242: Overseas, Germany, Cologne area, 01/04/09

1st April 2009

LAST UPDATED 04/07/09. CURRENTLY CONTAINS 93 PHOTOS.
Day 3 and another bash around the local Cologne area. Started off with a quick visit to Deutzerfeld depot as I'd passed it on the train the night before and noticed a 103 outside the shed. Luckily it was still there so managed to get a couple of photos. After this down to Gremberg yard for a couple of hours to see if things were any busier than Monday. They certainly were, and in just over 2 hours I'd noted 17 freight and 9 light loco movements. As the sun moved round there was a quick break for lunch, then spent the rest of the day on Koln Sud and Koln West, recording 87 locos in 6 hours, including 44 freights. Not bad for an April Fool's Day!

101035 stands in the early morning sun at Deutzerfeld depot	Classic electric 103184 stands outside the shed at Deutzerfeld depot	Classic electric 103184 stands outside the shed at Deutzerfeld depot	218217 ready to start the Koln Messe/Deutz service to Trier. This loco was a regular performer on this service working every day I was in Cologne
111012 calls at Koln Messe/Deutz with an RE service to Munster Hbf	Very dirty 140783 enters Gremberg yard on a train of covered steel wagons	296059 comes out of the yard whilst performing it's shunting duties at Gremberg	Chemoil liveried 482028 heads a southbound intermodal through Gremberg
Little & large! 294880 drags 333036 north out of Gremberg depot. You can really appreciate how small these 333s are from this photo!	Little & large! 294880 drags 333036 north out of Gremberg depot. You can really appreciate how small these 333s are from this photo!	Railion liveried 185181 heads into Gremberg from the north	A very faded 151126 enters Gremberg yard light engine
Railion 189041 heads a southbound tank train through Gremberg	151129 heads north on a tank train	Units 726004 & 725004 head north after running into Gremberg yard	186201 (2809) heads a loaded car train west towards Belgium
155055 heads into the yard on a long mixed freight	Chemion liveried 275502 runs north light engine	Another departmental unit, 701017 enters the yard at Gremberg before heading back north	GM loco 6605 heads ES64F4.998 on a northbound intermodal through Gremberg
Double headed 140867 & 140809 leave Gremberg yard on a long northbound mixed freight	G2000BB #DH752 enters Gremberg yard on a very long car train	186123 (2801) arrives at Gremberg on a long mixed freight	140868 & 140861 head a northbound train of bogie hoppers through Gremberg
DH752 heads back north light engine	145043 crosses the road at Gremberg on anorthbound mixed freight	185018 leaving Gremberg yard barely a minute after the previous train	294801 runs back in to the yard after carrying out some shunting
101077 at the rear of a Cologne bound IC working at Koln West	139285 runs light engine through Koln West	A small engineers vehicle running south through Koln Sud	Double headed 140834 & 140837 on a north bound train of empty steel wagons at Koln Sud
Another engineers vehicel heads south at Koln Sud	146024 pushes an RE service to Koblenz away from Koln Sud	HGK Mak DE92 heads a southbound intermodal through Koln Sud	218136 pauses at Koln Sud on an RE service to Koln Messe/Deutz
101106 passes on a northbound IC service	155259 heads north through Koln Sud on an intermodal service	151169 & 151164 double head a southbound bogie hopper train through Koln Sud	HGK's DE92 heads light engine through Koln Sud
3 minutes after the previous photo and DE91 follows through Koln Sud	And another 5 minutes and it's DE83's turn to head north!	DB 294714 brings a short freight through Koln Sud	146013 at the head of an RE service to Emmerich through Koln Sud
Railion 185217 heads a long intermodal service through Koln West	G2000BB loco R4C2005 brings a northbound rake of bogie tanks to a halt at Koln West for a driver change	G2000BB loco R4C2005 stands at Koln West on a northbound rake of bogie tanks	G2000BB loco R4C2005 stands at Koln West on a northbound rake of bogie tanks
186123 (2801) heads a lengthy mixed freight through Koln West heading for Belgium	Chemion 275501 "Silvia" accelerates a long bogie tank train through Koln West	218217 pushes an RE service away from Koln West heading for Koln Messe/Deutz	MRCE Dispolok ES64F4.204 (189204) runs light engine through Koln West
In the late afternoon sun 151006 heads a northbound train of bogie hoppers	"Die Adler Mannheim" liveried 101070 heads a northbound IC service through Koln West	HGK Mak DE76 heads a southbound waste container train through Koln West	DB electric 155261 comes to a halt with a northbound "Ambrogio" intermodal service
143017 runs light engine through Koln West	DB liveried 139285 at the head of a short mixed freight through Koln West	Railion 189073 on a long northbound mixed freight through Koln West	101119 heads a northbound IC service of SBB stock through Koln West