One of the surperb small SBB Re 4/4 II locos now assigned to working in Germany heads south towards Assmannshausen with a container train from Antwerp to Gallarate in Italy.

The same Mittel Rhine Bahn working as my previous post is seen three days earlier arriving at Oberwesel forming the 14.53 Koblenz to Mainz service. Photo taken from the ancient town wall that runs... (more)

A Mittel Rhine Bahn EMU is nearing Oberwesl forming the 14.53 Koblenz to Mainz service. Photo taken from the Gunderodehaus that was rebuilt from a ruin and used for the TV series 'Heimat III'. You... (more)

VIAS Stadler flirt EMU arrives at Kaub forming a Neuweid to Frankfurt (Main) service on the east bank of the River Rhine. Burg Gutenfels stands above the town on the righthand hillside.

The 13.14 Stuttgart to Dortmund Inter-City train has just passed Trechtingshausen beside the River Rhine as a barge slowly makes its way upstream.

A former DR Co-Co heavy freight electric passes through the old town of Braubach on the east bank of the River Rhine. The 12th century Marksburg Castle is seen high above the town.

One of the clasic DB class 103 electric locos, painted in the later raspberry red livery, approaches St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhine with the Inter-City train 'Konsul' from Kiel to Mun... (more)

From the first production batch of class E10 (later class 110) electric locos, No 110 107-0 has been rebuilt with a 'bugel' front in place of the orginal flat front probably as a result of acciden... (more)

A Frankfurt to Koblenz train leaves St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhine behind a class 110 electric still in the original blue livery. Burg Katz can be seen high above the river on the lef... (more)

A southbound IC train passes through the small town of Bacharach on the west bank of the River Rhine. Anyone wanting to join for a glass of Rhine wine on the terrace?

DB Class 151 Co-Co electric No 151 144-3 leaves the Loreley tunnel through the famous rock on the right (east) bank of the River Rhine with a southbound container train.

The 07.42 Mannheim to Hamburg Intercity train leaves the Bett tunnel south of St.Goar on the left (west) bank of the River Rhine as barges chug up and down stream around the Loreley rock. Photo ta... (more)