Non-UK Railways: Germany (North)

14th May 2007

A few images recorded while based in Hamburg for a short holiday in May, 2007. The scene there has since changed with electrification of the Hamburg-Luebeck route now complete and the class 218 (former V160) diesel-hydraulics ousted by privatisation of the Hamburg-Cuxhaven service.

120 115-1 near Hamburg Dammtor with IC2228, the 05:30 service from Nurnburg to Hamburg Altona. 14 May 07 1024x683 Buy Print	120 115-1 at Hamburg Altona, 14 May 07. Having worked the 05:30 IC2228 service from Nurnburg, the locomotive waits with IC2478 to Rostock. 1024x683 Buy Print	218 399-4 arrives at Lubeck with the push-pull shuttle from Travemunde on 15 May, 2007. Guess why these locos are nicknamed 'rabbits'! 1024x843 Buy Print	218 106-3 arriving at Lubeck with the 12:03 from Hamburg on 15 May 07. This was taken from the overbridge to the south of the station. 1024x717 Buy Print
218 399-4 at Traveminde Strand with the 16:30 shuttle to Lubeck on 15 May 07. Travemunde Strand is a very up-market coastal resort. 1024x683 Buy Print	185 290-4 at Neumunster with a southbound freight just before the sun set. 15 May 2007. 1024x683 Buy Print	363 852-6 at Bremen, 16 May 07 1024x683 Buy Print	Okay, this one is me beside 151 066-8 at Bremen on 16 May 07. Taken by Richard 'Ferret' Farrant, just before we went for a Weissbier! 750x613 Buy Print
111 144-2 at Bremen Hbf, 16 May 07 1024x756 Buy Print	110 455-3 with the 12:34 to Bremerhaven-Lehe. Bremen Hbf, 16 May 07 1024x772 Buy Print	EVB railcar VT101 leaving Cuxhaven with RB14925, the 16:39 to Bremerhaven, on 16 May 07. Note the semaphore signals. 1024x698 Buy Print	218 102-2 leaving Hamburg with RE21412 to Lubeck, 17 May 07 1024x729 Buy Print