Lokwelt Freilassing

[murphaph]

A couple of pics from Lokwelt (Loco world) in Freilassing, Bavaria where we are today. This is essentially a suburb of Salzburg, which is fully integrated into the Salzburg S-Bahn network. It's on the main Munich to Vienna route so very busy with international trains passing through. There's a small freight classification yard still in operation but virtually all the other "railway stuff" has gone. The museum took over the old roundhouse and has done a lovely job restoring it. The turntable dates from the 1920s.

The h0 scale model is a good representation of the current facilities.

[jhb171achill]

What's that sectioned 2.4.0? Nice looking beast.

[murphaph]

It's one of these:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_B_IX

[Georgeconna]

Might Stuff, Some good stuff in Germany, 103 is lovely. Cant beat those colours.

[Galteemore]

Great pics . Hard to beat a 103. Almost as good as a V200

[jhb171achill]

24 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Great pics . Hard to beat a 103. Almost as good as a V200

Ah, but it's a diesel....... whereas that sectioned yoke is the business!

[murphaph]

Yeah a 103 hauling a Rheingold along the banks of the Rhine is especially hard to beat. 

[murphaph]

A final couple of pics of Freilassing from today...

The above Budapest-Munich train operated by the ÖBB would not normally stop here. The destination board advises would be passengers not to board as the train is only stopping for a "border check". A couple of federal police officers boarded the train and it departed again.

We took one of these instead of a regional train because we'd just missed the hourly regional connection. Only cost €6.50 more for the three of us on the Railjet and there's a children's "cinema" on board to get 20 minutes peace lol.

[jhb171achill]

Proper buffers and couplings instead of the tram things they have on ICRs.......

[murphaph]

And they get used too! It's common to see two complete Railjet sets coupled together where traffic demands it. Plenty to be seen around here at the moment with the Bavarian school holidays just starting on Thursday last.

This line is interesting because you have very many of these Railjets taking a shortcut through Germany. Most of them are actually doing Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck - (Zurich). Only a few are stopping anywhere in Germany. They are running "privileged" through Germany so even before Schengen and the single market they ran non stop through Germany back into Austria without any customs formalities. These days unfortunately with Corona that's once again a benefit.

[jhb171achill]

54 minutes ago, murphaph said:

And they get used too! It's common to see two complete Railjet sets coupled together where traffic demands it. Plenty to be seen around here at the moment with the Bavarian school holidays just starting on Thursday last.

This line is interesting because you have very many of these Railjets taking a shortcut through Germany. Most of them are actually doing Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck - (Zurich). Only a few are stopping anywhere in Germany. They are running "privileged" through Germany so even before Schengen and the single market they ran non stop through Germany back into Austria without any customs formalities. These days unfortunately with Corona that's once again a benefit.

That's like the "free-to-free" traffic from Dublin to Donegal back in the day - crawling non-stop through Enniskillen and Omagh.

[Georgeconna]

Jesus I'd love to be sipping some Bavarian nectar now in a huge glass.....surrounded by the mountains. Pop over to Mr H's to check the View from the eagles next....Not done it yet but will be!

[murphaph]

We passed through Berchtesgaden yesterday actually George:

That's the completely out of proportion Hauptbahnhof. Berchtesgaden is the smallest urban District in Germany with its own Hauptbahnhof.

Built like that to receive you know who and his mates.

The missus wouldn't sanction a trip up to his "place in the mountains" lol.

Lunch with liquid accompaniment was had here on Wednesday George. Not Bavaria but Austria. Movie buffs may recognise this courtyard....

 

[Liam_Murph]

3 hours ago, murphaph said:

A final couple of pics of Freilassing from today...

The above Budapest-Munich train operated by the ÖBB would not normally stop here. The destination board advises would be passengers not to board as the train is only stopping for a "border check". A couple of federal police officers boarded the train and it departed again.

We took one of these instead of a regional train because we'd just missed the hourly regional connection. Only cost €6.50 more for the three of us on the Railjet and there's a children's "cinema" on board to get 20 minutes peace lol.

Are these the trains using the Siemens Taurus locomotives that have the tuned engine starting to 'do re mi'?

[murphaph]

Lol yeah that's them!

[Georgeconna]

2 hours ago, murphaph said:

We passed through Berchtesgaden yesterday actually George:

That's the completely out of proportion Hauptbahnhof. Berchtesgaden is the smallest urban District in Germany with its own Hauptbahnhof.

Built like that to receive you know who and his mates.

The missus wouldn't sanction a trip up to his "place in the mountains" lol.

Lunch with liquid accompaniment was had here on Wednesday George. Not Bavaria but Austria. Movie buffs may recognise this courtyard....

 

Flipping unreal!  Jealous!

This guy does a Fab Selection of then and now videos of WWII Germany and Post WWII. Still a lot there if you keep the eyes peeled.

 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2021 by Georgeconna

[murphaph]

A few impressions from the very short (2km) Chiemsee-Bahn in Prien, Bavaria.

The railway was built from the beginning to shuttle visitors from Prien station down to the moorings at Stock, the same job it still does today. From Stock, boats can be taken over to the islands in the lake (2nd largest lake entirely within Germany, 3rd largest if you include Lake Constance).

Terminus in Prien. Mainline rail running parallel out of shot to the right:

View in other direction towards Stock with train arriving:

After arrival in Stock on the return service which was the last train of the day, the loco is quickly uncoupled and heads towards its shed for the night:

The coaches will spend the night in the station:

The coaling station for the steam loco that only works weekends:

And some models from the waiting room:

And just for George, the beer I enjoyed over on the Herreninsel:

 

[murphaph]

A few pics from the Hans Peter Porsche Traumwerk (Dream factory) which we made a stop at today.

Hans Peter was a son of the famous Ferdinand Porsche. He amassed a large private collection of toys and models, some of which is now on public display.

The exhibit is housed in a purpose built facility and includes a large h0 layout based on Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 

Fleischman ship:

Märklin ship (real steam engine pictured also):

Some tin plate stuff:

h0 display:

 

 

[DB JOE]

On 31/7/2021 at 6:28 PM, murphaph said:

We passed through Berchtesgaden yesterday actually George:

That's the completely out of proportion Hauptbahnhof. Berchtesgaden is the smallest urban District in Germany with its own Hauptbahnhof.

Built like that to receive you know who and his mates.

The missus wouldn't sanction a trip up to his "place in the mountains" lol.

Lunch with liquid accompaniment was had here on Wednesday George. Not Bavaria but Austria. Movie buffs may recognise this courtyard....

 

The Shloss Adler !!!!!  Where Eagles Dare!!!!

[murphaph]

Lol correct! Real name Burg Hohenwerfen (a Schloß in German is a palace rather than a castle, which is a Burg). The name of the town below the castle is in fact Werfen, as it was in the film, but it's not in Bavaria, it's over the border in Austria and it had a fairly quiet WWII.

The helicopter actually landed in the courtyard of the castle though much of the exterior is a studio model and none of the interior scenes were shot on location either.

You can do some nice trainspotting from up there too:

[Georgeconna]

On 2/8/2021 at 7:14 PM, murphaph said:

A few impressions from the very short (2km) Chiemsee-Bahn in Prien, Bavaria.

The railway was built from the beginning to shuttle visitors from Prien station down to the moorings at Stock, the same job it still does today. From Stock, boats can be taken over to the islands in the lake (2nd largest lake entirely within Germany, 3rd largest if you include Lake Constance).

Terminus in Prien. Mainline rail running parallel out of shot to the right:

View in other direction towards Stock with train arriving:

After arrival in Stock on the return service which was the last train of the day, the loco is quickly uncoupled and heads towards its shed for the night:

The coaches will spend the night in the station:

The coaling station for the steam loco that only works weekends:

And some models from the waiting room:

And just for George, the beer I enjoyed over on the Herreninsel:

 

Man Alive, What a place to visit!. I'd have a Great Holiday with you kid!!, leave the missus at home the next time  

I see there is a Paddle Steamer on the lake too, Is that in operation?. If Only I visited Germany years ago to savour these delights!

 

[murphaph]

George she's still in regular service. She was out the day I took those pics. She's called the Ludwig Fessler. According to the wiki she was steam powered until 1973 when the Maffei engine was replaced with twin MAN diesel electric units.

Interestingly the original engine now powers a different paddle steamer in Switzerland.

[murphaph]

Right, last update to this thread as the holiday has come to an end. On the way back up to Berlin we made a stop at the Göltzschtalbrücke. This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. It's absolutely massive. 26 million bricks were used to build it with 31 lives lost during its construction. It remains the largest brick built bridge in the world today.

If you are ever anywhere close to this place you should make a detour to take a look.