The ‘Ersatzkonzept’ (‘replacement concept’ in English) for passenger services of the third and final stage of the Neckartal contract is already in motion. In focus: various colorful locomotive-hauled trains in service for WFL.
Railcolor News thanks Alex Kopp and Marcel Lotzen for their photo-contributions.
146 521 of Akiem
On 16.06.2020 a new type of all-blue train was seen in service in Baden Württemberg’s Tübingen on line IRE6 Tübingen – Stuttgart. And yes, this very locomotive with these very cars appeared recently on Railcolor News (and they were not alone):
185 689 of Railpool
Railpool-leased TRAXXes are also in use between Tübingen and Stuttgart and Tübingen and Heilbronn. 185 689 is seen below:
Railpool 185 691
And a nice landscape images of 185 691 follows:
ES 64 U2-030 of MRCE
Prefer a Siemens loco? No problem. MRCE’s got you covered with a black ES64U2 in combination with classic TRI (Train Rental GmbH) coaches on the RE10a:
Bonus: Yet another, scenic of the same train – notice the swan in the left part of the picture:
Of course, this colorful mix of locomotives and cars has a background story behind. Our Expert subscribers had the opportunity to read a thorough overview of the ‘Ersatzkonzept’. Here is the link:
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