Day 9, and the last post, so to speak….
Sunny and warm. All trip has on today is a late afternoon wine tasting in Rudesheim so using my €9 ticket have come through to Frankfurt for a couple of hours. Tomorrow early start by coach to Cologne for trains back home. Next trip is 18 June to Dresden.
Mainz transport….
Frankfurt Hbf
Frankfurt trams…
And Frankfurt itself….
Rudesheim….
Day 8, and coming to the end of Ron’s travels….
Mixed day. Free day on tour so taking advantage of limited new Germany initiative for June July and August of travel anywhere on local trains buses and trams for €9 per month. Travelled to Koblenz up east side of Rhine waiting for trsin down west bank to Mainz before heading back to hotel via Wiesbaden.
Lots of Koblenz shots….
And a few trains….
And a few boats….
I’m pleased to hear it, Ron….
No they were not waiting for me!
Mind you, if you’d had Allan with you…..
Day 7, and almost all tourism….
Mixed day overcast, sunny and light rain. No train travel today. Taken by coach to Boppard then back to hotel by boar [sic] with a stopover in St Goar.
Only a German tour would include a boar trip 🙂 Boppard…..
Impressive flood marks at Boppard (my old line of business)…..
To St Goar….
And back….
The boats on the Rhine are all mine, all mine (that dates me)…..
A couple of trains along the Rhine….
And to finish today, another train running through the centre of Assmannhausen. Seen on return from the pizza resturant…..
Day 6….
Overcast with sunny periods. Coach from Wernigerode to Hildersheim for train to Assmanhausen via Frankfurt. As the weather was good walked along Rhine to Rudesheim and then took train back.
Starting at Frankfurt Hbf…..
The delightfully named, though picturesque, Assmanhausen. The second picture is Ron’s hotel…..
Bus at Assmanhausen…
Sorry, Ron, you’ll have to stick with the strudel…..
And on to the Rhine, where boat-spotting is better than train-spotting….
The usual five suspects arrived for Wednesday’s running night. Another strong Southern representation. Derek’s Warship and Chris’ ‘N’ both headed green coaches…..
I tested a ‘new’ Somerset and Dorset Jinty, pulling a train of PO wagons….
Breaking the Southern theme was my Blue Spot fish train….
And Simon’s American contribution….
What we need for our trackwork?
Progress with the new fiddle yard continues. We do seem to be suffering from the ‘two members, three opinions’ syndrome, but we are getting there!
Day 5….
Overcast. A free day so I caught an early train to go to Leipzig where I spent 3 hours walking around. Back to Wernigerode and I walked up to the castle and back. Not sure about pictures tomorrow as tour is moving on to the Rhine Gorge – a 7 hour journey.
Leipzig…..
Leipzig trams….
And Leipzig Hbf. Note the ESNG quality tracklaying…..
Wernigerode from the castle….
And to finish today, the compulsory shot of Ron’s strudel delight…..
Day 4 and another expedition….
Mixed day. Sun, cloud and showers. Coach to Alexisbad for stram train journey to Gerode however over half the party, including myself, paid to carry on the the train to Quedlingberg. All pictures are from Quedlingberg.
And the Selketalbahn at Alexisbad (try saying that lot after a few beers!)
After some trainspotting at Cologne Station….
Overcast day. Took train from Cologne to Hannover then coach to Werigerode with a stop over in Goslar, where all today’s pictures are taken.
And some fine vintage buses….
Next day….
A mid morning start to our trip up the Brocken so took opportunity for walk round Wernigerode before it got busy.
And so to the Brockenbahn….
Spectacular views from the Brocken. As Allan commented:
You certainly had the right day to go up the Brocken. Never seen it so clear.
Not sure how the Elizabeth Line links to Eurostar, but Ron is now in deepest Germany…..
Travelled by Eurostar to Brussels and then on to Cologne for overnight stay.
St Pancras and Eurostars…
On to Cologne…
And some transport pictures….
No trains today as stations were too crowded!
Brussels Midi and Cologne Hbf….
Cologne tram and bus….
The following morning, there were less people on Cologne station….
One wonders whether it’s called that as it almost took as long to build as our monarch has reigned, or perhaps just because it’s as expensive as royalty? Or course, most of us will know it as Crossrail…
Ron was there….
Abbey Wood Station….
The train interior….
And on to Paddington, where the service terminates at the moment. Trains to Shenfield and through trains will follow later in the year and next year. Sensibly, they are opening the line a section at a time. I’m interested to see the safety doors on the platform, like they have fitted in Hong Kong and Singapore for years. They are also useful in allowing the air-conditioning to work without losing all the cold air down the tunnel every time a train pulls in.
And so was Jago Hazzard, who made his usual amusing video…
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