A northbound IC train hauled by a class 103 Co-Co electric paces a tourist bus just after passing Oberwesel. Note the typical German turnstyle guarding a foot crossing.

103-179-8 and 120-101-1 are awaiting departure time at the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof with their Intercity express train. For me, the 103 class was the most beautiful DB locomotive.

A pair of DB Co-Co electrics cross the River Mosel from the Petersburg tunnel to Ediger-Eller station with a heavy northbound haul of six-axle hoppers. The vinyards on the slopes beyond the bridge... (more)

A morning Koblenz to Frankfurt local approaches Assmannshausen on the River Rhine propelled by a class 110 Bo-Bo electric. These former express locos first introduced in 1957 (this one dating from... (more)

With Burg Katz in the foreground an evening Frankfurt to Koblenz local has just left the Loreley tunnel beside the River Rhine hauled by a class 143 Bo-Bo electric. On the cliff above the tunnel i... (more)

Hints of Autumn above the River Mosel as a pair of class 140 Bo-Bo electrics top & tail a Koblenz to Trier local as they leave Bullay and cross the double-deck bridge (rail above road) over the ri... (more)

A northbound FD Inter-City train bound for Hannover passes St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhein. The ancient castle Burg Katz, actually Neukatzenelnbogen, built at the end of the 14th centu... (more)

One of the formeer TEE diesel units, now branded Inter-City, leaves the Bettunnel south of St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhine on a southbound working.

One of the three DB prototype Inter-City electric units, that were later painted into Lufthansa livery to work between Frankfurt Airport and Dusseldorf Airport in lieu of short haul flights, is se... (more)

Two single railcars run through the vinyards on the Bullay to Traben-Trabach branch as the cruise ship 'Switzerland' sails down the River Mosel.

The 13.33 Koblenz to Trier personen zug heads away from the Prizenkopf tunnel below the prized vinyards beside the River Mosel and approaches Punderich station on a Spring afternoon.

This former Prussian 'P8' 4-6-0 has just arrived at Trier with the 12.27 Personen zug from Koblenz.

DB 2-10-0 No 50 470 waits on a very wet night to leave Saarbrucken Hbf with the 21.28 personenzug to Neunkirchen (Saar).

DB Class 03 4-6-2 No 03 244 waits in Cochem station with the 07.02 Saarbrucken to Cologne express.