The BeerTrain

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...

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...