11th September 2013 - Farewell class 110? (again)Wednesday 11th September 2013 Our last full day and there was really only one thing to do this morning, go to Ostseebad Binz and catch 110 469; we couldn’t let a required class 110 slip through the net with the numbers left in service dwindling fast. Just like yesterday, the sun was out but rain was forecast later but today there was no sign of the Freightliner 66 and the only things of note we saw on the journey were an accident on the adjacent road between Ramblin and Samtens and the derelict class 311 shunting loco sitting on a road trailer near the latter. 110 469 at Stralsund Hbf10th September 2013. Departing with EC378 06:13 Bratislava hl st on the last leg of the journey to Ostseebad Binz. As expected, 110 469 was waiting at Ostseebad Binz so it was all aboard for another possible last ride behind / last new one, something we thought we might have had back in February 2012 (see report); these hard-working old locos just seem to last and last! 218 392 on its test train was passed en route back to Stralsund where our train reversed and 101 023 attached to the opposite end for the journey south. Being at a bit of a loose end after achieving our objective for the day, we stayed on board the EC train with the intention of doing two required lines but then got distracted by a new class 114 on the RE train that would follow our EC. 114 003 at Anklam11th September 2013. RE18317 16:14 Stralsund to Elsterwerda. It turned out that doing the two new lines would mean a fairly late arrival back in Stralsund, not what we wanted with packing to do, a plane to check in for and an early start in the morning so we worked out a compromise involving the new class 114 and one of the lines. This meant getting off the EC at Züssow, the junction for Usedom, in the hope that something of interest would appear in the 40 or so minutes there but nothing passed before we had to go back to the station to catch the RE service. The new line we chose to cover was to Ueckermünde which involved changing at the junction station of Jatznick and was a bit of a scramble due to us being at the rear of the train and the only way across to the branch platform being via the level crossing at the front end. The line to Ueckermünde was one of those we should really have done around 13 years ago when it had class 218 hauled turns but, like so much else, we had not been able to fit it in. These days it is operated by “OLA” or OstseelandVerkehr GmbH, a subsidiary of Veolia, previously Connex whose influence was still in evidence with the white blue and yellow livery of the unit. The terminus of the line was at Ueckermünde Stadthafen, a pleasant area next to the old harbour and a relatively recent addition as the line previously terminated at the main station a couple of kilometres further back. 0006 at Ueckermünde Stadthafen11th September 2013. After arriving with OLA79801 10:34 Bützow to Ueckermünde Stadthafen. We went straight back on the same unit to Pasewalk and were fortunate enough to see and photograph two freight trains before catching the IC back to Stralsund which, as seems to be increasingly common in Germany now, was minus a coach. In this case the train was missing the first class coach so we went to the buffet car for a cup of tea instead which passed the time nicely before we got off at Anklam for a look round there. The shunting loco in the local factory had scuttled back inside thus thwarting our idea of trying to photograph it but, whilst on the IC train, we had overtaken the class 232 on a train of hoppers that we saw at Pasewalk so perhaps there would be a second chance for a shot of that. Time ticked on; surely the 232 should have turned up by now? We were just beginning to wonder if there was a problem when a figure in orange overalls appeared by the points leading to the harbour branch and started looking towards Pasewalk, so that’s what is going on! The 232 crossed over to the “wrong road” on the mainline, ran round its wagons and proceeded to propel them into the sidings and split the train up thus providing plenty of photo opportunities before the final portion was berthed under the grain loading facility and the loco went off light engine in a southerly direction. 232 079 at Anklam11th September 2013. Our intention had been to catch the RE train back to Stralsund but we found the shunting operations more interesting and decided to wait the extra hour for our “old friend” EC378 which also gave time for a look at the lifting bridge carrying the main line across the entrance to the harbour. Anklam11th September 2013. Looking north across the lifting bridge over the river Peene. Watching and photographing operations similar to those in Binnenhafen Anklam was something we had not done for many years in the UK so it was a real pleasure to indulge in such activities again after so long and a fitting end to our “big” trip for the year.
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