The final day of the trip dawned clear, much to my surprise as it wasn’t forecast. It wasn’t long before the cloud rolled in and by the time I reached Tüßling for my first shot, it was completely overcast. The sun did break through on occasions, particularly in the early afternoon, but it was cloudy most of the day and only a couple of shots were taken in good light.

It wasn’t such a good day for the trains either. Timekeeping was very poor, not only for the ECs but also for the local services they delayed. After seeing north and southbound ECs near Tüßling, I went on to Garching, arriving just after 10:00, at the same time as a southbound local. It should have crossed the northbound local and left after a couple of minutes but was held for the late running northbound and the following northbound EC, finally departing almost 50 minutes late.

There wasn’t as much 232 activity today. 232.209 made a round trip from München to Freilassing and back on EC111 and EC114. Northbound EC390 was also 232 hauled. I didn’t see the number but it was reported on the KBS960 forum as 232.240. Unfortunately it didn’t come back from München, being replaced by 218.403+218.440 on EC113 and EC216. The other two pairs of 218s on the diversions were 218.402+218.426 and 218.404+218.418.

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Not the 232 I expected but 218.403 and 218.440 were still a very welcome sight as they approached Kirchweidach during a rare sunny break. The train was EC113, the 07:44 from Frankfurt to Klagenfurt, running over 30 minutes late and with train engine, ÖBB 1116.050, still attached.

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When I arrived at Garching in the morning I was pleasantly surprised to see a southbound EKOL intermodal in the loop. It must have been there for some time as it hadn’t passed me at Tüßling and the line had been occupied by the DMU for most of the time I was travelling between locations. The surprise grew even more pleasant as the 212 and then the 217 came into view but then the cruelest disappointment, there was a 266 ahead of them. If ever there was a case of a monstrous carbuncle on the face of an old friend, this was it. It appears that the 217 and 212 had worked as far as Garching on their own but due to some unspecified defect the 266 had been summoned from Mühldorf to take over. The train finally left just after 11:00, after waiting for northbound and southbound locals and a northbound EC. The 266 was doing all the work with the other two locos shut down and unmanned. The 266 returned on its own in the afternoon with the northbound EKOL. No other freights were seen.

After seeing EC216 pass in rapidly failing light, it was time to drive back to München Flughafen for the flight back to Gatwick.

S of Tüßling

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
232.240 dit 101.020	EC390	07:51 Salzburg Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	09:01
232.209 dit 1116.040 [ÖBB]	EC111	08:00 München Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	09:37

Garching

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.402 218.426 dit 101.024	EC218	05:44 Graz Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	10:45
266.447 dit 217.002 [BTEX] 212.249 [LM]		SB Intermodal	11:07
218.404 218.418 dit 101.119	EC217	05:08 Saarbrücken Hbf - Graz Hbf	11:42

N of Kirchweidach

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
232.209 dit 101.013	EC114	08:42 Klagenfurt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	13:01
218.403 218.440 dit 1116.050 [ÖBB]	EC113	07:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	14:08

S of Fridolfing

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
266.447		NB Intermodal	15:02
218.426 218.402 dit 101.053	EC115	05:39 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	16:00
218.440 218.403 dit 101.098	EC216	11:37 Graz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	16:30

A perfect clear day from sunrise until an hour before sunset, when some hazy cloud appeared. I started on the München - Salzburg line with a couple of 111 hauled trains near Prien am Chiemsee. The line was closed for engineering work between Traunstein and Freilassing, so there was nothing else on this section, just the 111 hauled REs, terminating at Traunstein for a bus forward.

The rest of the day was spent on the Mühldorf - Freilassing line where EuroCity trains and a few freights, diverted from the main line, were being diesel hauled. Two 232s and two pairs of 218s were doing the dragging with the electric, a 101, 1016 or 1116, still attached. The Ludmillas, 232.209 and 232.240, were the same locos that were out on the previous Saturday. The Rabbits were 218.402+218.426 and 218.404+218.418.

Despite the attractions of long diesel hauled passengers, the star turn was a freight, the EKOL, a northbound intermodal train double headed by Lokomotion’s 212.249 and Bahn Touristik Express’s 217.002. Two other freights were seen, a southbound intermodal with unidentified power and a southbound mixed freight hauled by an ECR 266 with an ÖBB 1016 coupled inside.

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A sight you don’t see every day! 212.249 and 217.002 dragged the EKOL northwards near Kirchanschöring on the Freilassing - Mühldorf line.

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E of Prien am Chiemsee

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.166	RE79009	07:42 München Hbf - Traunstein	08:56
111.044 propelling	RE79016	08:44 Traunstein - München Hbf	09:05
111.174	RE79011	08:48 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf	09:54
111.xxx propelling	RE79018	09:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	10:09

S of Kirchanschöring

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.426 218.402 dit 101.098	EC217	05:08 Saarbrücken Hbf - Graz Hbf	11:48
232.209 dit 101.053	EC114	08:42 Klagenfurt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	12:27
218.404 218.418 dit 1116.013 [ÖBB]	EC113	07:44 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	14:01
218.402 218.426 dit 1016.016	EC112	10:27 Klagenfurt Hbf - Frankfurt (M) Hbf	14:28
212.249 [LM] 217.002 [BTEX]		NB Intermodal	14:52

Salling, N of Tittmoning-Wiesmühl

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
212.249 [LM] 217.002 [BTEX]		NB Intermodal	15:36
232.240 101.020	EC115	05:39 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	16:11

N of Kirchweidach

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.418 218.404 dit 101.119	EC216	11:37 Graz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	16:58
266.444 dit 1016.009 [ÖBB]		SB Freight	17:12
232.209 dit 101.024	EC219	11:58 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Graz Hbf	17:37

I left Garmisch-Partenkirchen first thing and drove east to the München - Salzburg line, spending most of the day at spots east and west of Traunstein but finishing off south of Prien am Chiemsee. The aim of the day’s photography was to get shots of 111s on München - Salzburg REs, which are due to go plastic in December. In that respect, the day was a failure with only one shot of a 111 hauled train in good light. I got quite a few shots in good light but they weren’t of 111s, which the clouds took out almost every time. One train took itself out. RE79017, the 11:42 from München, failed to appear at all.

There were plenty of long distance trains around, most of which were worked by ÖBB class 1116 electrics on RailJet or conventional stock. 1116.042, in the standard ÖBB red livery worked a railject to München and back.

DB class 101s were also fairly common on EC trains to Graz and Klagenfurt. IC2083 to Berschtesgaden was a Dispolok 182.5 as expected. Only one unit was seen, a class 628 working to Traunstein empty stock in the late morning.

Most freight was also worked by ÖBB 1116s or 1016s. There were some DB locos around including a 151 and a 139 as well as the inevitable 185s. The private sector was represented by a pair of 189s and a 139.

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1116.147 worked OIC863 east from Traunstein, adding a splash of colour to the drab landscape.

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Jahn, E of Traunstein

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
1116.231 [ÖBB] propelling	RJ63	09:27 München Hbf - Budapest-Keleti	10:31
151.168		WB Freight	10:34
111.165 propelling	RE79020	10:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	10:41
1116.147 [ÖBB]	OIC863	06:11 Bregenz - Wien Westbf	10:42
185.292		EB Intermodal	10:53
1116.186 [ÖBB]		WB Oil Tanks	11:06
1116.118 [ÖBB]	OIC860	07:48 Wien Westbf - Bregenz	11:14
111.023	RE79013	09:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf	11:18

Burkhartsöd, W of Teisendorf

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.130 propelling	RE79022	11:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	11:39
189.926 [DISPO] 189.914 [RPOOL]		WB	11:45
1116.245 [ÖBB] propelling	RJ561	07:41 Bregenz - Wien Westbf	11:50
1016.021 [ÖBB]		WB Vans	11:53
101.119	EC217	05:28 Saarbrücken Hbf - Graz Hbf	11:56
1116.278 [ÖBB]		EB Car Carriers	12:01
101.xxx propelling	EC114	08:42 Klagenfurt Hbf - Dortmund Hbf	12:15
111.174	RE79015	10:48 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf	12:21
1116.207 [ÖBB] mid train 1116.xxx [ÖBB]	RJ162	06:05 Budapest-Keleti - Zürich HB	12:26
1116.202 [ÖBB] propelling	RJ65	11:27 München Hbf - Budapest-Keleti	12:39
111.023 propelling	RE79024	12:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	12:40
1116.027 [ÖBB]	OIC865	11:08 Innsbruck Hbf - Wien Westbf	12:44
1116.102 [ÖBB]	OIC862	09:56 Wien Westbf - Landeck-Zams	13:15
1116.xxx	RJ60	07:10 Budapest-Keleti - München Hbf	13:20
111.174 propelling	RE79028	13:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	13:40
1116.201 [ÖBB]' mm 1116.222 [ÖBB] propelling	RJ163	08:40 Zürich HB - Wien Westbf	13:40
1116.028 [ÖBB]	EC113	08:22 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	13:48

Axdorf, W of Traunstein

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
1016.006 [ÖBB]		EB Freight	14:46
111.xxx	RE79030	14:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	14:51
1116.145 [ÖBB]		EB Oil Tanks	14:52
1016.008		WB Freight	14:57
111.xxx	RE79021	13:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf	15:11
1116.099 [ÖBB]	OIC864	11:56 Wien Westbf - Bregenz	15:19
182.572 [DISPO]	IC2083	07:14 Hamburg-Altona - Berchtesgaden Hbf	15:20
101.001	EC115	06:31 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	15:38

Weisham, E of Prien am Chiemsee

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
139.132		WB Freight	16:16
139.558 [?]		WB Freight	16:20
1116.042 [ÖBB] propelling	RJ69	15:27 München Hbf - Wien Westbf	16:26
1116.030 [ÖBB]	OIC869	14:09 Landeck-Zams - Wien Westbf	16:30
101.098 propelling	EC216	11:37 Graz Hbf - Saarbrücken Hbf	16:34
1116.211 [ÖBB] 1116.241 [ÖBB] mid train	RJ166	13:36 Wien Westbf - Zürich HB	16:42
111.174	RE79025	15:42 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf	16:56
111.130 propelling	RE79034	16:09 Salzburg Hbf - München Hbf	17:05
1116.xxx [ÖBB] mid train 1116221 [ÖBB] propelling	RJ167	12:40 Zürich HB - Wien Westbf	17:20
1116.199 [ÖBB]		WB Oil Tanks	17:21
139.132		EB Freight	17:26
1116.080 [ÖBB]	OIC866	13:56 Wien Westbf - Landeck-Zams	17:32
101.xxx	EC219	12:20 Frankfurt (M) Hbf - Graz Hbf	17:32
1116.205 [ÖBB]	RJ64	11:10 Budapest-Keleti - München Hbf	17:42
111.xxx	RE79027	16:32 München Hbf - Salzburg Hbf	17:42
185.254		EB Ballast Hoppers	17:45

My second day on the Mittenwaldbahn got off to a very slow start. Every potential spot I visited had something seriously wrong with it, often just that the sun wasn’t high enough to get over the mountains at this time of year, not that there was a lot of sun to start with. I also got out of sync with the trains, hence the lack of sightings before midday. By late morning the sky was clearing nicely and the afternoon was practically cloud free.

I spent the middle part of the day around Klais before heading north to a spot between Eschenlohe and Ohlstadt when the sun dropped behind the mountains at Klais. Despite taking a number of shots with roads in the foreground or background, none of the pictures were ruined by vehicles getting in the way, a very rare occurance indeed. Not a bad day overall.

All the passenger trains seen were worked by 111s at the south end of push-pull sets, including the additional München to Garmisch working seen late on. The Bahnland Bayern blue liveried loco, 111.017, made two trips over the line but I managed to miss it both times. all the other 111s were in the standard red and mostly very smart.

A southbound freight hauled by an ÖBB 1016 and a 2016 took me by surprise as I left the spot north of Klais. It stopped just beyond the station for some reason, allowing me to get ahead of it but coming before I could climb up to a good position.

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111.053 made a cautious descent of the bank from Klais to Mittenwald with RB59515, the 13:32 from München to Mittenwald.

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N of Klais

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.017 propelling	RB59542	11:36 Mittenwald - München Hbf	11:48
111.005	RB59499	10:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	12:19
111.037 propelling	RB59526	12:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	12:49
111.035	RB59513	11:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	13:17

S of Klais

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
1016.043 [ÖBB] 2016.041 [ÖBB]		SB Freight	13:36
111.005 propelling	RB59544	13:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	13:46
111.204	RB59521	12:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	14:21
111.035 propelling	RB59530	14:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	14:42
111.053	RB59515	13:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	15:22

S of Ohlstadt

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.037	RB59517	15:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	16:45
111.005	RB59523	16:00 München Hbf - Garmisch-Partenkirchen	17:15
111.053 propelling	RB59532	16:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	17:26

Another trip to Germany to try some of the lines that got away the last time. I took the 06:20 easyJet from Gatwick to München arriving around 30 minutes early due to a prompt departure and a strong tailwind. The take off was very impressive - we must have used around ten yards of the runway at Gatwick before we were airborne. There was a lot of cloud over München but it looked much clearer to the south when we landed. By the time I’d collected the hire car, the blue sky had moved a lot further south and by the time I reached Klais, between Garmisch and Mittenwald, it was well over the Austrian border and probably the Italian border as well. The forecast was for cloud and rain after a sunny start so there was little chance of getting any worthwhile shots once the light had gone.

The opportunity was taken to ride the line in order to look for photspots. I travelled from Klais to München, then back all the way to Mittenwald before returning to Klais. I did wonder whether a normal return ticket from Klais to München would have been the most economic option but it worked out at twice the price of a Bayern Ticket, so that was what I used.

It was noticeable that there weren’t a lot of pictures of the Mittenwaldbahn on the web and I soon found why. The trackside is horrendously overgrown almost all the way, quite a change from most of the lines I’m familiar with in southern Germany. It’s a shame that photography looks so difficult because the autumn colours are fabulous and probably the best I’ve seen this side of the Pennsylvania state line.

All the München - Mittenwald trains were worked by class 111 electrics, as expected. Some trains were formed entirely of single deck stock, while others were a mixture of single and double deckers. All trains were push-pull with the loco at the Mittenwald end. Timekeeping wasn’t good with ten minute delays common.

Class 426 EMUs were seen at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Reutte services but there was a class 442 stabled there as well. Class 442s, or maybe the same one twice, were seen on Oberammergau services at Murnau both times I passed through. Locals from Weilheim to Augsburg were class 648 DMUs operated by the BRB (but probably no relation to the BRB that used to live at 222 Marylebone Road). Class 423 EMUs worked S-Bahn services north of Tutzing.

Two freights were seen between Tutzing and München, much to my surprise, both worked by unidentified Augsburger Localbahn V100s.

At München itself, a good selection of trains was seen. One Passau service was a 440 EMU but two others were 111s. Most trains turned up with the expected traction though. One IC working wasn’t identified. I thought it was EC115 at first but that turned up later. It could well have been substituting for an ICE as the departure indicator showed an ICE as the next departure from that platform. Unfortunately I didn’t note which ICE. 103.245 was stabled outside the depot, looking magnificent amongst the 111s, and probably waiting for its afternoon trip to Nürnberg.

Klais

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.019	RB59509	09:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	11:16
111.040 propelling	RB59542	11:36 Mittenwald - München Hbf	11:45 (travelled Klais - München Hbf)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.017	RB59499	10:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	12:01

S of Murnau

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.037	RB59513	11:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	12:33
111.005	RB59521	12:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	13:03

München-Pasing

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
223.068 [VBG]	ALX84148	13:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf	13:26

München Hbf

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.031	RB59515	13:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	13:30
218.469	RE57590	14:52 München Hbf - Kempten	13:30
218.435	RE57510	13:52 München Hbf - Füssen	13:30
111.039	RE4069	11:16 Passau Hbf - München Hbf	13:40
218.440 218.428	EC193	09:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf	13:40
111.024	RE59156	14:28 München Hbf - Treuchtlingen	13:59
183.002 [VBG]	ALX84110	14:44 München Hbf - Hof Hbf	14:06
101.030	ICXXXX	? - München Hbf	14:07 (possible ICE Erzatz)
218.471 propelling	RE57509	12:06 Füssen - München Hbf	14:20
218.493	RE57412	14:20 München Hbf - Memmingen	14:20
111.052 propelling	RE57309	12:35 Treuchtlingen - München Hbf	14:22
111.039 propelling		Empty Stock	14:25
111.043	RB59549	14:32 München Hbf - Mittenwald	14:32 (travelled München Hbf - Mittenwald)
111.040 218.430		Stabled	14:34

München Hbf Depot

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.123 103.245		Stabled	14:36

München Hbf

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101.119 propelling	EC115	06:31 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Klagenfurt Hbf	14:36

München-Pasing

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
223.067 [VBG]	ALX84149	11:58 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf	14:41

Tutzing

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.017 propelling	RB59544	13:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	15:09

Murnau

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.037 propelling	RB59530	14:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	15:45

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.005 propelling	RB59546	15:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	16:12

Mittenwald

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
111.031 propelling	RB59532	16:37 Mittenwald - München Hbf	16:37 (travelled Mittenwald - Klais)