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Spotting Notes2017-05-21by Peter

FROM THE SPOTTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS – 12TH SEPTEMBER – OBSERVED ON THIS DATE IN WEST GERMANY IN 1974

FROM THE SPOTTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS – 12TH SEPTEMBER – OBSERVED ON THIS DATE IN WEST GERMANY IN 1974

LAUDA MPD: (DIREKTION STUTTGART)

023 Class 2-6-2’s Nos. 023-001, 023-012, 023-020, 023-029, 023-040

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-040
023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-040023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-040 at rest outside Lauda MPD. Photograph Peter Hands collection

LAUDA STATION

050 Class 2-10-0 No. 050-646 – light engine

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-016 – Wurtzburg to Crailsheim passenger

050 Class 2-10-0 No. 053-089 – shunting empty stock

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-042 – express to Stuttgart

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-016
023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-016023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-016 storms out of Lauda station on a Wurtzburg to Crailsheim passenger service. Photograph Peter Hands collection

BAD MERGENTHEIM STATION

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-020 – freight to Crailsheim

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-001 – light engine from Lauda MPD

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-001 – local passenger to Lauda

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-001
023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-001023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-001 prepares to depart from Bad Mergentheim with a passenger train for Lauda. Photograph Peter Hands collection

CRAILSHEIM STATION

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-020 – light engine – ex. Bad Mergentheim

050 Class 2-10-0 No. 050-646 – light engine

023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-020
023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-020023 Class 2-6-2 No. 023-020 light engine at Crailsheim after bringing in a freight from Lauda. Photograph Peter Hands collection

CRAILSHEIM MPD (DIREKTION STUTTGART)

023 Class 2-6-2’s Nos. 023-016, 023-038.

050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-319, 050-856. 051-540, 051-575, 051-584, 051-650, 051-795. 052-218, 052-339, 052-801, 052-838, 052-890.

064 Class 2-6-2T No. 064-419

In store:

023 Class 2-6-2’s Nos. 023-028, 023-030, 023-037, 023-048, 023-055, 023-070.

050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 052-481.

064 Class 2-6-2T No. 064-491.

050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-575
050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-575050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-575 is primed and ready to depart from Crailsheim MPD. Photograph Peter Hands collection

ULM MPD (DIREKTION STUTTGART)

050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-350, 050-428, 050-735, 050-902. 053-041, 053-125.