News to 28th February 2010 (posted on 2nd March 2010)
Germany
An
act of sabotage has caused Eur100000 worth of damage to 5 of the new delivered
Flirt sets at both Freilassing and Berchtesgaden which will delay their expected
launch (militant class 185 fans?).
On
the 20th February EGP’s 212024 was called into action, it was noted assisting
‘Taurus’ electric ES64U2002 into Lippstadt (Soest) around 13:50 with a cement
train from Geseke. (see picture below)
A
couple of hours in Faurndau on the 21st was rewarded when at 14:42 152042+152060
passed with a mixed freight heading for Ulm, followed at 14:44 by 101032 running
light engine towards Stuttgart, then at 15:31 came 218196+218456 powering IC2013
the 04:37 Leipzig to Oberstdorf followed at 15:36 by 185197 with another mixed
freight heading for Ulm, next came 101045 topping EC114 the 08:43 Klagenfurt to
Dortmund at 15:41, the at 16:12 HGK 185606+185631+DH701 headed an oil train
towards Stuttgart and finally at 16:39, 146217 passed with RE19232 heading
between Donauwörth and Mosbach-Neckarelz. Also on the 21st, and has it has a
habit of doing, the Sundays only, IC1809 the 14:58 Rostock Hbf to Köln Hbf
produced a class 110, on this day 110243 performed the duty. On to the 22nd,
232571 was pressed into passenger action, heading RB16237 the 05:45 Weimar to
Altenburg through Göschwitz (Saale) at 06:10. Also on this day MEG112 (Ex DB
298052), wearing it’s new yellow and red livery, departed Stendal about 14:30 to
take up duties with it’s new company. On to the 25th and 232255 was seen at
Altenburg on RE3626 the 08:14 to Erfurt. A ‘colourful’ day was experienced at
Hannover on the 26th, first came red, white & blue liveried 101070 with IC2279
the 05:27 Stralsund to Karlsruhe, then blue liveried 120151 on IC2860 the 08:40
Berlin Ostbanhof to Cologne, followed by silver & blue 101144 with IC2246 the
08:40 Leipzig to Munich, then came blue liveried 101101 with IC2371 the 10:20
Hamburg Hbf to Konstanz and finally black liveried ES64U2061 topping IC1872 the
12:17 Frankfurt Main Hbf to Hamburg Altona.
Belgium
A
look at the Brussels to Amsterdam services on the 22nd February saw (in order of
arrival / departure at Brussels) 2839 (186231) heading IC9205 the 07:15 Brussels
Midi to Amsterdam CS, 2832 (186224) on IC9209 the 08:13 Brussels Midi to
Amsterdam CS, 2802 (186124) with IC9213 the 09:18 Brussels Midi to Amsterdam CS,
2836 (186228) heading IC9217 the 10:18 Brussels Midi to Amsterdam CS, 2838
(186230) powering IC9220 the 07:54 Amsterdam CS to Brussels Midi, 2801 (186123)
topping IC9221 the 11:18 Brussels Midi to Amsterdam CS, E186120 leading IC9228
the 09:54 Amsterdam CS to Brussels Midi, E186119 with IC9229 the 13:18 Brussels
Midi to Amsterdam CS and 1190 on IC9232 the 10:54 Amsterdam CS to Brussels Midi.
Morning peak services noted on the same day included 2353 on P7012 the 06:15
Gent St Pieters to Schaarbeek, 2329 with P7305 the 06:18 Hasselt to Brussels
Midi, 2348 topping P7312 the 06:20 Hasselt to Brussels Midi, 1360 leading IC2129
the 06:20 Luxembourg to Brussels Midi, 1334 heading P7402 the 06:43 Welkenraedt
to Brussels Midi, 2330 hauling P7092 the 06:45 Dendermonde to Brussels Midi,
2310 & 2343 top ‘n’ tail with P7724 the 07:00 Chatelet to Schaarbeek, 2312
leading P7307 the 07:17 Hasselt to Brussels Midi, 2354 on P7308 the 07:35
Zottegem to Brussels Midi and 1359 powering IC2108 the 08:33 Brussels Midi to
Luxembourg.
Switzerland
A
dip into the RhB on Monday 22nd February found the following locomotives (in
number order) at work, 601 train 1941 the 13:34 Scoul-Tarasp to Pontresina, 604
train 1944 the 13:02 Pontresina to Scoul-Tarasp, 605 train 814 the 09:32 Davos
Platz to Klosters Dorf, 606 train 815 08:52 Landuart to Davos Platz, 613 RE1220
the 07:38 Scuol-Tarasp to Disentis/Muster, 615 RE1032 the 11:02 Davos Platz to
Chur, 616 RE1225 the 06:45 Disentis/Muster to Scuol-Tarasp, 618 train 1936 the
12:34 Scoull-Tarasp to Pontresina, 619 RE1240 the 12:40 Scuol-Tarasp to Disentis/Muster,
621 RE1224 the 08:40 Scuol-Tarasp to Disentis/Muster, 622 RE1253 the 13:45
Disentis/Muster to Scuol-Tarasp, 626 train 1460 the 17:48 - Arosa to Chur, 627
train 1461 the 18:08 Chur to Arosa, 629 RE1236 the 11:40 Scuol-Tarasp to
Disentis/Muster, 630 RE1037 the 11:47 Landquart to Davos Platz, 631 RE1237 the
09:45 Disentis/Muster to Scuol-Tarasp, 642 RE1161 the 17:58 Chur to St Moritz,
648 train 831 the 08:47 Landquart to Davos Platz, 649 RE1024 the 09:02 Davos
Platz to Chur and 652 RE1241 the 11:45 Disentis/Muster to Scuol-Tarasp. On the
23rd 425181 worked RE3115 the 09:08 Interlaken Ost to Zweisimmen. Sighting from
Tuesday 23rd included 11144 on RE3803 the 06:03 St Gallen to Chur, 11201 did
RE3820 the 08:22 Chur to St Gallen, 11212 headed EC163 the 08:40 Zurich Hbf to
Wien Westbf (To Buchs SG), 11109 leading RE3809 the 09:03 St Gallen to Chur,
11226 hauling RE3822 the 09:22 St Gallen to Chur, 11200 topping EC6 the 11:16
Chur to Hamburg Altona to Zurich Hbf, where it gave way to 11215, 11111 on
IR2024 the 12:58 Zurich Hbf to Bern (Ertzzug), 11140 powering R4787 the 17:07
Brig to Domodossola and 11118 leading EN464 the 22:28 Graz Hbf to Zurich Hbf
(From Buchs SG) with 11138 ‘dead in transit’. On the 24th 421390 worked EC191
the 07:16 Zürich HB to München Hbf, 11294 did IR2155 the 08:16 Bellinzona to
Locarno and was seen again later with IR2178 the 11:45 Locarno to Basel SBB
(from Luzern), 421374 did EC193 the 09:16 Zürich HB to München Hbf and
11212+11278 worked IR2192 the 17:45 Locarno to Basel SBB (from Luzern)
Austria
Two of the recently ‘switched off’ class 1014 electrics have found employment
recently, 1014003+1014014 have, from the 9th February, been touring the system
with a gauging train, being noted in several places. Some of the rest are not so
lucky however and have been moved to a non-electrified sidings close to Vienna
South station. The locos, (in order)
1014005+1014013+1014016+1014007+1014011+1014004+1014002, are totally in the open
and unprotected and already attracting the attention of the local graffiti
artists!
France
The
second weekend of the ski season produced further additional services. Those
seen are as follows 67408+67558 on train 5791 the 19:22 Paris Austerlitz to
Briançon from Valence, 67482+67475 on train 5793 the 20:21 Paris Austerlitz to
Briançon again from Valence, 67480+67358 on train 5799 the 22:05 Paris
Austerlitz to Briançon, this should have been between Valence and Briançon but
67480 failed between L'Argentière and Briançon. 67358 propelled back to
L'Argentière and was assisted to Briançon by 67320+67370, 67544+67506 heading
train 5897 the 21:36 Paris Austerlitz to Briançon, from Valence, 67402+67504
powering train 15893 the 22:30 Paris Austerlitz to Briançon Valence to Gap,
where 67504 failed and was replaced by 67330 for the remainder of the run to
Briançon and 67492+67361 did 5899 the 23:35 Paris Austerlitz to Briançon, again
from Valence.
Portugal
CP
have signed an agreement with RENFE for the 5 year hire of 17 class 592 regional
3-car DMUs, with 10 to be introduced this year and the remaining 7 next year. 6
will have a full overhaul before being sent to Porto for driver and fitter
training, as well as Convel and radio solo fitting, presumably. No indication of
what the overhaul work will include (repainting in CP livery for example) or
where the units will be deployed
Poland
Approximately 20Km from the German boarder city of Frankfurt (Oder) is Rzepin
and an hour on the station between 13:00 and 14:00 on the 22nd February found,
at 13:05, STK 112115 heading into Poland with containers, diesel SU45246 heading
towards Germany light at 13:10, closely followed, at 13:16, by diesel SU45064
heading RB5832 the 10:45 Pozan GL to Frankfurt (Oder) and finally at 13:55 PKP
cargo electric EU43005 passed, heading further into Poland with an empty car
train.
Luxembourg
Diesel 1604 returned home on Sunday the 21st February after completion of her
overhaul in Hagen. Also on the 21st electric 4010 was seen passing Köln West at
13:50 with a steel train, you don’t get these this far into Germany too often!
(see below)
News to 21st February 2010 (posted on 24th February 2010)
Germany
As predicted 218214 was put into store on the 13th
February, 218311 has replaced 218190 as snow lok at Bestwig and
218217 is presently to enter preservation and will be moved to the museum at
Koblenz Lutzel where she will be restored to her old TEE livery. Ex CityBahn lok
218137 is also to go to the same museum, though she is to remain in
traffic at Trier until her ticket expires.
Sightings from the 14th included 110284 heading
IC2046 the 08:40 Leipzig to Köln, 182517 topping IC2682 the 11:54 Hamm to
Bonn with 182501 ‘dead’ on the rear and 182572 powering IC1808 the
15:39 Köln to Westerland. Moving on two days, the 16th produced
115278 working RE30008 the 06:23 Freilassing to München Hbf, 120105
heading IC2152 the 08:31 Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Eurfurt, 101008 topping
IC2870 the 08:54 Dresden Hbf to Frankfurt, 110410 leading RB15220 the
14:11 Aschaffenburg to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf and 110431 powering RB15792
the 19:01 Frankfurt(Main) Hbf to Geißen. BUT it looks like 140024 worked
R32557 the 06:32 from Landshut in to München Hbf which, if confirmed, is a
massive working! On the 17th fresh from it’s recent overhaul diesel
233511 arrived at Spreewitz at the head of train 61647 the 09:37 (16/02)
from Königs Wusterhausen.
On the 18th, during a session photographing freight
around Leipzig West a ‘lok train’ headed by V1002209 (Ex DB 212009)
passed hauling Wismut operated diesels (in order) V300001 (Ex DB 232404) +
V300003 (Ex DB 232684) + V300002 (Ex DB232405) + V300004 (Ex DB 232429), the
whole lot being captured on camera (see below).
Also on the 18th IC2354 the 14:30 Berlin Gesundbrunnen
to Dortmund departed behind 120111 (top) and 101034 (tail). On to
the 19th and MRCE electrics noted in action were 182526 with
IC60419 the 04:35 Stuttgart to München, 182536 on IC1884 the 11:02 Passau
to Hamburg Altona, 182501+182517 heading IC2862 the 11:54 Hamm to Bonn,
182561 leading IC1872 the 12:17 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Hamburg Altona,
182572 topping IC1807 the 12:56 Flensburg to Köln and 182530
powering IC2246 the 18:58 Stuttgart to München. Also on this day 101034
was noted heading IC2355 the 06:42 Dortmund to Ostseebad Binz, loosing the
assistance of 120111 which it assisted with the previous days IC2354 and
a session at Hohen-Neuendorf West (on the Berlin freight bypass line) produced
an abundance of interesting traction, first, at 15:54, came 202484+202327
heading oil tanks towards Henningsdorf, this was followed, at 16:19, by
ES64U2002+212024 heading in the same direction with cement wagons and, at
16:36, came ITL operated 185548 with another oil train again heading
towards Henningsdorf. Two class 110 electrics noted out on Sunday the 21st
were 110431 on RE4513 the 10:08 Fulda to Frankfurt Hbf and 110441
with RB15456 the 12:21 Heidelberg Hbf to Frankfurt Hbf.
Belgium
The recent fatal collision, so adequately covered on all the news
channels this week, involved IC1707 the 07:13 Quiévrain to Liège Guillemens,
pushed along by 2111 and IC3678 the 07:23 Leuven to Braine-le-Comte
consisting of EMU’s 214+641+705+736. As can be seen from the news
pictures 214 is considerably damaged as is the DVT on 2111s set.
Switzerland
On the 15th February 421374 worked EC191 the
07:16 Zürich to München and 421372 did EC193 the 09:16 Zürich to München.
Austria
On the 16th February 2068017 was noted heading
‘pick up goods’ train 75585 out of Zollfeld heading for nearby St.Veit a.d.Glan around
midday. Same day one of
OBB’s ‘old timers’ stretched it’s legs when 1042007 was noted heading an
unidentified freight in
St.Veit a.d.Glan West,
then, the following day, it was seen headed freight train G55054 from Villach to
Vienna, it is pictured below passing Kärnten on the 17th heading the
afore mentioned freight.
Noted in action on the 19th February were
1016001+1116085 heading OEC564 the 11:20 Wien West to Bregenz,
1016029+1016010 powering OEC566 the 13:20 Wien West to Bregenz, 1144247
with IC518 the 13:38 Graz Hbf to Innsbruck Hbf and 1216007 topping IC749
the 21:07 Innsbruck Hbf to Salzburg Hbf.
France
On the 15th Fret allocated 67598 worked the
17:18 Amiens to St Quentin, returning with the 18:41 St Quentin to Amiens. The
annual ski trains to Briançon continue to produce work for the class 674XX
diesels with the 19th producing 67405+67431 on train 5791 the
19:22 Paris Austerlitz to Briançon from Valence, unfortunately they failed at
Livron and after a delay of over two hours were replaced by 67475+67427,
67316+67365 with train 5893 the 19:37 Paris Austerlitz to Briançon, from
Valence, 67358+67360 heading train 5793 the 20:21 Paris Austerlitz to
Briançon, from Valence, 67408+67435 hauling train 5799 the 22:05 Paris
Austerlitz to Briançon, also from Valence, 67485+67492 (both Fret
allocated) heading train 5897 the 21:36 Paris Austerlitz to Gap again from
Valence, 67503+67527 (both Fret) topping train 15893 the 22:30 Paris
Austerlitz to Briançon once again from Valence and finally 67465+67535
(again both Fret and again from Valence) on train 5899 the 23:35 Paris
Austerlitz to Briançon.
Luxembourg
On the 18th February 4016 worked IC337 the
14:24 Luxembourg to Emdenas far as Trier topping a dead DB181215,
however it must have been only a minor problem as 181215 worked forward
to Koblenz, arriving at 16:35 and the back to Luxembourg on IC332 the 11:36
Norddeich Mole to Luxembourg, which departed Koblez at 17:23.
Holland
Noted heading through Utrecht Central station on the 15th
was 1615 hauling just one coach, forming train 60038 from Venlo to
Amersfoot.
Portugal
The recent return to traffic of 1450, with an overhaul
date of January 2010 prompted a survey of the remaining members of the class the
findings suggest that there are 8 allocated to Carga at Contumil, namely
1404/12/22/31/35/37/44/66, 8 allocated to Carga at Entroncamento namely
1408/29/47/55/61/62/63/65 and 5 at Poceirao 1411/15/28/50/56
additionally stored, or withdrawn are 1402 (Collision) 1406
(Collision) 1414 (stopped 03/06) 1416 (collision) 1419
(stopped 03/06) 1424 (stopped 10/09) 1426/32/36/38/54 (sold to
Argentina) 1434 (stripped) 1446 (stopped 12/08) 1451
(stopped 02/03) 1452 (collision) 1453 (stopped 02/04) 1458
(collision) 1459/60 (stripped). A few notes on the above are:
1404/12/37/50/66 now have LED lights, 1404 retains vacuum pipes at
each end after its recent overhaul (whether the vacuum is serviceable, who
knows?) and 1434 (stripped at Barreiro) has a bent frame caused by the
collision at Vilar Formoso that gave 1416 its droopy nose.
News to 7th February 2010 (posted on 16th February 2010)
Germany
Saturday 6th February saw silver liveried 101144
arrive at Bitterfeld on time heading IC2353 the 06:59 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to
Stralsund, hauling just load 5, the same train on Sunday the 7th
employed 101141, this time with load 7. Also noted on the 6th
were 218455 which did the 07:48 Hanover to Goslar, 218452 which
worked the 08:59 Goslar to Hanover, 111158 headed the 16:25
Moenchengladbach to Venlo, 143611 did the 18:54 S8 Moenchengladbach to
Düsseldorf and 120132 worked CNL40447 the 22:02 Düsseldorf to Flensburg
06:36 to Hanover where 120118 took over. While on Sunday, 143557
did the 07:10 Flensburg to Juebeck, 112180 headed the 13:10 Elmshorn to
Neumuenster, 112149 worked the 13:42 Neumuenster to Wrist, 112153
hauled the 14:02 Wrist to Kiel and 112142 turned out for the 17:10
Luebeck to Hamburg. Same day Westerland held
218313/314/341/344/359/363/371/372/381/385/386/397 and car train DGS 93198
from Guben to Aachen West, was noted passing Lippstadt at 12:02 headed by RAN
operated 185574, not unusual in it’s self, but for some reason diesel
shunter V60001 was attached to the rear! Aachen was the place to be on
the 8th February for class 110 electrics with four arriving during
the evening namely RE11592 the 15:30 ex Dusseldorf (arriving at 16:56) with
110373 at it’s head, RE11596, the 17:30 ex Dusseldorf came next at 18:56
headed by 110497, then RE11598 the 18:44 ex Dusseldorf arrived at 20:13
hauled by 110494 and finally RE10432 the 19:09 ex Dortmund arrived at
21:45 powered by 110457. Moving on to the 9th now and passing
Althegnenberg in quick succession were 101101 leading EC319 the 12:20
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Graz and 101047 hauling IC2206 the 15:29 München
Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf. The following day 218333+218399 were moved from
Magdeburg-Buckau to Lübeck to help out in the current DMU crisis. On the 12th
February 203117(ex DB202486)+203119(ex DB 202716) were noted passing
Alberthafen, Dresden with a coal train just after midday.
Belgium
A visit to the preservation site at Raeren on Sunday 7th
February found the place locked but SNCB electric 1803, diesel 5178
8051 9108/26 (+1 unidentified) and NS diesel 2424 (+1 unidentified)
were all visible outside (see picture below).
The Brussels morning peak on the 8th February produced
2354 on P7351 the 06:14 Landen to Brussels Midi, 2303 with P7312
the 06:20 Hasselt to Brussels Zuid, 2359 heading P7741 the 06:41 Binche
to Schaarbeek, 2320 hauling P7092 the 06:46 Dendermonde to Brussels Zuid,
2341+2319 topping P7724 the 07:00 Châtelet to Shaarbeek, 2321
leading P7514 the 07:04 Tournai to Schaarbeek, 2323 with P7094 the 07:15
Dendermonde to Brussels Zuid, 2313 powering P7010 the 07:19 St. Niklaas
to Schaarbeek and 2312 on P7308 the 07:35 Tongeren to Brussels Midi with
2368 ‘dead’ on the rear.
Switzerland
Electric 420510 (ex 11104), only withdrawn at the
end of last year, has been sent for scrap. I think this is the first member of
the class to be sent for scrap other than for accident damage, it was towed to
the site of the company Schnyder AG, Emmen on the 4th February.
Austria
Noted in Vienna over the weekend of 6th – 7th
February were two ex DB electrification units, carrying the UIC numbers
99801701038-5 (Ex DB 701038) and 99801701157-3 (Ex DB
701157) these were on their way from Wiesbaden, in Germany, to Turkey. On
the 9th February EC112 the 10:31 Klagenfurt to Siegen departed behind
1016021 with 1016038 bringing up the rear. Also on the 9th1116250 was noted passing Kalsdorf at around 15:10 heading towards Graz
hauling freight in the path of train TEC43932. Another of the special liveried
OBB electrics, this time 1116007, in ‘SOS Kinderdorf’ was noted passing
through Regensburg heading Audi car train 47120 between Wels (Austria) and
Nuremburg (Germany) on the 10th February (see picture below).
On the 11th February 1116003 departed St. Veit
an der Glan on time at 18:10 heading EC103 the 06:33 Warszawa Wschodnia to
Villach Hbf.
France
In early February Thionville's 16762 at last succumbed to
the inevitability of her fate, this leaves Lens as sole operating depot for
16500 with 22 still in service on TER services in Nord-Pas-de Calais and
Picardie.
Italy
The boarder (with Austria) station of Tarvisio Bescoverde sees an
interesting overnight loco change, this was observed in the early hours of the 8th
February when electric E402022 arrived at 00:05 with EN236 the 21:05
Venezia St Lucia to Wein Westbahnhof, giving way to OBB 1116029 then
waiting until OBB 1044059 arrived at 00:29 with EN235 the 19:30 Wein
Meidling to Roma Termini and taking charge of that train.
News to 7th February 2010 (posted on 9th February 2010)
Germany
Confirmed electric stock changes for January are: withdrawn,
110322/380 115302/323/327/331/355 140809/854143054/063/197/325/587/916
151121/162 155228 Reinstated, 140808/831/855 185042/045/046/048/049
note 143063/916 were reinstated early in January, they are now Z status
again hence them only appearing in the withdrawn list.
On the last day of January DSO reported that IC1919 the 13:38
Leipzig to Köln was worked by 120118, IC1818 the 13:39 Köln to Hamburg
had 110325 at the helm, IC2880 the 13:54 Hamm to Köln was powered by
110210 and IC1808 the 15:39 Köln to Westerland employed MRCE 182572.
Good news for a change was the sighting of 233127 at Berlin Seddin on the
2nd February, freshly overhauled and carrying 02/02/10 as it’s
overhaul date! On the 3rd February 233264 was noted leaving
Cruxhaven around noon, heading a cat train bound for Hamburg (Unterelbe). An
interesting working from the 4th February found 218832 heading
RE14322 the 05:40 Bad Harzburg to Hannover. Moving on to the 4th
February, highlights were 110373 on RE11594 the 16:44 Düsseldorf to
Aachen Hbf, 218832 powering RE14316 the 20:45 Bad Harzburg to Hannover
Hbf and 218452 with RE14317 the 21:48 Hannover Hbf to Goslar. More ‘run
of the mill’ were the sightings of 101128 heading IC2212 the 06:06
Koblenz to Ostseebad and 101129 with IC2377 the 12:29 Ostseebad Binz to
Karlsruhe. On the 5th IC1807 the 12:56 Flensburg to Köln, departed
Flensburg ‘on time’ headed by MRCE hired ES64U2072. On the 6th
February, due to the un-availability of the booked traction (199158 & 52 8079),
MEG 302 (Ex DB 229173) worked the Berlin Schöneweide to Cranzahl
via Chemnitz railtour throughout.
Belgium
On Monday 1st February 2626+2611 headed IR3937
the 15:41 Louvain-La-Neuve - Université to Binche, 2626 is the 24th
member of the class to have been viewed on these trains, but IR3916 the 16:20,
Binche to Louvain-La-Neuve – Université produced EMU 248+829+826, so 2nd
26 diagram still not producing yet. Other ‘oldies’ & peak hour action from this
day included 2835 on IC9237 the 15:18 Brussels Midi to Amsterdam,
2306 with P8066 the 15:40 Brussels Midi to Gent-Sint-Pieters, 2002
heading P8600 the 15:54 Brussels Midi to Jemelle, 2371 topping P8092 the
16:07 Brussels Midi to Dendermonde, 1190 powering P8969 the 16:12
Brussels Midi to Zottegem, 1359 leading IC2116 the 16:33 Brussels Midi
to Luxembourg, 2365 hauling P8067 the 16:39 Brussels Midi to Denderleeuw,
2312 on P8306 the 17:06 Brussels Midi to Hasselt, 2349 with P8095
the 17:07 Brussel Midi to Dendermonde, 1344 powering P8402 the 17:15
Brussels Midi to Welkenraedt, 2353+2352 (amazingly) on IC2117 1733
Brussel Zuid-Luxembourg and 2368 with P8307 the 17:34 Brussels Midi to
Hasselt. The following day 2329 did P7282 the 06:44 Aarschot to
Noorderdokken and 2344 worked P7283 the 07:44 Aarschot to Noorderdokken.
From the 4th came 2611+2626 on IR3906 the 06:20 Binche to
Louvain-La-Neuve – Université, 2377 with P8280 the 16:12 Antwerp Haven to
Aarschot, 2344 heading P8215 the 16:36 Antwerp Noorderdokken to Aarschot
and 2363 powering P8281 the 17:07 Antwerp Noorderdokken to Aarschot.
Switzerland
Freight locomotives working passenger on the 3rd
February included 421371 heading EC191 the 07:16 Zürich to München Hbf as
far as Lidau, 421389 powering EC193 the 07:16 Zürich to München Hbf, again to
Lidau and 11241+11228 on EN221 the 20:33 Paris-Bercy to Venezia St Lucia,
through Switzerland. Sightings from Thursday the 4th included
11224 on the 06:11 Chiasso to Zurich, 11139 on the 08:16 Chur to
Basel (ex Zurich), 11181 on the 08:47 Basel to Chur (ex Basel), 421371
with the 09:16 Zurich to Munich, 11202 heading the 10:06 Zurich to
Feldkirch (ex Zurich), 11118 did the 10:09 Zurich to Locarno and 11157
worked the 10:47 Basel to Chur (ex Basel). On the 7th Cargo lok
11296 worked RE3807 the 08:03 St Gallen to Chur.
Austria
Rail Cargo Austria is expanding towards the east, not only is it
active in Hungary, recently the company also got safety certificates for running
services in Slovenia, Rumania and Bulgaria. In Bulgaria, RCA will use Taurus
electrics 1116021-1116025. Below is 1116023 pictured shortly after
it’s arrival in Sofia, revenue earning services are expected to start soon.
On the 6th February DB’s 113268 departed on
time with IC1280 the 08:39 Zell am See to München Hbf and it was seen again the
following day leaving the same place with IC1284 the 09:50 Schwarzach St Veit to
Flensburg
France
Some recent stock changes, courtesy of Trains du Sud-Ouest
website, withdrawn 8607 9245 9335 16106 1700725192/256/656 66099/130
67318/577 72061/064 transferred between Activities 67548 TER Auvergne
to Infra, transferred between depots (no change in activity) Lens to Marseille
22203/212 Villeneuve to Avignon 26133 Lens to Thionville
27001/002/003/004/005 Chambéry to Tours St. Pierre 67301/357 Tours
St. Pierre to Bordeaux 6628467421/436 Nevers to Bordeaux 67502
Longueau to Bordeaux 66227 Sotteville to Bordeaux
66199/206/234/237/240
66241/244/245/266/302/310/312
Chalindrey to Dijon 69409/427/433/443/446/447/448/451/452/458/464/475/476,
69483/486/489/499
Chalindrey to Thionville
69410/413/414/415/418/422/424/428/430/431/436/437/438/439/440,
69441/444/454/461/472/477/478/482/484/485/487/490/491/492/493/494/495/505/506
On the 2nd February 9326 did train 872705 the
12:05 Toulouse-Matabiau to Tarbes and 67619 headed train 870059 the 12:05
Carmaux to Toulouse Matabiau. On to the 5th February and
67563+67594 worked train 2015 the 10:07 Paris Nord to Boulogne (from
Amiens), returning with train 2036 the 15:36 Boulogne to Paris Nord (again to
Amiens).
Holland
Noted at Kijfhoek yard on the 4th February were ACTS
operated 1621 & 6705 (pictured below) both awaiting ‘reallocation’,
whatever that means!
