2. German Railways
  3. March 2010

Koln West

Koln West March 5 2010
Sun, snow and parakeets - plus plenty of trains! A day at Koln West, from about 10 o'clock until 4 in the afternoon
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HGK DE61 passes with a long rake of wagons
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HGK DE61 passes with a long rake of wagons

  • HGK DE91 passes light engine showing off the new numbering system on the cab
  • Having gone round in a circle somewhere HGK DE62 shows its other side as it heads back south
  • HGK DE93 heads south with an intermodal
  • Looking in need of a repaint (it is over ten years old now!) HGK EMD JT42 loco DE62 runs through light engine
  • A slightly complicated history to loco ES64 F4 997, seen passing Koln West with an intermodal service on 5 March 2010. The loco was originally 189.097 of the DB fleet and was sold to MRCE Dispolok. It has now been leased to ERS Railways for services between Germany and the Benelux countries
  • MRCE Dispolok 185.566 is on lease to CFL Cargo as it passes the station with a load of steel
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  • Mitelweserbahn V2106 with a load of chemical tanks
  • Heading to Koln Messe station a TransRegio service from Mainz is headed by 460.507
  • HGK DE93 passes with an intermodal service
  • DB 101.004 is at the head of an IC service as it rushes through the station
  • HGK DE61 passes with a long rake of wagons
  • Pairs of Class 151 locos fitted with auto couplings on the iron ore trains from Rotterdam have long been a feature although it seems that the newer Class 189 will shortly take over - 151.103 and 151.093 are still hard at work
  • Some way away from its normal area of work at Karlsruhe Albtal Verkehrsgesellschaft 468 passes Koln West
  • DB 146.022 arrives at its next stop with an RE service
  • DB 189.037 heads north with a long train of mixed freight wagons
  • HGK DE81 passes with a mixed freight
  • Chemion Logistik 275-502 passes the station with a long freight with many wagons of loaded chemicals for the plants along the Rhine
  • DB 644.537 is at the rear of the train as it leaves Koln West heading for the city centre
  • Former DB loco now owned by MRCE and currently leased to ERS for services between Holland and Germany, ES64 F4 991 (also known as 189.091 - it all gets a bit complicated these days!) heads toward Gremberg yard
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