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Germany & Austria 07/12 to 15/12 1991 "Where have all the Krocodiles gone?"

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A single manned trip including my first ever visit to Austria. New locos again denoted by #. The trip began with the Crompton roadshow on a Gonad charter to Folkestone Harbour behind 33114, I leapt off this then went via Dover for a ferry to Ostend. Saturday 07/12/1991 33114         Finsbury Park - Folkestone Harbour 0613 Potters Bar - Finsbury Park 90miles These were run every Xmas by a Surgeon & were always wedged with drunk nurses (normally on the return leg!) you cannot believe how they festooned the insides of the coaches with all manner of Xmas decorations - they were on their way to do a drunken out & back ferry move. There was also a disco in the Brake van... Boulogne crossed out as I told them I was leaving at Folkestone! 33114 at Folkestone Harbour 2127#       Ostende - Brugge 1604 Ostend - xxxxx * 2719#       Brugge - Brussels Zuid 1634 Ostende - xxxxx * 2554#       Brussels Zuid - Br...

Germany 23/08 to 27/08 1991 "There's 218's on the overnight from Kassel - apparently!"

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This trip started with myself (Poodle) & John "Zuzzy Hell" Sandham, although we went our separate ways from the 26th. A different start to the trip (my fifth European bash of 1991) - a flight instead of the usual cross-channel ferry! No doubted saving a days leave in the process. (New locos again denoted by #). Friday 23/08/1991 G-BIKV    Heathrow - Dusseldorf Flughafen  1900 Heathrow - Dusseldorf 111 183#   Dusseldorf Flughafen - Duisburg   2118 Dusseldorf - Dortmund 20km 141 248#   Duisburg - Oberhausen                  2025 Monchengladbach - Dortmund 8km 111 092#   Oberhausen - Duisburg -                2103 Rheine - Koln 8km 103 186#   Duisburg - Koln Hbf                      1838 Hamburg Altona - Koblenz 64km Saturday 24/08/1991 103 245     Koln Hbf...