Germany

Berlin Central Station

 

Main entrance of Berlin Central Station (2012)

 A class 442 bound as RB14 for Nauen calling at Berlin Central Station (2015)

 Two Class 442 units departing Berlin Central Station (2015)

 An ICE1 set Class 401 arriving from Munich to Berlin Central Station (2015)

 A RE2 train to Cottbus operated by ODEG calling at Berlin Central Station (2015)

S-Bahn rush at Berlin Central Station (2015)

An Amsterdam-Berlin InterCity train hauled by a Class 101 arriving at Berlin Central (2015) 

 An ICE2 train driver's cab Class 808 arriving from Cologne (2015)

 Another view of Berlin Central Station (2015)

Another Class 442 train bound for Nauen calling at Berlin Central Station (2015)

Class 234 at Berlin Central Station ready to haul the Berlin-Warszawa-Express to Warsaw (2007)

Berlin-Warszawa-Express at Berlin Central Station (2007)

A Siemens Taurus engine in service for Polish PKP InterCity seen with EC 55 at Berlin Central Station (2015)

 EuroCity 55 for Gdynia seen at Berlin Central Station (2015)

A first class PKP InterCity car seen on EuroCity 55 at Berlin Central Station (2015)

A PKP InterCity Taurus with EC 43 and an InterCityExpress train just arrived from Cologne seen at Berlin Central Station (2015)

PKP InterCity EU44 engine seen with EC43 at Berlin Central Station (2015)

EuroCity 43 "Berlin-Warszawa-Express" boarding at Berlin Central (2015)

A first class DB car in service with the Berlin-Warszawa-Express seen at Berlin Central Station (2015)

Class 101 with InterCity arriving at Berlin Central Station (2007)

 An ICE tilting train on the lower level of Berlin Central Station (2007)

Class 402 second generation InterCityExpress train set calling at Berlin Central Station (2007)

 S-Bahn Class 485 seen at Berlin Central Station (2012)

Express 300 "Berlin Night Express" Berlin-Malmö

D 300 Berlin Night Express was hauled by DB Class 143 (2019)

Schnellzug D 300 to Malmö C is boarding at Berlin Hbf (2019)

Snälltåget operated overnight sleeper to Malmö C seen at Berlin Hbf (2019)

Express train 300 'Berlin Night Express' to Malmö C seen at Berlin (2019)

Boarding for D 300 'Berlin Night Express' to Malmö C (2019)

Berlin Ostbahnhof

A Class 182 is getting ready to haul the InterRegioExpress train bound for Hamburg built of former InterRegio cars (2015)

InterRegioExpress Berlin-Hamburg here seen at Berlin Est Station (2015)

Boarding for IRE to Hamburg built of 9 former IR cars now painted in traffic red (2015)

Class 185-025 seen nearby Berlin Ostbahnhof (2015)

 Boarding of EuroNight 110 "Scandinavia-Night-Express" to Malmö Central Station seen at Berlin Ostbahnhof (2005)

Berlin Spandau

Class 101-140 calling with an InterCity from Amsterdam at Berlin Spandau (2015)

S 5 train bound for Mahlsdorf seen at Berlin Spandau station (2015)

Eastern Berlin

 The former repair workshop Berlin Friedrichshain, today used to service night trains, seen from S-Bahn station Warschauer Strasse (2015)

Cars used for the CityNightLine service of DB seen from S-Bahn station Warschauer Strasse (2015)

Overview over S-Bahn station Warschauer Strasse which is currently undergoing major renovations (2015)

Class 175 former prestige train of Eastern Germany Railways seen on display at Berlin Lichtenberg (2015)

Berlin Stadtbahn (Berlin City Railway)

A S75 train for Strausberg Nord is arriving at Berlin Central Station (2015)

A S5 train for Spandau just left the Hackescher Markt station (2015)

Two S-Bahn trains seen at Hackescher Markt station (2015)

Another S-Bahn train passing the bridge by the museums island (2015)

The museum island with the old gallery and a local train in beautiful December light (2015)

Two S-Bahn trains meeting while passing the Bode museum seen on the right (2015)

A local train passing the bridge by the museum island with the Berlin TV tower in the background (2015)

Two S-Bahn trains seen from Hackescher Markt station with the Bode Museum in the background (2015)

S 75 arriving at Hackescher Markt (2015)

An S-Bahn train departing Alexanderplatz station towards Hackescher Markt (2015)

A Berlin S-Bahn train approaching Tiergarten Station (2012)

Berlin Friedrichstraße Station - this was one of the former border stations between East and West Berlin (2012)

Berlin S-Bahn departuring from Friedrichstraße Station (2012)

An InterCityExpress train passing through Berlin Alexanderplatz Station (2012)

View of Berlin "Stadtbahn" seen from Alexanderplatz Station (2012)

Berlin Underground (U-Bahn)

A underground train of line 1 is crossing the Oberbaum bridge which has been a symbol of the parted city for decades (2015)

A U1 train bound for Warschauer Strasse station is departing from Schlesisches Tor station (2015)

Two trains of the underground line 1 meet at the upper level of the Gleisdreieck ("track triangle") station (2015)

Two U1 trains see at Gleisdreieck station (2015)

A line U2 train bound for Ruhleben seen at the lower level of Gleisdreieck station (2015)

A yellow Berlin Underground train depaturing from Hansaplatz Station (2012)

Potsdam Central Station

 An assembly of different S-Bahn and local train seen at Potsdam Central Station (2015)

An RE1 train bound from Brandenburg to Frankfurt (Oder) hauled by a Class 182 arriving at Potsdam Central Station (2015)

Two train set of Class 442 EMUs seen at Potsdam Central Station (2015)

Wolfsburg

An ICE2 train set passing through Wolfsburg (2017)

InterCity Amsterdam-Berlin hauled by a Class 101 calling at Wolfsburg (2017)

An Alstrom Coradia Continental train set operated by ENNO on the Wolfsburg-Hannover route seen at Wolfsburg (2017)

Hannover

Hannover Central Station is the crosspoint of several ICE lines, here seen several ICE train set of the second generation (2017)

One of the new IC double decker trains bound for Emden Hbf calling at Hannover (2017)

Two new IC2 train sets meeting at Hannover Central Station (2017)

Two class 101 engines used in InterCity service seen here at Hannover Hbf (2015)

Class 101 with an InterCity train set calling at Hannover Hbf (2015)

A FLIRT train set of Westfalen Bahn calling at Hannover Central Station (2017)

A Class 424 train in service for S-Bahn Hannover seen at Hannover Hbf (2015)

A Metronom train set bound for Hamburg at Hannover Hbf (2015)

Uelzen

 A metronom train bound for Hamburg seen at Uelzen (2017)

Definitely worth a visit is the Hunderwasser railway station in Uelzen (2017)

Hamburg 

 

 Overview of Hamburg Central Station and the so called "Wandelhalle" (2017)

Class 112 has just arrived at Hamburg Hbf from Kiel with its RegionalExpress train (2017) 

 

Diesel ICE-TD Class 605 seen at Hamburg Central Station after arrival from Copenhagen as ICE 30 (2012)

Hamburg Underground railway calling at Landungsbrücken Station (2009)

Puttgarden

InterCityExpress 32 in the belly of the car and railway ferry "Deutschland" crossing the Fehmarn Belt (2010)

RegionalBahn 21754 meets with InterCity 2327 at Puttgarden Station (2010)

InterCity 2327 to Passau meets EuroCity 31 to Copenhagen at Puttgarden (2010)

EuroCity 31 from Hamburg soon rolling on the ferry which will take the train in 45 minutes over the sea to Denmark where the train will continue its journey to Copenhagen (2010)

Sassnitz

Prior to entering the ferry at Sassnitz harbor the train passed long rows of retired DB Class 151 and 155 engines (2019)

 After loading of cars and trucks was completed the night train finally was allowed to enter the ferry (2019)

 D 300 'Berlin Night Express' on board the ferry MS 'Sassnitz' (2019)

Overview of the ferry MS 'Sassnitz' with own Train Deck (2019)

Bremen 

 Overview of Bremen Central Station with a NordWest Bahn train set (2017)

InterCity 2217 hauled by a class 101 arriving at Bremen Central Station (2017)

Essen 

Three ICE3 train sets seen at Essen Central Station (2017)

InterCity 2217 calling at Essen Central Station (2017)

Cologne

ICE 613 Dortmund-München (Tz 9007) calling at Cologne Central Station (2019)

DB's new flagship the ICE 4 operating the ICE 613 service to Munich (2019)

ICE 127 seen at Cologne Central Station on the way to Frankfurt (2019)

DB 406-001 (Tz 4601) in Europe colors is approaching Cologne as ICE 12 bound for Bruxelles together with a second Class 406 set bound for Amsterdam as ICE 122 (2019)

A DB Class 406 set departing Cologne for Frankfurt as ICE 127 (2019)

ICE 558 from Berlin Gesundbrunnen is approaching Cologne (2019)

EuroCity 8 Zürich-Hamburg Altona calling at Cologne Central Station (2019)

Two DB Class 101 locomotives calling at Cologne Central Station (2019)

Overview of busy Cologne Central Station with the Hohenzollern Bridge in the background (2019)


A DB Class 620 as RB24 to Gerolstein seen at Cologne Central Station (2019)

Frankfurt (Main) Airport

Getting a first glance of DB's new ICE 4 at Frankfurt Airport Station (2018)

ICE 574 bound for Hamburg Altona calling at Frankfurt Airport Station (2018)

Video of ICE 574 departing Frankfurt Airport Station (2018)

ICE 914 / LH 3409 calling at Frankfurt Airport Station (2018)

 An ICE 3 train set seen at Frankfurt Airport Station (2011)

Mannheim

An ICE train of the third generation calling at Mannheim Central Station (2017)

Another important intersection of various ICE lines is Mannheim (2017)

An ICE of the Munich-Dortmund line departing from Mannheim (2017)

ICE 611 operated by a Class 403 train set seen at Mannheim Central Station (2017)

A Class 146.0 hauled local train bound for Frankfurt seen at Mannheim Central Station (2017)

ICE 373 bound for Interlaken is arriving at Mannheim Central Station (2017)

Speyer Technik Museum

A SBB class Ce 6/8 II "Krokodil" on display at the Technik Museum in Speyer (2018)

A DB class 01.5 seen at the Technik Museum in Speyer (2018)

A class 03 seen at the Technik Museum in Speyer (2018)

A class 200.0 in original color scheme on display in Speyer (2018)

 Another class 200.0 in the ocean-blue/beige color scheme seen at the Technik Museum in Speyer (2018)

A "Qian Jin" steam engine of China Railways seen at Speyer (2018)

A replicate of the famous Adler on display at the Technik Museum in Speyer (2018)

Karlsruhe Hbf

 Class 146.2 has arrived at its final destination Karlsruhe with an RegionalExpress train from Konstanz (2018)

A class 425 EMU seen at Karlsruhe Central Station (2018)

A class 429 "Südwest-Express" train set operating on line RE4 Karlsruhe-Mainz (2018)

A S4 train bound for Mannheim boarding at Karlsruhe Central Station (2018)

A brand new class 147 with an IRE train to Stuttgart seen at Karlsruhe (2018)

Two trams operated by AVG that can also operate on regular tracks seen calling at Karlsruhe Central Station (2018)

A class 146.2 hauled RE train to Konstanz boarding at Karlsruhe Central Station (2018)

TGV 9571 from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf calling at Karlsruhe Hbf (2016)

Offenburg

InterCityExpress 375 departing from Offenburg heading for Basel SBB (2018)

Class 101 calling at Offenburg Station with CityNightLine 472 "Aurora" Basel-Copenhagen and Express Train D 50472 Basel-Moskva Belorusskaja (2009)

Express Train D 50472 Basel-Moskva Belorusskaja was running at the end of the train (2009)

CityNightLine 472 to Copenhagen and 50472 to Moskva Belorusskaja (2013)

Coucette car of CityNightLine 472 "Aurora" to Copenhagen Central Station calling at Offenburg (2013)

The two Russian sleeping cars of CityNightLine 50472 seen at Offenburg (2013)

 Safety instructions on how to behave in case of an accident in the Great Belt Tunnel on the wall of the coucette car in CityNightLine 472 bound for Copenhagen (2013)

This DB Class 146.2 is advertising the Stuttgart 21 project while waiting for its departure from Offenburg (2018)

A RegioShuttle owned by SWEG operating on the local s-train network Ortenau-S-Bahn seen at Offenburg station (2017)

 Triberg (Schwarzwald)

Build in 1938 this Class 50 steam engine is now on display at Triberg station (2014)

Villingen (Schwarzwald)

Long-term storage of this former TEE train Class VT 11.5 at Villingen station (2017)

Donaueschingen

InterCity 2006 "Schwarzwald" bound for Dortmund calling at Donaueschingen (2018)

A class 101 departing with IC 2006 Donaueschingen station (2018)

RE 4715 Karlsruhe-Konstanz approaching Donaueschingen (2018)

IC 2006 "Schwarzwald" bound for Dortmund is arriving at Donaueschingen hauled by a Class 120 (2017)

 Also on the other end of the train is a Class 120 pulling (2017)

An Ulm Hbf bound DMU DB Class 612 service in new Bwegt color scheme seen at Donaueschingen (2018)

A DB Class 611 bound for Neustadt (Schwarzwald) calling at Donaueschingen (2018)

Operating on the Neustadt (Schwarzwald)-Villingen line is this Class 611 train set (2018)

A class 628 operating a Neustadt-Villingen RE service calling at Donaueschingen (2018)

A HZL RegioShuttle approaching Donaueschingen operating on a Bräunlingen-Villingen service (2018)

 A museum train pulled by a Class 01 calling at Donaueschingen (2018)

A Class 01 owned by "Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn" calling at Donaueschingen (2017)

Bound for Titisee is this Class V100 hauled museum train calling at Donaueschingen (2018)

Bräunlingen Bahnhof

A HZL RegioShuttle train set bound for Immendingen seen at Bräunlingen station (2017)

Döggingen 

Last days of diesel operations in Döggingen, RE Neustadt-Villingen (left) meets with RE Ulm-Neustadt, both operated by class 612 train sets in the new "BWegt" color scheme (2018)

Boarding at Döggingen station, this station will see many changes during the upgrading works (2018)

 Back in Döggingen with the RE Neustadt-Villingen on the left and RE Ulm-Neustadt on the right (2018)

Departing for Villingen is this class 611 DMU (2018)

Two Class 611 trains on the line Neustadt (Schwarzwald) - Rottweil/Ulm meeting at Döggingen (2014)

Neustadt (Schwarzwald)

 Boarding a DMU at Neustadt, soon to be history (2018)

RE Neustadt-Villingen still operated by a class 611 (2018)

Freiburg (Breisgau) Central Station

EuroCityExpress 52 from Milano to Frankfurt calling at Freiburg (Breisgau) Central Station (2018)

Overview of Freiburg Central Station (2014)

A Breisgau-S-Bahn local train seen together with a Class 143 at Freiburg Central Station (2014)

A local train from Neustadt (Schwarzwald) has just arrived at Freiburg (Breisgau) Central Station (2014)

A Class 143 getting ready for departure with a local train to Neustadt (Schwarzwald)

Class 143 seen with a RB train bound for Neustadt (Schwarzwald) at Freiburg (Breisgau) Central (2014)

A local train bound for Neustadt (Schwarzwald) boarding at Freiburg (Breisgau) Central (2014)

Between Freiburg and Neustadt trains were replaced by busses due to constructions (2018)

Lörrach Güterbahnhof

 Boarding for the car train to Hamburg Altona at Lörrach Güterbahnbahnhof (2018)

 BahnTouristExpress 1796 was hauled by a Taurus ES 64 U2 (2018)

Couchette car on BTE 1796 bound for Hamburg Altona seen at Lörrach Güterbahnhof (2018)

Stuttgart Central Station

ICE 4 train set seen at Stuttgart Hbf (2019)

ÖBB 1116 170 is taking over the InterCity that has just arrived from Zürich HB at Stuttgart Central (2018)

Another class 112 arriving at Stuttgart Central Station with a commuter train (2018)

ÖBB 1116 170 is getting ready to haul IC 187 to Singen (2018)

 ÖBB Class 1116 seen at Stuttgart Hbf taking over a SBB IC train set to be hauled to Singen (2019)

Overview of Stuttgart Central Station from track 5... (2018)

 New operator in Stuttgart is Go Ahead with a IRE service bound for Karlsruhe Hbf (2019)

Brand-new Stadler Flirt train sets in Bwegt color scheme seen at Stuttgart Hbf (2019)

 ... and from the railway station tower / Stuttgart 21 exhibition. Below the new tunnel station is taking shape (2018)

 Boarding for ICE 914 / LH 3409 at Stuttgart Central Station has begun (2018)

An class 101 hauled InterCity train calling at Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

InterCity 2065 Karlsruhe-Nürnberg operated by a brand new IC2 train set with DB Class 147.5 (2019)

IC 2065 bound for Nürnberg Hbf prior to departure from Stuttgart Hbf (2019)

A class 147 with n-cars seen at Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

InterCityExpress 914 operated by a class 407 getting ready for departure from Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

A class 442 EMU in the new "BWegt" color scheme seen at Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

EuroCity 112 "Blauer Enzian" from Klagenfurt to Frankfurt calling at Stuttgart Central (2018)

Another class 442 EMU bound for Rottweil seen at Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

ÖBB 1116 199 has just arrived with IC 186 from Zürich HB at Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

A class 112 arriving with a commuter train at Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

InterCity 283 prior to departure from Stuttgart Central Station (2018)

Class 50 steam engine at Stuttgart Central Station (2004)

(Former) Class 425 electrical train set at Stuttgart Central Station (2004)

Class 403 InterCityExpress train set at Stuttgart Central Station (2004)

Even the sky cleared when the star of the day arrived a Class 200 diesel engine. In 2004 this was the last remaining prototype V200 out of five build in 1953/54 by Krauss-Maffei. Sadely, this engine was destroyed by a fire in 2005.

Class 194 on display at Stuttgart Central Station (2004)

Class 110 gets ready at Stuttgart Central Station to haul InterCity 381 "Insubria" Stuttgart-Milano (2004)

Overview of Stuttgart Central Station in 2004. In a few years this wonderful terminus station will vanish completely under the ground, constructions have already begun...

 The fastest wheeled train on earth (world record 2007: 574,8 km/h) here seen at Stuttgart Central Station on a regular TGV service to Paris Est (2012)

 Boarding for InterCityExpress 578 to Hamburg Altona has begun (2014)

InterCityExpress 578 to Hamburg seen together with a RegionalExpress train to Würzburg (2014)

High-speed train meeting at Stuttgart Hbf: German ICE meets with French TGV (2014)

"Flying" on flight level zero on Lufthansa 3635 alias InterCityExpress 578 on a top speed of 273 km/h. This train is operated in cooperation with Lufthansa between Stuttgart and Frankfurt Airport replacing unnecessary domestic flights (2014)

 A Class 101 calling at Stuttgart Central Station (2014)

An InterCity train calling at Stuttgart Central Station or what is still left of the station due to the on-going construction (2014)

Two Class 146.2 seen at Stuttgart Central Station (2014)

A Class 146.2 getting ready for its departure to Karlsruhe Central Station (2014)

Another departure to Karlsruhe Central this time with a Class 425 train (2014)

A Class 143 on the left boarding for Tübingen while her much younger sister is getting ready for her departure to Heilbronn (2014)

Another Class 143 bound for Würzburg seen together with a TGV train which has just arrived from Paris (2014)

Boarding InterCityExpress 578 Stuttgart-Hamburg Altona at Stuttgart Central Station (2014)

Stuttgart Rohr

 ÖBB 1016 hauled SBB InterCity 184 Zürich-Stuttgart passing through Stuttgart Rohr S-station (2019)

Gäufelden (bei Herrenberg)

 After three hours, this S8 train from Karlsruhe has reached its final destination, Gäufelden bei Herrenberg were passengers can connect to Stuttgart (2019)

Freudenstadt Hbf

 An AVG S8 train bound for Freudenstadt Stadt seen at Freundenstadt Hbf (2019)

Horb

 Due to rail works this InterCity service from Zurich HB to Stuttgart Hbf terminated already at Horb (2017)

Until Boblingen the IC train to Stuttgart was replaced by this DB run bus, in Boblingen there was again the opportunity to connect with S-trains to Stuttgart (2017)

This Class 650 RegioShuttle operates on the Horb-Tubingen line (2017)

Rottweil

InterCity 2289 Stuttgart-Singen calling at Rottweil (2019)

An SBB InterCity Zurich-Stuttgart hauled by a Class 120 calling at Rottweil (2012)

Tuttlingen

RE Neustadt-Ulm calling at Tuttlingen (2018)

A HZL RegioShuttle bound for Bräunlingen approaching Tuttlingen (2018)

InterCity 282 hauled by an ÖBB class 1116 approaching Tuttlingen (2018)

An ÖBB Taurus with IC 183 Stuttgart-Zürich approaching Tuttlingen (2017)

 A Class 611 operating an IRE service bound for Ulm Central Station calling at Tuttlingen (2017)

A Class 111 operating a Stuttgart-Singen RE service seen at Tuttlingen (2017)

A HZL RegioShuttle seen at Tuttlingen (2017)

"Sauschwänzlebahn" Museum Train

Class 86 steam engine with a cargo train (2006)

 Class 86 and 50 steam locomotives at Blumberg-Zollhaus (2006)

Class 86 arrived with a museum train at Blumberg-Zollhaus Station (2006)

Sign of the "Sauschwänzlebahn" seen on one of the museum passengar cars (2006)

MAN diesel rail cars owned by Hohenzollerische Landesbahn seen at Immendingen Station (2006)

Singen (Hohentwiel)

A Class 146.5 with IC 2280 train bound for Stuttgart Central prior to departure from Singen (2017)

A rare Class in the DB system and also one of the oldest engine still in active service with DB 115-198 here seen in Singen (Hohentwiel) in 2014

This almost 56 years old lady still in active service with DB here just arriving with an InterCity from Stuttgart to Singen am Hohentwiel (2014)

Old meets new, the Class 115 was build in 1958, the Class 101 on the right in 1997 (2014)

Class 115 on the left is getting ready for her departure with an InterCity bound for Stuttgart (2014)

It seem I had my lucky day in Singen, not only to spot the Class 115 but also another rare Class the 181 and on top of that also in its original color scheme and with the old DB logo (2014)

Waiting to haul the next Stuttgart bound SBB InterCity train set is this OBB Taurus Class 1116 at Singen (2018)

Another OBB Class 1016 engine waiting in Singen to haul the next Zurich-Stuttgart InterCity (2018)

An SBB Class 420 hauled InterCity of the line 4 waiting for its next departure to Zurich HB (2018)

A SBB Class 420 hauled InterCity train set seen at Singen (2018)

A rare sight in Singen (Hohentwiel) SBB Class 511 as InterCity train on the IC line 4 (2018)

A DB Class 146.2 with a Schwarzwaldbahn train set calling at Singen (2018)

Ready for departure is the "Blackforest" service Konstanz-Offenburg here seen calling at Singen (2014)

 A Class 146.2 with a RE train bound for Konstanz calling at Singen (2017)

Another RE train of the Karlsruhe-Konstanz line departing Singen (2017)

 Class 111 seen with a RegioExpress train bound for Stuttgart main station (2017)

Another Class 111 with a RegioExpress train to Stuttgart calling at Singen (2017)

A Seehas Regio train on the Konstanz-Engen line calling at Singen. This train is operated by Swiss Federal Railways SBB (2017)

A SBB Seehas Regio train calling at Singen (2018)

 A DB Class 426 set bound for Schaffhausen calling at Singen (2018)

A Thurbo S22 service to Bulach seen at Singen (Hohentwiel) in 2014

Konstanz

 Boarding on platform 1 at Konstanz is this Stuttgart Hbf bound DB Class 442 EMU in new Bwegt colors (2018)

This RE from Karlsruhe to Konstanz hauled by a DB Class 146.2 has reached its final termini (2018)

A "Schwarzwaldbahn" (Black Forest Rail) train boarding at Konstanz (2014)

RE to Karlsruhe pulled by a DB Class 146.2 boarding at Konstanz (2018)

 A DB Class 442 bound for Stuttgart Hbf and a SBB Class 521 for Engen, seen at Konstanz (2018)

 Just arrived at its terminus Konstanz has this SBB InterRegio from Zurich HB (2018)

A S-Bahn train operated by Thurbo seen at Konstanz (2018)

Boarding of Thurbo's S14 bound for Kreuzlingen at Konstanz (2018)

RE Konstanz-St.Gallen operated by Thurbo prior to departure from Konstanz (2018)

 Thurbo's S14 calling at Konstanz (2018)

Friedrichshafen Stadt

InterRegioExpress 3043 has reached Friedrichshafen Stadt where a second DB Class 612 DMU was attached before the train continued to Ulm Hbf (2018)

Two RegioShuttles of the Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB) calling at Friedrichshafen Stadt (2018)

Friedrichshafen Hafen

 A DB Class 628.5 bound for Lindau Hbf calling at Friedrichshafen Hafen (2018)

The BOB from Aulendorf has reached its final destination Friedrichshafen Hafen (2018)

Lindau Central Station

 A DB Class 245 with a push-pull train bound for Stuttgart Hbf seen at Lindau Hbf (2018)

Class 628.5 diesel train set ready for departure to Friedrichshafen Harbour seen at Lindau Central Station (2013)

 DB Class 628.5 after arrival from Friedrichshafen in Lindau Hbf (2018)

OBB Class 4024 bound for Bludenz boarding at Lindau Hbf (2018)

Ulm Central Station

Class 611 diesel railcar bound for Neustadt (Schwarzwald) at Ulm Hbf

Ulm Hbf is a major hub for local trains in the south-west of Germany

Augsburg

 A train set of the BRB (Bayrische Regionalbahn) ready to depart for Ingolstadt Hbf (2015)

A class 642 train set has just arrived at its final stop, Augsburg Hbf (2015)

Nürnberg

InterCity 2065 has reached its final destination Nürnberg Hbf (2019)

DB Museum Nürnberg

ICE 3 mock up seen at the DB Museum in Nürnberg (2019)

Mock up of DB's new flagship, the ICE 4, on display at the DB Museum (2019)

The legendary DB Class 103 on display at the DB Museum in Nürnberg (2019)

DB's very first Class 420 train set initially operated for S-Bahn München seen in its original colors at the DB Museum (2019)

 A Class 45 steam engine on display at the DB Museum in Nürnberg (2019)

A Class 614 DMU train set in its original colors at the DB Museum in Nürnberg (2019)

Munich

Immortal Class 103 still in daily use and every railway photographer's favorite (2014)

Class 111 and 103 casually meeting at Munich Central Station like in the good old days... (2014)

The undying Class 103 with a charter train at Munich Central Station (2008)

Old meets new, an InterCity, an ICE and a Class 103 seen at Munich Central (2014)

An ICE 3 seen boarding at Munich Central Station (2014)

InterCityExpress train sets of the first and third generation seen at Munich Central (2014)

An InterCityExpress of the second generation at Munich Central (2014)

Another ICE 3 train set seen at Munich Central (2015)

An InterCityExpress of the second generation seen together with a ICE-T (2014)

The first time that I saw three ICE-Ts at once, what a surprise! (2014)

Two ICE-T train sets getting ready for their departure from Munich Central (2014)

An ICE-T double unit seen at Munich Central Station (2017)

An InterCity next to an ICE 2 seen at Munich Central (2014)

An ICE of the second generation boarding at Munich Central (2015)

An InterCityExpress of the first generation together with a RegionalExpress train seen at Munich Central (2014)

A Class 440 EMU together with an ICE 2 at Munich Central (2014)

Another class 440 bound for Donauwörth boarding at Munich Central (2015)

A class 440 train set has just reached its final destination, Munich Central (2015)

Engine of InterCityExperimental the InterCityExpress prototype and first ever ICE build in the early 1980s on display at German Museum in Munich (2008)

Class 420 in orginial 1970s color sheme on display at German Museum in Munich (2008)

A Class 440 EMU just arrived from Augsburg to Munich Central (2014)

 Germany's fastest local train (maximum speed 200 km/h) Munich-Nurnberg ready for departure at Munich Central Station (2008)

An ALEX train boarding for Hof seen at Munich Central (2014)

A Meridian train bound for Salzburg Hbf seen at Munich Central (2015)

A Meridian from Kufstein arriving simultaneously with an InterCity at Munich Central (2014)

Another Meridian bound for Salzburg Hbf seen at Munich Central track 10 (2015)

RailJet 60 arriving at Munich Central (2015)

Various ICE generations seen from the Hackerbrücke-bridge (2015)

Busy rail yard at Munich Central (2015)

A class 111 departing with its local train Munich Central while several ICE trains are busy in arriving and departing the station (2015)

A Class 245 is arriving with a local train from Memmingen (2015)

Departure of the München-Nürnberg-Express, Germany's fastest regional train (2015)

A Meridian arriving at Munich Central (2015)

Two class 183 Taurus engines in service with Alex seen at Munich Central (2015)

An ICE 2 train set departing Munich Central (2015)

A ÖBB class 1216 seen at Munich Central (2015)

Overview of Munich Central Station on a cold winter day in 2008

A Taurus class 1216 seen at Munich Central (2015)

EuroCity 111 hauled by a OBB Taurus getting ready for departure at Munich Central (2014)

EC 111 to Klagenfurt seen at Munich Central prior to departure (2014)

 A ÖBB class 1016 and a DB class 101 seen at Munich Central (2015)

 EuroCity 112 train bound for Frankfurt departing Munich Central (2015)

An ÖBB EuroCity departing from Munich Central Station (2015)

Austrian dominance at Munich Central with RJ 63 to Budapest on the left and EC 85 to Bologna on the right (2014)

While EC 111 is leaving Munich for Klagenfurt an ICE 1 train set is just arriving from Hamburg (2014)

RailJet 63 to Budapest getting ready for departure at Munich Central (2014)

Driver's cab of RailJet 63 to Budapest seen at Munich Central (2014)

CityNightLine 358 "Pictor" from Venezia Santa Lucia and CityNightLine 484 "Lupus" from Roma Termini hauled by Austrian class 1216 after arrival at Munich Central (2011)

 Overview of Munich Central Station track 5-10 also called "Holzkirchner Bahnhof" (2015)

Class 120 seen at Munich Central next to an ICE-T set (2015)

EuroCity 83 bound for Verona departing Munich Central (2015)

The rail yard of Munich Central is always busy (2015)

An InterCity train arriving at Munich Central (2015)

 An EuroCity bound for Zurich HB hauled by two class 218 engines departing Munich Central (2015)

An S5 train bound for Tutzing is arriving at Munich East Station (2015)

Bavaria 

The following pictures tell the story of a one day round trip through the Allgäu area and a visit to Lake Constance.

The journey begins in the spa city of Bad Wöhrishofen famous for the water-cure developed by Sebastian Kneipp with a DB class 642 train (2015)

The first stop is in Türkheim (Bayern) where a class 245 with a Munich-Memmingen local train can be seen calling at the station (2015)

While the class 245 is continuing its trip towards Memmingen the class 642 train on the right will soon return to Bad Wöhrishofen (2015)

The next stop is in Buchloe where an Alex train Lindau-Munich could be observed (2015)

DB uses a lot of class 642 trains in Bavaria as here seen in Buchloe (2015)

A class 223 arriving with Alex local train Munich-Lindau at Buchloe (2015)

The next stop is Kempten (Allgäu) where the departure of InterCity 2084 "Nebelhorn" bound for Hamburg could be observed (2015)

InterCity 2084 "Nebelhorn" departing Kempten (Allgäu) hauled by a class 218 (2015)

Alex Munich-Lindau/Oberstdorf calling at Kempten (2015)

 An Alex train hauled by a class 223 departing Kempten (2015)

Two class 612 DMUs bound for Augsburg Hbf calling at Kempten (2015)

Class 612 and 642 seen at Kempten (2015)

Another Alex bound for Lindau and Oberstdorf arriving at Kempten (2015)

Class 223 and a DB class 642 seen at Kempten (2015)

An InterRegioExpress train bound for Stuttgart Hbf seen at the harbor station of Lindau (2015)

Lindau Hbf has also international visitors such as this ÖBB Class 1116 with a CityShuttle train set (2015)

Another guest from Austrian is this ÖBB class 4024 set bound for Bludenz (2015)

Another international visitor is this SBB class 421 engine that is going to haul EuroCity 194 Munich-Zurich (2015)

EuroCity 194 bound for Zurich departing Lindau Hbf (2015)

Another ÖBB class 4024 arriving to Lindau Hbf coming in from Bludenz (2015)

Two class 218 that hauled EC 194 from Munich to Lindau (2015)

 Two class 218 engines seen at Lindau Hbf (2015)

EuroCity 195 arriving from Zurich HB to Lindau hauled by a SBB class 421 (2015)

International train meeting at Lindau Hbf (2015)

Time to leave again Lindau and Lake Constance with the here seen class 612 (2015)

A class 612 bound for Augsburg on the left and an Alex train to Munich on the right, both seen at Lindau Hbf (2015)

A class 223 with an Alex train Munich-Lindau calling at Hergatz (2015)

A class 628/928 train set bound for Aulendorf seen at Kißlegg (2015)

Waiting for the next connection to Memmingen at Kißlegg station (2015)

The next leg from Kißlegg to Memmingen was completed with this class 650 "Regio-Shullte" train (2015)

Finally back in Buchloe another Alex train Munich-Lindau can be seen, again with the same class 223 I saw already in the morning at the same spot (2015)

Finally a brief look at the bistro car of an Alex train, one of the few local trains I know that offers a gastronomic service on board (2015)