Germany 03/02 to 07/02 1996 "Berlin or Bust"
A single manned trip to DB land, main aim of this trip to get to Berlin behind a pair of 218's. As usual # denotes new loco. The overnight ferry, now departing from Ramsgate, was as usual the booked outward move, with probably a couple of beers in the Titanic bar in Ostend before sleeping my way across Belgium. Saturday 03/02/96 2728 Oostende - Aachen 0634 Oostende - Köln 280km 110 263# Aachen - Köln 0634 Oostende - Köln 70km Only one piece of new track to aim at today, so mainly a case of working my way south towards my overnight, covering as many diesel diagrams on the way as possible. 218 130 Köln - K öln Hansaring 0940 Gummersbach - K.Hansaring 1km 143 258# K öln Hansaring - K öln 1050 K öln Hansaring - Au 1km 215 038# K öln - Euskirchen 1114 K öln Deutz - Trier 40km 215 094# Euskirchen - Bonn 1159 Euskirchen - Bonn 34km Time to drop fur...