Looking for Diesel haulage home! (form Hungary)

[Newshy37]

Next year I will travel back from Hungary on the train. I have been fortunate enough to do this twice already. Once From Budapest to Krakow for a few days then to Poznan for a few days then to Koln and home via Brussels. The second time was Budapest to Munich then ICE to Koln and home via Brussels.

Inspired by reading LouJ's website I fancy trying to get a bit of diesel haulige on the way home as well as visiting some nice places. I'm looking at sleepers again to Munich then to Landau on the pair of 218s but that's as much as I know. Does anyone know of any good moves to work my way back home. I quite fancy the trip along the banks of the Rhine so perhaps from Lindau to F'ahfen then from there to Ulm (what works this route?) Ulm to Frankfurt then along the Rhine. Maybe home via Holland this time.

I will have my boys with me this time Who both like the trains but I can't really do too many convouted moves but stop overs would be nice and a bit of foreign culture would do 'em good, me too for that matter. Any long diesel hauled routes still going?

Thanks, Dave.

 

[Chester025]

Does anyone know of any good moves to work my way back home. I quite fancy the trip along the banks of the Rhine so perhaps from Lindau to F'ahfen then from there to Ulm (what works this route?) Ulm to Frankfurt then along the Rhine.

Lindau - Ulm are mostly DB 218s.

Any long diesel hauled routes still going?

As well as the aforementioned Munich - Lindau EC's with 218s they also IC's on the Hamburg to Westerland line. This is a nice run with the delight of crossing the Hindenburgdamn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburgdamm

 

[Newshy37]

Thanks, I'd better get the map out.

 

[gordonthemoron]

You can do Linz-Munich via Muhldorf on an OBB diesel loco hauled service, runs twice a day. You can also do Lindau-Basel (change at Friedrichshafen) on dmus
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also, Bratislava-Vienna OBB services are diesel loco hauled

 

[Newshy37]

My German geography is improving by the minute! Thanks.

 

[87015]

218s are rubbish. If you want noise then you need to be on IC247 out of Budapest to Ljubljana and wait for the decibels to erupt when you reach Pragersko...

If you do go the usual route make sure you stop in Slovakia or Czecho to sample the elderly 240/242 electrics, probably the most interesting service train 'sparks' left in Europe.

 

[Newshy37]

I used to think 47s and first generation DMUs were rubbish but would kill to have 'em back Tell me more about "IC247" please.

 

[33056]

Hoping this works....... click me

EDIT: sorry, should have said this is for IC247.

 

[Newshy37]

Hoping this works....... click me

EDIT: sorry, should have said this is for IC247.

Surely that would only work from Zalaegerszeg to Boba? with electric forward from there? A diesel over Ajka would be a nice way back from the lake.
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Happy if it's not though

 

[33056]

The diesel section is in Slovenia between Pragersko and Hodos with a Slovenian 664 . The Hungarian part is all under the wires now