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Germany - West- SouthEast- line
This main line connects the federal States
Hessen, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria. The line from Frankfurt-
Heidelberg runs along the "Bergstrasse", where one can
see on the left side the hills of the Odenwald forest with some
castles. The line Frankfurt-Mannheim, however, runs mainly
through flat land.
The line Mannheim-Stuttgart is
newly build and was opened in 1990 for high- speed- service.
Compared to the old line with a lot of curves, it is much faster.
The line Heidelberg - Stuttgart runs along the Neckar river and
due to many curves it is much slower, but one of the most
beautiful lines in Germany. The city of Stuttgart is embedded in
a valley and the trains passes through tunnels to reach it from
the North or South. Between Stuttgart and Ulm the train is
climbing the Schwabische Alb through narrow curves near
Geislingen. It is one of the steepest slopes in German Railway
system, and freight trains need to be pulled from the back by
another locomotive. From Ulm to Muenchen the line runs through
the flat Bavarian land. From Rosenheim to Salzburg the Alpen
mountains can be seen in the South.
Line Frankfurt (M) - Mannheim
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Line Mannheim - Stuttgart
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class 120 on the newly built line called
"Neubaustrecke" Mannheim-Stuttgart, where trains can
run more the 250km/h.
Date: 2001-31-03 at Schutzlingen, Saubuckel-Tunnel
Photo by downloaded from
http://www.bahnfoto.de/regionen/bw/0bwindex.html in 2003-01
Line Mannheim - Heidelberg- Heilbronn- Stuttgart
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This is the old line, and only a few express trains use it,
although it is one of the most beautiful railroads in Germany.
The trains run most of the time along the Neckar river with its
vine yards, castles or apple trees. It was degenerated to a local
line, since the famous Rheingold Trans Europ Express (TEE) was
withdrawn in 1986. This train was running especially for
tourists. This picture shows this train in 1984-09-01 underneath
the Zwingenberg castle, one of the numerous medieval castles
remaining along the Nekar or Rhine river. .
Photo Picture: Axel Spille see his homepage
http://www.eisenbahnfotograf.de/
downloaded in 2003-01
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When the first German High-speed-locomotive class 103 was
delivered, it sometimes broke down, so another machine was
needed. Ludwigsburg 1975-07-12
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The two-electric-system locomotive class 181.2 runs with
"Mozart" express train with French passenger car trough
the suburban station Stuttgart-Nord, while on the right side the
steam locomotove 012 100 waits for the nostalgic trains for
railway fans in 1987-06-30.
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Finally we reached Stuttgart, the city with 500.000 inhabitants
and one of the richest in Germnay. In 1975-07-16 this was one of
the last shunting services of the class 163 in front of the newly
build signal control box in Stuttgart Hbf.
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Railways in Stuttgart
An old tramcar runs on the newly constructed tunnel line
replacing the old line with its many curves between Bopser and
Degerloch. 1988-10-04
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The express-passenger train runs from Stuttgart to the south, to
the Bodensee through the rich suburbs of Stuttgart, called
Killesberg, with its huge villas and the famous flowerpark.
1987-05-02
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Line Stuttgart - Ulm
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In 1975-07-12 there still was a need for trains for guest workers
from Turkey or Italy,
who go on vacation during summer time. Picture taken in Stuttgart
Hbf, which its characteristic tower.
This veteran class 144 is probably only shunting the empty train
into the stock yard.
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The freight line around Stuttgart is quite scenic and rounds
trough the vine yards along the Nekar river.
Here a single class 211 in 1985-08-13 after leaving the tunnel in
Stuttgart Muenster.
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The class 194 has disappeared from German rails around 1990. Here
on 1985-05-03 it takes a freight train from
Stuttgart-Untertuerkheim to Nuernberg.
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The Intercity-Express (ICE) passes the Cathedral of Ulm (Ulmer
Muenster) with 163m the highest church tower in the world. The
Donau river is one of the longest river in Europe.
Photo unknown adapted from "High-Speed trains around the
World" JTB series, Tokyo ca. 1990
Line Ulm- Munchen and towards South
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