The BeerTrain

A single manned trip to DB land with the emphasis firmly on new track for Diesel, especially now that 218's had spread their wings a lot further into areas of the former East Germany. # denotes any winner locos gleaned during the trip. 12/11/01 3106           Waterloo International – Brussels   1227 Waterloo Int – Brussels   377km        1601           Brussels – Köln   1544 Ostende – Köln    229km A couple of hours here for food and drink before continuing the leap. 120 131#   Köln – Nürnberg   1910 Brussels Midi - Wien   461km Daily Total   = 1067 KM 13/11/01 101 133#   Nürnberg – Schwäbish Hall Hesenthal    2125 Dresden – Stuttgart   113km 218 360     Schwäbish Hall Hesenthal – Heilbronn    0600 Schwabish H..H. -  Heilbronn  61km I'm sure I'd done Schwabisch H.H. to Heilbronn a few times be...

A two person trip to Germany with a day-trip to Prague thrown in, Me (Poodle) & Betty (David Icke - no not THAT David Icke - the other one!) We would be joining up with Neath (Steve Thomas) and Bonty (Clive Muspratt) for most of the trip. # again denotes New Loco. Saturday 20/09/1997 87 033   Crewe - Euston  0945 Liverpool - London Euston 158miles 3102)     Waterloo International - Brussels Midi 1227 Waterloo I - Brussels 377km 3103) 2721       Brussels Midi - Aachen 1654 Brussels Midi - Köln 159km 110 454  Aachen - Köln  1654 Brussels Midi - Köln 70km Rather than the usual scratch moves around Cologne prior to the overnight we met up with Neath & Bonty then headed to the Früh brewery tap where we had arranged to meet Chris Fudge and a group of his fellow 47 Bashers who were embarking on a German beer trip. We certainly kept the Kobes busy as the beer comes in 0.2litre "Test Tubes" & we are more used to drinkin...