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July 2008 - EUROPEAN NEWS (Robert Brown)
21 July 2008
Belgium
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SBB Cargo electric 482010 passing Hamburg Harburg station on the 14th June 2008 with a train of empty oil wagons from the nearby Maschen yard heading towards the Harbour (Robert Brown) |
Between the depot at Paris Archers and the nearby yard is a line of (scrap) locomotives, which, on the 3rs July, consisted of (in order) 7249 7670 7123 7623 7438 7830 7471 7129 7761 7464 7622 7677 7457 7571 7516 7602 7286 7473 7513 & 63799. On the same day scrap locomotives in Sotteville yard were 67025 67063 Y7415 67072 Y7509 Y7582 72025 Y7584 Y7822 72019 Y7735 Y7823 72073 72156 72071 67020 66034 25604 63122 64022 72036 68012 67323 68504 72006 63906 63151 63783 Y7180 63571 72022 72008 locma 068 Y2443 72044 Y515? 63061 63060 72014 67328 68066
On the 2nd July 67600+67619 were noted at the head of the 17:45 Paris Nord to Laon.
Members of the class see in action on the 1st
July were 72186 on the 12:36 Reims to Dijon, 72139 with the 12:47
Mulhouse to Paris, 72157 heading the 13:13 Paris to Mulhouse, 72140
topping the 16:49 Belfort to Paris, 72130 powering the 18:17 Mulhouse to
Paris, 72121 hauling the 15:09 Paris to Mulhouse, 72180 with the
16:41 Paris to Mulhouse and 72166 on the 18:41 Paris to Mulhouse. The
following day 72157 headed the 07:45 Mulhouse to Paris,
72148 worked the 13:13 Paris to Mulhouse, 72143 handled the 14:43
Troyes to Mulhouse, 72139 hauled the 16:41 Paris to Mulhouse and 72166
powered the 17:09 Paris to Troyes.
Thursday 3rd July found 1935 working the Sines to Alhandra Bio-diesel train which consists of the large blue bogie tanks if anyone sees it.
We are indebted to Charles Cross who went to see the lady in charge of Barreiro works last week, was allowed in and given one of the works managers as a guide. (Just like Crewe then) locos as follows: in main workshop 1912 (refit),1416 (service), 1210 (refirb), 1434 (refit & crash damage),1437 (service), 1973 (rebuild), 1170 (service), 1164 (service). In spray shop 1971 (refirb), 1563 (service), outside 1913 (service), in next shed over traverser 1161 (works shunter), 1946 (engine attention), O371 (used for p-way), 1911 (engine attention), 1552 (crash damage), 1909 (service), 1906 (service), 1162 (service), 1216 (stood ready to go out all painted up to go to Argentina, in top shed were 1213 (OOU), 1225 (OOU), 1214 and 1211 (both going to Argentina), 1459 (DSM), 1460 (DSM), 1203 (DSM), 1155 and 1174 (both for spares), 1065 (museum), 1916 (OOU), 1910 (DSM) ,and 1524 (DSM). Inside the shed, outside was 90-94-200.0013-7 Ferrouias (ex 1214) Stored locos were 1937, 1505, 1055 (museum), 1510, 1111 (sorry state), 1426, 1436 (supposed to have gone to Argentina) 1458, 1941, 1938, 1939, and 1937. He then walked up to Berreiro B station, (there is a siding here with more stored locos in the used to be at Barreiro docks station these are 1802/03/04/05/06/07/08/10, 1402 (crash damage), 1456, 1432, 1209, 1222 and Nohab railcars 0108 and 0112.
Nobody was injured and little damage caused to the train on the 4th July when train 2409 the 07:40 Luzern to Romanshorn, headed by RE 4/4 11139, hit a van at Schmerikon. There are three excellent photos on the SG Canton Police website. (http://www.kapo.sg.ch/news/kapo/2008/07/schmerikon__kollision.Par.0001.DownloadListPar.0001.File.tmp/080704%20VU%20Schmerikon%20001%20Kopie.jpg)
The van driver was concentrating so hard on trying to find an address he drove onto the crossing while the barriers were coming down and stuck on the track but got out of the van before the train hit it and was not hurt but they need a new van!
Turkey
Director-general Süleyman Karaman of Turkiye
Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari (TCDD) the Turkish State Railway) formally
accepted the first of 12 diesel multiple-unit sets from South Korean rolling
stock manufacturer Hyundai Rotem in Seoul on 22nd May 2008. Featuring
air-conditioning, video, radio and internet access, and capable of 140km/h, the
two-coach units are to be used on the routes Ankara to Kirikkale, Adana to
Mersin, Kütahya to Eskisehir and Denizli to Izmir. Funding was arranged with a
loan from the European Investment Bank.
2 July 2008
Germany
After nearly 12 years in store (and some changers of owner) the first of the two locomotives now owned by Redler Servive was taken back into revenue earning service this month. The former 201222, after overhaul in the MaLoWa workshop (Benndorf/Klostermansfeld) painted orange and numbered 11, has started work. Redler Service is (among other things) responsible for the lineside deep drainage and tunnel drainage along the high speed line between Wurzburg and Hanover.
The Havelländi railway AG (hvle) aquired their 5th locomotive in early June, when V160.5 was delivered fresh from Alstrom’s Stendal works. The V100 is the ‘regenerated’ 202816 and this was joined in the middle of June when a sixth modernised locomotive, V160.6, the ex 202831 was added to the fleet.
On the 5th June 298088 left Alstom’s Stendal works and was handed over to MEG. Painted in the house yellow and Red livery and numbered MEG113, it was put to work immediately. It should be followed in a few weeks by 298052, which will become MEG112. The originally planned purchase of 298045 did not however happen, this locomotive still stands at Seddin (Berlin) awaiting it’s fate.
Late news, but 204607 was withdrawn from Saalfeld on the 19th May.
We are grateful to Mr. DL Thompson of Stanmore Crescent, Leeds for the following information on class 110 workings in the Cologne (Koln) area in June.
18/06
110427 RB15539 16:38 Koblenz to Wiesbaden
19/06
110426 RB19273 12:27 Plochingen to Ulm then RB19326 15:37 Ulm to Geislingen
20/06
110470 RB29131 10:07 Dortmund to Soest
110373 RB29181 10:37 Dortmund to Soest
110396 RB29133 11:07 Dortmund to Soest
110415 RB29183 11:37 Dortmund to Soest
110505 RB39022 13:35 Dortmund to Munster
110423 RB39024 14:35 Dortmund to Munster
21/06
110429 RB15521 11:10 Koblenz to Wiesbaden
110436 RB15023 11:55 Koblenz to Frankfurt
110427 RB15031 15:55 Koblenz to Frankfurt
22/06
110377 RE10433 18:13 Aachan to Dortmund (which replaced 111113 and DD stock)
23/06
110497 RE4882 20:26 Betzdoft to Koln
110474 RE9033 19:04 Venlo to Hagen
110497 RE4885 22:23 Koln to Betzdorf
24/06
110363 RE11591 15:30 Dusseldorf to Aachen then RE10433 the 18:13 Aachen to Dortmund
110493 RB20524 16:25 Dusseldorf to Emmerich
110362 RE11595 17:30 Dusseldorf to Aachen
110377 RE11434 20:39 Koln Deutz to Aachen
110497 RE4880 19:26 Betzdorf to Koln
110417 RE4882 20:26 Betzdorf to Koln
Other workings of note were
218193 on RB19297 the 14:53 Geislingen to Ulm and 218439+218496 on IRE4233 the 17:02 Stuttgart to Lindau, both on the 19th.
143025 & 143263 ‘Top ‘n’ Tail’ RB10587 the 22:01 Koln to Koblenz on the 20th and 143164 & 143216 again ‘Top ‘n’ Tail the same train on the 24th
June European News round-up
On Wednesday the 4th IR4016 the 15:55 Liers to Gouvy
produced 5519 and IR4017 the 17:27 Liers to Gouvy employed 5505,
both these duties are currently booked class 15 electric locos, however the
December timetable change will see these handed over to EMU’s leaving the class
15’s with no booked work, get them while you can. The following day observation
from the peak hours services produced (AM) 2347 with P7092 the 04:46
Aarlon to Brussels Zuid, 2005 heading P7600 the 05:58 Jemelle to Brussels
Zuid, 1608 powering P7003 the 06:23 Oostende to Schaarbeek, 2352
topping P7905 the 06:38 Oudenaarde to Schaarbeek, 2379 did P7741 the
06:51 Binche to Schaarbeek, 2315 turned out on P7282 the 06:55 Aarschot
to Antwerp Noorderdokken, 2221 working P7514 the 06:58 Tournai to
Schaarbeek, 2507 with P7010 the 07:17 St Niklaas to Schaarbeek, 1604
heading P7009 the 07:23 Oostende to Schaarbeek, 2004 on EC91 the 07:24
Brussels Midi to Interlaken Ost and 2332 hauling P7074 the 07:26 Aalst to
Brussels Zuid. Into the evening peak, 2213 on P8066 the 15:45 Brussels
Zuid to Gent St. Pieters, 2221 with P8511 the 16:02 Schaarbeek to Tournai,
1604 headed P8002 the 16:08 Schaarbeek to Oostende, 2005 did P8602
the 16:15 Brussels Zuid to Jemelle, 2322 powered P8067 the 16:23 Brussels
Zuid to Aalst, 2326 worked P8724 the 16:44 Mechelen to Chatelet, 2347
handled P8905 the 16:53 Schaarbeek to Kortrijk, 2510 hauled P8741 the
17:02 Schaarbeek to Binche, 2006 headed EC90 the 17:04 Luxembourg to
Brussels Zuid, 1608 worked P8906 the 17:05 Schaarbeek to Oudenaarde,
1604 did P8402 the 17:11 Brussels Zuid to Welkenraedt, 2507 topped
P8010 the 17:21 Schaarbeek to St. Niklaas and 2003 powered EC295 the
17:27 Brussels Zuid to Luxembourg. On Sunday the 8th 1503
headed IR4016 the 15:55 Liers to Gouvy while Monday 9th employed
2315 on P7282 the 06:55 Aarschot to Antwerp Noorderdokken and 2378
with P8215 the 16:31 Antwerp Noorderdokken to Aarschot. On to the 16th
1604 lead P8402 the 17:11 Brussels Zuid to Welkenraedt, 2005 did
EC295 the 17:27 Brussels Zuid to Luxembourg, CFL 3005 powered IC2117 the
17:36 Brussels Midi to Luxembourg, 2347 topped P8906 the 17:05 Schaarbeek
to Oudenaarde, 1604 powered P8005 the 17:08 Schaarbeek to Oostende,
2507 headed P8010 the 17:21 Schaarbeek to St Niklaas and 2140 worked
P8007 the 17:54 Brussels Nord to Kortrijk. Antwerp on the 20th saw
2315 with P7282 the 06:55 Aarschot to Antwerp Noorderdokken and 2378
in charge of P7283 the 07:30 Antwerp Berchem to Brussels Midi. On the 27th
2378 headed P8215 the 16:31 Antwerp Noorderdokken to Aarschot while the
28th saw 1503 on IR4016 the 15:55 Liers to Gouvy, passing
6077 sat in Liege yard, possibly having done the ECS for the PFT 15 farewell
tour. Finally the 30th found 2313 working P7282 the 06:55
Aarschot to Antwerp Noorderdokken and 2315 on P7283 the 07:55 Aarschot to
Antwerp Berchem.
Germany
Electric stock changes for June 1st are withdrawn
110337 115224/230 140120/176/187/211/537 New to traffic
185338 reinstated and renumbered for Autozug 115331 and 115332
ex (110331/332). From the 15th June ICE928 and ICE929 (from
14th) are reverting to top and tail 120's again IC928 is the 05:30 Nürnberg to
Hamburg Altona & IC929 is the 15:32 Hamburg Altona to Nürnberg.
On the 5th June there was a train of dead loks from Nurnberg to Opladen destined for the careful attention of Herr Bender and his cutters torch. The train ran as 70722 with 143281 doing the hauling and was formed (in order) of 143088+143067+143284+110272+111004+110191 train loco 143281 was only the taxi lok and the 'Trabbi' headed home after doing the honors. Before the headless scratching desperados get anxious that 111's are now being scrapped, 111004 was a victim of a crash in 2006 at Eschenlohe and is little more than a christmas tree! More scrap trains are destined to Mr Bender in the near future with various 143's lining up for their last journey at certain depots around Germany. There must be a huge supply of cutting gear at Herr Benders as another train of scrappers made it to Opladen on the 18th it consisted of some 140s namely 140 079/178/185/196/213/293/499/540/803, it also looks like 140202 has found its way there in a solo fashion. A few of the 140s above are still carrying the fairly rare 'DB Cargo' decals on the bodyside.
‘Rabbit’ action from Tuesday 17th June included
218393 on the 07:58 Ulm to Oberstdorf, 218194+218166 powered the
09:10 Lindau to Ulm, 218165 headed up the 09:27 Oberstdorf to Augsburg
and 218163+218164 hauled the 09:51 Oberstdorf to Stuttgart. The following
day 218403 headed the 15:07 Munchen to Simbach, 218405+218426
powered the 17:07 Munich to Muhldorf, 218401+218428 did the 17:27 Munich
to Simbach and 218445+218463 had charge of the 17:37 Muhldorf to Munich.
Friday 20th June found 218435+218458 working the 09:05 Hamburg
to Lubeck, 218413+218106 doing likewise with the 10:05 Hamburg to Lubeck,
218456 heading the 10:02 Bad Kleinen to Kiel, 110427 topping the
11:53 Frankfurt to Koblenz (via Wiesbaden), 110320 on the 16:08 Frankfurt
to Koblenz, 218446 (front)+218111 (rear) worked the 16:15
Frankfurt to Stockheim/Nidda, 110456 did the 17:10 Frankfurt to Mannheim,
218101 (front)+218211 (rear) had charge of the 17:15 Frankfurt to
Stockheim/Nidda, 110431 hauled the 17:53 Frankfurt to Koblenz (via Wiesbaden),
110300 powered the 18:08 Frankfurt to Koblenz and 233562 topped
the 18:39 Angermunde to Szczecin. As way of a change I looked at the ‘new’ class
146 electrics working between Hamm and Aachen on the 21st and found
146017 on the 06:16 Hamm Hbf to Aachen Hbf, 146011 with the 07:20
Hamm Hbf to Aachen Hbf, 146012 heading the 09:20 Hamm Hbf to Aachen Hbf
and 146027 doing the 11:20 Hamm Hbf to Aachen Hbf. Same day 189092
was noted heading CNL 300 the 20:55 Milano Centrale to Amsterdam Centraal.
Confirmed stock changes dated 1st June are: New
27348 Ile de France, 60047/52/57/58 75072/73/75/76 Fret, withdrawn
7348 9610/15/22 16031/37/57 16734 63560/56 renumbered 66292 to
69292 & 66496 to 69496. Observations from Friday 13th
June included Fret allocated 26229 on the 12:52 Clermont to Marseille
(from Nimes), 25615 leading the 17:38 Lyon P to Avignon and 25654
with the 19:49 Avignon to Valence. The following day 25681 headed the
10:25 Lyon PD to Avignon while Sunday the 15th found 9214
topping the 11:00 Tours to Paris, 9220 heading the 13:35 Paris to Tours
(to Orleans), 9217 in charge of the 18:03 Paris to Tours, 9272
working the 18:41 Tours to Paris and 9247 powering the 19:57 Paris to
Tours (from Orleans).
BB67000
Noted out on Thursday 12th June were 67574 on
the 16:20 Lyon P to Clermont, 67625 with the 18:15 Clermont to Issoire
and 67581 on the 19:45 Clermont to Brioude. The following day 67574
turned out on the 06:45 Issoire to Riom, 67581 did the 07:01 Brioude to
Riom, 67546 headed the 07:13 Moulins to Issoire, 67557 powered the
07:15 Issoire to St Germain, 67577 topped the 12:40 Clermont to
Neussargues, 67566 hauled the 12:52 Clermont to Marseille (to Nimes) and
67564 had charge of the 13:51 Nimes to Clermont. On to Saturday 14th
now, 67341 had charge of the 09:10 Brainçon to Lyon PD, 67301
turned up on the 11:00 Valence to Annecy, 67347 headed the 11:23 Lyon PD
to Brainçon & 67381 powered the 11:24 Valence to Chambery and on Sunday
67421 did the 16:33 Tours to Vierzon, 67372 powered the 16:53
Tours to Caen and 67549 topped the 17:45 Bourges to Tours.
CC72000
On the 14th
June 72042
stormed away with the 17:11 Lyon P to Tours
making plenty of noise and plenty of smoke! The following day 72065
headed the 15:11 Lyon P to Tours, 72074 worked the 17:05 Tours to Lyon P
and 72042 re-appeared on the 18:17 Tours to Nevers. On now to the 24th,
72157 did the 07:45 Mulhouse to Paris Est, 72166 headed the 13:13
Paris Est to Mulhouse, 72172 had charge of the 14:43 Troyes to Paris Est,
72176 hauled the 15:09 Paris Est to Mulhouse and 72130 handled the
16:41 Paris Est to Mulhouse.
Portugal
On the 5th June 1805 was viewed at
Entroncamento supporting a very clean CP orange livery. On the 7th
June 1455 headed train IR861 the 07:25 Porto Campanha to Pocinho formed
of load 3, with no 1st class, then followed this with IR868 the 11:14
Pocinho to Regua before joining forces with 1422, but now with load 7, on
IR874 1452 Regua to Porto Campanha. Same day 1422 did IR863 the 09:15
Porto Sao Bento to Regua, with load 4 and 1413 was sat at Contumil at the
head of a load 7 set. At it again on the 11th was 1422 which
was noted agin with IR863 the 09:15 Porto Sao Bento to Regua, it returned on the
14:52 from Regua. It was 1413 turn for a run on the 13th when
it was allowed out on IR867 the 11:20 Porto Campanha to Regua.
Austria
Sunday the 15th June and the narrow gauge class 2095
diesels are still employed out of Zell am See, first 2095004 did R3308
the 08:49 to Mittersill, returning with R3311 the 10:14 Mittersill to Zell an
See, followed by 2095006 which worked R3312 the 10:49 Zell am See to
Mittersill, returning on R3315 the 12:14 Mittersill to Zell an See.
Holland
Observations fro the 23rd June included 1848 hauling IC1918 the 05:49 Venlo to DenHaag, 1824 with train S2212 the 05:50 Breda to Amsterdam Centraal, 1841 powered IC1916 the 06:02 Eindhoven to Den Haag Centraal, 1832 turned out on S2214 the 06:20 Breda to Amsterdam Centraal, 1855 did IC1921 the 06:21 Den Haag to Venlo, 1858 topped S2218 the 07:20 Breda to Amsterdam Centraal and 1759 worked IC1927 the 07:51 Den Haag to Venlo.
June 2008 European News is now available to download.