 kW power output, initial tractive effort of 280 kN, and weigh in at 84 tonnes. In Germany, this type was given the nickname of "Knödelpresse", literally translated as "Dumpling Press" – as a nod to its origins.
     
     
     

     
    The braking gear information is written out on a metal plaque – the smaller one above it being the Škoda logo. From top to bottom: Service weight of 84 tonnes, braking weights: P+E160 176 tonnes, P+E 130 tonnes, P 107 tonnes, G 38 tonnes, handbrake 2x 8 tonnes. The braking gear comprises a DAKO brake valve with settings G and P. The encircled "K" indicates that the loco is fitted with composite brake shoes.
     
     
     
     

     
    The 371s are now wearing TSI-formatted running numbers as well – the first four letters of course being references to country of origin and operator ("ČD" meaning "České Dráhy", "Czech Railways"), 91 being an indication for this being an electric loco, and 54 being a country code for the Czech Republic.
     
  16. NGT6 1315
    Well, here be another round of images from Leipzig... My focus for today was to capture a few freight trains in the snow, to which end I rode out to Thekla Station in the northeast of the city. The station is served by hourly stopping services on the line to Eilenburg, so I had sufficient time in any case.
     
    I think I'll just jump into the photos now...
     
     
     

    At Central Station, I first captured 143 130 which was diagrammed to work the RB 26140 service to Lutherstadt Wittenberg. After that, I went over to the Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn class 650 DMU standing next to this train to head out to Thekla.
     
     
     

     
    HHPI loco 29004 "Dave Meehan" opened the round of freights, trailing a rake of coal hoppers. This was the first of two Eurosheds I captured today.
     
     
     
     

     
    Then came a trip freight headed by 294 662 and an unidentified class 364 or 365 shunter dead in tow – which was a rather unusual setup, in my opinion. I somehow missed this image when I first posted this entry...
     
     
     
     

     
    This here was a loco positioning service, consisting of three class 140 electrics and headed by 140 858.
     
     

     
    This service was headed by 185 044 and consisted of just four tank wagons. To the left, another class 650 DMU from Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn came in on another service to Eilenburg.
     
     
     

    This here was the RE 26058 service from Hoyerswerda to Leipzig Central, which but did not call at Thekla. The locomotive was 143 015, this being barely visible with all that ice and snow on the front!
     
     
     

     
    This locomotive was 204 237, this being a former DR V 100 type diesel-hydraulic loco now owned by private TOC Westsächsische Eisenbahntransport Gesellschaft. It was originally put into service as 110 237 on 17 April 1970, and rebuilt into a class 112 loco in 1983. The wagons behind it are covered car carriers.
     
     
     
     

     
    And another Euroshed came along in the shape of HHPI loco 29006, or 92 80 1266 028-0 D-HHPI, heading a rake of coal hoppers. The loco was built in August 2003.
     
     
     

    155 220 was out for work as well, heading a mixed freight.
     
     
     

    185 573, owned by MRCE and leased to Railservice Alexander Neubauer, headed a queue of open bogie wagons.
     
     
     
     

     
    This would be the last train I snapped during my session as it was getting quite cold by that time. The locos were a pair of ex-DR V 100 diesel-hydraulics owned by Havelländische Eisenbahn, or hvle. The leading loco was V 160.7, also known as 92 80 1203 150-8 D-HVLE, and built as 110 342 in 1971.
     
     
    After this, I returned to the city and got myself a cup of coffee to warm up!
  17. NGT6 1315

    Red and white...

    By NGT6 1315,

    ...might be a doubly suitable tag line for this photo which I took this morning on my way to uni...
     
     
     

    This is 111 100, standing by to work the RE 4559 service to Mannheim. For reasons unknown to me, the train had been brought by 110 456, which but then was uncoupled to stay in Frankfurt, and eventually shunted out after this service had departed. As the loco is coupled in front of the driving trailer, German operating rules specify that the forward pantograph is to be used whenever possible, to avoid grit and sparks from the carbons dirtying up and possibly damaging the driving trailer's windscreen.
  18. NGT6 1315
    Evening all!
     
    Weather turned out to be, well, perhaps not great, but fair enough for me to head out and have a look at the two new light rail lines in Frankfurt which were put in service today. These would be the U8 and U9 lines – both lines being served by the Heddernheim depot and thus belonging to the so-called "A" route operationally. U8 provides a connection from the southern terminus of the "A" route at Southern Station to the new borough of Riedberg in the northwest of the city, while U9 is the first tangential line in the network, avoiding the trunk section of the "A" route altogether and running between the northwestern boroughs of Ginnheim and Nieder-Eschbach via Riedberg. For the sake of simplicity, I'll just refer you to this network plan by the regional public transport authority, RMV: Click.
     
    Regular readers on here might remember my two-part feature about an excursion through the light rail network which I'd been on in March this year and where I also outlined a bit of the light rail network's history: Click and click.
     
    However, before I headed up to Riedberg I first snapped one of the new trains on the regional railway line from Frankfurt to Siegen, the franchise of which has been won by private operator Hessische Landesbahn (HLB), and which took over operations on this line today...
     
     

     
    Much as is the case with VIAS on the Frankfurt-Koblenz line via Wiesbaden and along the East Rhine Railway, HLB chose to procure Stadler FLIRT type EMUs for this line. Six of these are five-segment class 429 sets, which are augmented by three three-segment class 427 sets. This here was a double unit of 429 042 and 046, working the HLB24962 service to Gießen and Siegen. The unit seen in this image is 429 042, which was to work only the section to Gießen, where the train would be split – only the second unit then working the remainder of the line to Siegen.
     
     
     
    After this, I made my way for the new light rail lines...
     
     
     

     
    I first caught a U3 service, headed for Oberursel Hohemark, and got off at Niederursel, immediately before the junction where the Riedberg line branches off. Just a few minutes later, I then snapped an U8 service – 08-05, to be exact, as indicated by the formation number in the lower right corner of the windscreen. The German term for this actually is "Kursnummer", which I assume could also be translated plainly as "course number", but of which I am not completely sure whether this quite captures the gist of the term. Thís was a set of three U5 type LRVs built by Bombardier, headed by car 647.
     
     
     

     
    Having ridden up to Riedberg on the following U9 service, I then captured the same set from the previous photo after emerging from the turnback area further down the line beyond the platforms of the Riedberg stop – this turnback being used only for the U8 line which terminates at the Riedberg stop. There still is much construction work going on in this borough, but the light rail line is fully operational. There actually are two stops up here – University Campus Riedberg and Riedberg, the former being a few hundred metres behind where I was standing here. The Riedberg Campus is where the natural science departments of Frankfurt University are located.
     
     
     
     

     
    Walking back towards University Campus, I then captured another U8 service headed by U5 type car 640, trundling along the rail line in the centre of Riedbergallee. I can imagine this line to be looking nice in the warm months of the year, what with the inlaid grass on the roadbed and the greenery along both sides!
     
     
     
     

     
    And see: Then a heavenly light shone upon me and this U9 service coming in from Nieder-Eschbach and heading to Ginnheim, consisting of U4 type LRVs and headed by car 526 .
     
     
     
     

     
    The University Campus stop was now immediately behind me when I snapped this U8 service, headed by car 627.
     
     
     
     

     
    I then headed back to Niederursel and successfully attempted to capture a train turning right at the Niederursel junction to Riedberg – this being an U9 service headed by car 506.
     
     
     
     
     

     
    There is a small back road tracing the outline of the line after the Niederursel junction, which I walked up. And what's more: I was lucky to be able to capture a refurbished U4 type LRV working the U9 line. Two cars – 529, which is the one leading this service, and 510 – have been given this refurbishment package already, which consists of a redesigned interior closely resembling that of the U5 type, as well as air conditioning units for the cabs, which are hidden behind the aerodynamic shroud right above the windscreen.
     
     
     
     
    And finally a couple of interesting miscellanies from further down the "A" route – at the Lindenbaum stop, to be exact...
     
     


     
    The "A" route is frequently being discussed due to the fact that there have been numerous accidents of the "one under" kind, to adopt the London Underground jargon – most of these having been attributable to both lack of caution and impatience by pedestrians. Various measures are being discussed to reduce the risk of "passenger action", one of these being seen here – flashing "level crossing" warning signs in the ground which are triggered by approaching trains...
     
     
     

     
    ...and augmented by coloured road coating with "train" pictograms.
     
     
    So, that would be it for today – hope you enjoyed reading!
     
     
  19. NGT6 1315
    ...might be a suitable title for today's entry . I checked out what was going on at Frankfurt Central Station after my course and got lucky in being able to capture the following two services...
     
     
     

     
    Out of the total of 411 class 218 diesel locos which have been built, fifteen have been modified to serve as breakdown assistance locomotives for high speed lines. Nine of these are allocated to the Frankfurt depot, mainly for assistance on the Frankfurt-Cologne HSL, with one but being set aside for assistance service on the suburban network. This here is a pair of these locos: 218 837 and 838, to be precise. I'm not sure if this may just have been a check or driver proficiency ride, or if the locos actually set out on a breakdown assistance service. In any case, the current weather did wreak havoc on both roads and railways across Germany, so either option may be likely.
     
    For towing ICE sets, they have Scharfenberg coupler adapters allocated to them, which need to be hooked onto the UIC couplers.
     
     
     
     

     
    Speaking of traffic disruptions: This TGV POS set coming in from Paris on the TGV 9553 service - I think it was set 4417 - was about twenty minutes late.
  20. NGT6 1315

    railjet!

    By NGT6 1315,

    Hello all!
     
    On my way to the city this morning I was told that an ÖBB railjet formation is currently in Frankfurt for staff training as there will be weekendly railjet services from Frankfurt to Budapest via Stuttgart, Munich and Vienna from December onwards. I then proceeded to take a pair of snapshots across the fence...
     
     
     

     
     
    Zooming in, the locomotive turned out to be 1116 229, which is one of the 2nd batch of 1116s refitted for railjet service. This batch of twenty locos was not given the Swiss equipment package which mainly consists of a 3rd pantograph and the Swiss train protection systems, and is also lacking the aerodynamic shrouding around the transformer.
     
     
     

     
     
     
    The downside to this sighting is that I am now feeling tempted again to get one of these sets in H0 scale...
  21. NGT6 1315
    Afternoon all .
     
    Been lucky again today, as you'll be able to see from the following photos which I took while I was out running a couple of errands .
     
    Coming to the upper level of Frankfurt Central Station, I noticed what was looking like a "Crease" bodied class 110 electric at the head of an IC rake, which is pretty unusual nowadays! Looking more closely, I noticed it actually was 113 268, and thus something even more special...
     
    Back in the 1960s, the Bundesbahn was meaning to revive the famous "Rheingold" and "Rheinpfeil" luxury trains which had originally been introduced in 1928. Of course, it most definitely was to be hauled by what were the Bundesbahn's motive power flagships at the time, namely the class E 10 electrics. However, they were not certified for the 160 kph top speed which the new Rheingold was to have, which was why a special variant of the E 10 was ordered. The first batch comprised six engines which were fitted with newly designed high speed bogies by Henschel, and delivered in 1962 and 1963. Two additional batches followed in 1963/64 and 1968; however, only the 2nd batch was fitted with Henschel bogies as well, while the 3rd was given slightly modified standard production bogies. The new engines were designated as the E 10.12 subseries, or class 112 from 1968 onwards.
     
    In the second half of the 1980s, the 3rd batch 112s with modified production bogies were found to suffer from excessive wear around the bogies and gearboxes, as the bogies were apparently not really suitable for prolonged 160 kph operation after all. These engines were thus restricted to 140 kph, and redesignated as class 114 in 1988. After German reunification, the former East German class 212 electrics then were to be redesignated as class 112, for which reason the original Bundesbahn 112s were in turn redesignated as class 113.
     
    In the early 90s, the remaining 113s were then found to be suffering from material fatigue as well, and restricted to 120 kph. This of course made them unsuitable for IC services, and led to them being reallocated from Hamburg to Munich, where they then worked semi-fast and stopping services on the Mittenwald Railway. Meanwhile, the condition of the 114s had continued to deteriorate, resulting in them first being restricted to 120 kph and then their complete withdrawal when it was found the speed restriction did not help.
     
    However, the 113s were to have a better fate, as it was decided to replace the faulty components and have them re-certified for 160 kph to avoid a shortage of motive power. Today, the remaining 113s have been allocated to DB AutoZug, who mainly use them on sleeper and Motorail services, as well as reserve units for replacement IC services.
     
     

     
    However, let's first start with an appetizer, right? Here, diesel shunter 363 679 is moving in to remove the coaches from 113 268, with the now-disused old signal box for Frankfurt Central Station in the background. Is it just me or wouldn't this building make for a good place to live - for a railfan at least?
     
     
     
     

     
    Currently, those platform canopies which have not been rebuilt yet are, in fact, being replaced at long last! Kind of amazing that I should live to see this happen...
     
     
     
     

     
    And here she is, shunting out for her well-earned rest B) . The Henschel bogies can be most easily recognized from the secondary suspension springs.
     
     
    And a few detail shots:
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     

     
    She's had her last overhaul completed on 29 July 2008 at the Rummelsburg works (abbreviated as BRGB) in Berlin, according to these inscriptions. The inscription for the handbrake weights (2x 12 tonnes) actually are a recent addition - interesting that even older engines like the 110 or 111 should be given them.
     
     
     
    Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed these photos!
  22. NGT6 1315
    Afternoon all!
     
    Been feeling a bit nauseous this morning, so I felt I might make some use of the pleasant weather we're having and go outside to get some fresh air after my course. I'd been planning to check out the newly built light rail line to the Riedberg quarter in the northwestern part of Frankfurt for some time now, so I headed there and took my camera with me. This route will open for scheduled service on 12 December and driver familiarization rides were planned to begin today. It will be served by two lines - U8 from Southern Station to Riedberg and U9 from Ginnheim to Nieder-Eschbach via Riedberg.
     
     

     
    Looking along Riedbergallee to the northeast - there still is much construction work going on here, both on the rail line and in the living quarter as a whole. There also is one of the university's campuses up here, which is dedicated to physics and other branches of science.
     
     
     

     
    A single U5 type LRV - car 604, to be exact - was performing a press special/route learning service on the new line, having been given a special promotional livery for the new Riedberg line and living quarter on this occasion. Of course, Murphy's law struck in that the infamous "photo cloud" came and said hello as well...
     
     
     

    Looking the other way - the Riedberg line continuing into the background and connecting to the U3 line a few kilometres away.
     
     
     

     
    A few impressions of a newly born borough which is still growing up...
     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     
     

     
     

     
     
     
    I then headed over to the U3 line to try and snap another few photos.
     
     
     
     

     
    A few hundred metres before the Niederursel stop, a double unit of U4 type LRVs is coming down from Hohemark Station in Oberursel - the Taunus Mountains can be seen in the background.
     
     
     
     

     
    ...while another set was heading the opposite way.
     
     
     

     
    This is the junction where the Riedberg line branches off to the right.
     
     
     
     

     
    This sign says, "Caution - overhead line energized with 700 V."
     
     
     

    And another U3 service is heading up to Hohemark in the afternoon sun.
     
     
     

     
    This is a neutral OHLE section, called a "Trennstelle" in German .
     
     
     

     
    Panoramic view in the fields between Oberursel and Frankfurt .
     
     
     
    And that would be it for this time!
  23. NGT6 1315

    Goods Galore

    By NGT6 1315,

    Afternoon all!
     
    I'm back a little earlier today as it's raining rather heavily and because I did get slightly wet on my way home . The forecast says much the same for tomorrow, so I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make another photo trip.
     
    But anyway: I went back to Leutzsch once again, hoping I might snap a couple of goods trains coming from the Leipzig Goods Belt which merges into the Leipzig-Großkorbetha Railway just outside the station. I also captured a couple of impressions of the station itself which I should like to add in - perhaps to illustrate the long death of a bygone era which I think the station represents rather well.
     
     

     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     

     
    The first train I snapped was suburban service S 9533 on the S1 line bound for Leipzig Central Station, headed by 143 056. There were several delays on this route today, though I do not know why. Might have had to do with the weather as there also were a few short periods of thunder.
     
     
     

     
     
     
     

     
    Meanwhile, 143 020 was working the RB26721 stopping service to Weißenfels.
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     

     
    155 229 then came from the Goods Belt and headed west.
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     

     
    MRCE Dispolok engine 189 207 (ES 64 F4-207) is currently hired to Polish goods operator CTL Logistics and works for their German branch - mainly on fuel trains like this one, if memory serves. It is a VO-configured engine, meaning it is equipped and certified for Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. The pantograph arrangement on the VO variant is as follows: 1,450 mm AC / 1,950 mm Dutch DC / 1,950 mm Polish DC / 1,950 mm AC - which is why the engine is operating with the rearmost pan up, the forward one being too narrow for the German OHLE.
     
     
     
     

     
    These here were two ex-DR V100 type diesel-hydraulics, now owned by private TOC D&D. They currently have five of these engines - 1702 having been known as 110 602 while in Reichsbahn service.
     
     
     
     

     
    And the last train I snapped today was 155 238 .
  24. NGT6 1315
    ...might be a suitable title for tonight's round of photos . My plan for today was to first have a look at the tram terminus at Knautkleeberg on the far southern outskirts of the city, which has been extensively rebuilt. Back in spring 2009 there still was a reversing wye down there, which has now been replaced by a generous reversing loop around the completely redesigned square in front of Knauthain Station.
     
     
     

     
    Between 7.45 am and 1:09 pm the 3 line is cut back to Gerhard-Ellrodt-Straße and designated as line 3E, with the remaining section to Knautkleeberg being worked only by the 13 line during that time. During the remaining hours, however, both lines are combined on this section, actually switching back and forth between either line upon arrival at Knautkleeberg - meaning that a line 3 service switches to the 13 line and vice-versa. There also are two single-tracked sections between Gerhard-Ellrodt-Straße and Knautkleeberg, and this Tatra "Großzug", headed by car 2126, is just entering the first of these in this image. Almost all T4D-M cars remaining in the LVB inventory have been thoroughly refurbished during the 1990s, though not all have been given the full package - some cars lacking the driver cabin air conditioning unit and retaining the original rotating auxiliary converter, which has been replaced by a static one on the fully refurbished cars. Usually, any Tatra set comprising two motor cars will have one fully refurbished car in the lead, with the second motor car being one of the partially refurbished units. One interesting item about these cars is that they are fitted with conducting couplers, meaning that the second motor car is fed power from the leading one, and thus does not need to raise its pantograph. The third car in this formation is a NB4 type low floor trailer built by Bombardier.
     
     
     

    I do think the newly designed square outside Knauthain Station looks quite neat, with parking spaces for both cars and bikes being available. The tram arrives to the left and then loops around the square in the background, with the boarding platform being to the right. Buses, however, loop around the square right to left, with their boarding position being right next to the arrival track. You can see the tram I rode down on in the background.
     
     
     

     
    The station building, on the other hand, is in rather poor shape, which also has to do with the dubious-looking graffiti on the façade . However, there appears to be a flat on the 1st floor.
     
     
     

     
    And another line 13 service, headed by car 2120, on the last metres before the terminus, travelling down in the centre of Dieskaustraße on the second single tracked section.
     
     
    After this I decided to head to Leutzsch Station once again, requiring me to head back to Central Station and then catch a S1 line suburban train.
     
     
     

    There currently is some construction work going on here, related to the installation of an electronic signal box (or ESTW for "Elektronisches Stellwerk", as we call it in German). However, the station as a whole still looks just as decrepit as ever . Therefore, this class 411 tilting ICE set (well, they actually are not tilting at this time due to that well-published issue with the wheelsets) constituted a rather stark contrast as it sped through. Unfortunately, I forgot to write down either its number or name.
     
     
     

     
    Several minutes later, DB Schenker engine 185 166 came from the Leipzig Goods Belt, which is a set of lines looping around the north and parts of the south of the city and serve to connect the Engelsdorf marshalling yard with the various mainlines radiating from Leipzig. With only six wagons, she but did not exactly have a daunting load to haul!
     
     
     

     
    This here might be something for Rich aka Taigatrommel, considering how we recently discussed double deck coaches on here . This would be a DABbuzfa 760 series driving trailer based on the Reichsbahn-designed double deckers, seen here at the head of the RB26723 stopping service to Weißenfels - pushed by a 143, of course .
     
     
     

     
    However, I was getting quite hungry now, and thus decided to head back to the city centre and get something to eat. So, the last shot for today shows Tatra car 2109 and a B4D trailer on the 8 line to Miltitz at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz with the MDR office tower in the background - MDR being the public TV and radio broadcaster for the states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
     
     
    So much for today, then - good night .
  25. NGT6 1315
    Hi again ...
     
    Well, the title says just about all: My photo session today took place mostly in the rain - however, as it was fairly warm it was not actually unpleasant. Today I decided to head over to Engelsdorf - this station being located close to the marshalling yard of the same name. So, here's what I got...
     
     
     
     

     
    This here was VT 020 or 650 552, another "RegioShuttle" DMU owned by Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn, seen here working the MRB88293 service to Eilenburg Ost...
     
     
     

     
    ...followed by a class 643 "Talent" DMU from the same operator on the MRB88065 service to Wurzen.
     
     
     

     
    The tracks belonging to the marshalling yard are located south of the station. Here, diesel shunter 290 525 is moving around on shunting duty.
     
     
     

     
    The next passenger service to come along was RB26577 from Meißen to Leipzig Central, worked by 642 045, a Siemens Desiro Classic type DMU.
     
     
     

     
    The rain had begun to fall in the meantime, and then ITL engine 185-CL 002 - still wearing the old Connex base colours - came along with a very short container service.
     
     

     
    After that, another MRB class 643 "Talent" DMU came along, this time working the MRB88064 service from Wurzen to Leipzig Central.
     
     
     

     
    And after all those units, another "proper" train came along ...this one being RE 17461 to Dresden Central Station, headed by engine 143 205.
     
    I then felt the need for a cup of coffee and walked back to the tram terminus at Sommerfeld, catching a line 13 service to Central Station and then walking up to Augustusplatz...
     
     
     

     
    ...finally snapping NGT8 car 1133 "Christian Thomasius" with full body advertisement for the "Deutsche BKK" health insurance on Goethestraße, working the 4E line to Riebeckstraße/Stötteritzer Straße. The Leipzig Opera is only a few metres to the right.
     
     
    Hope you enjoyed this little set of images!
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