LOG 1 12/6/00 15.55 Mainz to Koblenz 03 001, 5 cars/190 tonnes In Spring 2000 DB Museum two cylinder coal fired pacific 03 001 from Dresden, was based at Koblenz. It ran a series of DB Museum trains: on Saturdays down by the Mosel to Trier; and on Sundays down the right side of the Rhein to Mainz. I made visits on three weekends and saw a progressive improvement in the running by the loco and it's crews. The best run was on the Sunday of the Pfingsten weekend, from Mainz to Koblenz. For this three day weekend, (the Friday was a public holiday), the train had worked to Trier on the Friday, and to Mainz on the Saturday and the Sunday. So by the time of the last run up from Mainz on the Sunday the loco crew were familiar with the route, and pushed just that bit harder! From Mainz the route was initially slow as a number of junctions were negotiated to get us onto the Rhein, "right stretch". From there the line stays in the Rhein valley, so the grade must be slightly downhill most of the way. So it was only after Wiesbaden that the pacific was opened out nicely before the Eltville stop. After there we were delayed by a signal stop making us a few minutes late away from Rudesheim, and the seventy year old pacific then really started to show her paces. A noisy start before the first speed restriction, then we raced up to 120 km/h before recording a highly creditable 13 minutes 19 seconds for the 18.42 kms to Kaub. Another noisy start got us to St Goarshausen from where owards the 03 gave us the best performance of it's whole recorded running during it's time at Koblenz. To achieve 18 minutes 22 seconds start to stop over the twisting 27.67 kms to Oberlahnstein was excellent, achieved with the second 120 km/h maximum of the run. This was faster then the running required of a mid 1960's electric hauled Eilzug over this route where just under 17 minutes was allowed from St Goarshausen to the stop at Braubach, 24 kms from St Goarshausen! Leaving Oberlahnstein we were on nearly on time again, but a checked run onto Koblenz Hbf made us 5 minutes late: however that did nothing to lessen the value of a really excellent afternoon behind the Dresden pacific.	Kms	Location	Time	Km/h
	0.00	Mainz	0.00	On time
	6.28	Wiesbaden Ost	8.33	*
	8.45	Wiesbaden-B	10.45	72
	11.50	Wiesbaden-S	12.53	103
	14.80	Niederwalluf	14.47	*92/97
	17.86	Eltville	17.12
	0.00		0.00
	1.93	Erbach	2.47	88
	4.99	Hattenheim	4.42	100
	6.76	Km 55.5	7.09/7.55	sigs stop
	8.05	Oestrich-W	10.18	76/100
	12.22	Geisenheim	13.08	93*
	16.33	Rudesheim	16.13
	0.00		0.00
	4.26	Assmannshausen	4.10	88*
	8.93	Km 74	6.56	109/120
	11.99	Lorch	8.40	101*/116
	14.88	Lorchausen	10.06	*77/93
	18.42	Kaub	13.19
	0.00		0.00
	4.51	Km 88	4.18	97/90*
	6.52	Km 90	5.34	97
	10.62	St Goarshausen	8.42
	0.00		0.00
	6.60	Kestert	5.40	100
	11.91	Kampf-B	8.34	109
	14.80	Filsen	10.37	90*
	17.86	Osterpal	12.18	106
	23.89	Braubach	15.27	120
	27.67	Oberlahnstein	18.22
	0.00		0.00
	3.54	Niederlahnstein	3.40	66/sigs stop
	6.43	Koblenz Hbf	12.08	5 mins late

LOG 2 08.55 Halle to Zella-Mehlis 03 1010,  9/370t (25/2, 365t) DB Museum three cylinder coal fired 03 1010 came back into use at the end of 2000. As Dampf-Plus financed it's overhaul they used it for it's February 2001 trips from Halle to Zella-Mehlis on cold, frosty days. The logs of these runs to Erfurt are shown: after there it was slow to Arnstadt, from where 0-10-0t 94 1292 banked the train to Oberhof. On the second day the train was delayed at Halle waiting a connection, so had an incentive to run faster. At Naumburg on both days a photo stop was scheduled as an ICE was booked to overhaul the train, the 03.10 being due to leave immediately that had passed. From Naumburg to Weimar the best running of the weekend was recorded. Gradients are not known to Grossheringen, but from there a climb starts to around km 92.2, (after Weimar), with a "mini" summit near km 82. It is believed the average grade from Grossheringen to Km post 82 is around 1/230, but at 1/180 through Apolda. The loco is nicknamed, "The Roaring Monster", and lived up to that after Naumburg on both days! On the 24th the noise on the climb was magnificent, matched by a super performance from the light pacific. From 106 km/h at Grossheringen speed fell to 95 km/h through Apolda, recovered to 103 km/h before falling off to 95 km/h over the mini summit before Weimar. After Weimar the loco ran up to 120 km/h before a slow entry to Erfurt. But that was eclipsed a day later even though the start from Naumburg was slower, possibly under adverse signals behind the fast disappearing ICE. But soon the Monster was roaring loudly again!. Grossheringen passed at 106 km/h and on the the climb a maximum of 106 km/h before the 1/180 near Apolda saw us fall to 100km/h. An acceleration to 106 mph saw us top the mini summit at 101 km/h. After Weimar the 03.10 raced up to 124 km/h, before another slow entry to a pathing stop at Erfurt.		24/2/01			25/2/01
	Kms	Location	Time	Km/h		Time	Km/h
	0.00	Halle	0.00	1 min late		0.00	8 mins late
	5.91	Halle-A'dorf	9.15	*72 sigs		6.41	80
	10.00	Schkpau	12.20	95		9.34	90
	13.60	Merseburg	15.12			12.33
	0.00		0.00			0.00
	5.70	Leuna Werke S	6.23	84/95		5.47	97/103
	10.20	Grosskorbetha	9.19	*63		8.51	*63
	14.40	Km 28	12.33	93		11.49	93
	18.39	Weissenfels	15.46			14.57
	0.00		0.00			0.00
	5.41	Leissling	5.46	84		5.26	93/90
	10.00	Km 42	9.00	88		8.40	92
	13.60	Naumburg	13.05			12.54
	0.00		0.00			0.00
	7.00	Bad Kosen	7.32	90		7.52	85
	10.39	Km 56	9.43	101		10.03	97
	12.90	Grossheringen	11.09	106		11.33	105
	15.09	Bad Sulza	12.23	101		12.49	103
	20.50	Niedertreba	15.41	97		15.57	106
	24.39	Km 70	18.04	95		18.14	100
	26.10	Apolda	19.07	95		19.12	100
	30.39	Km 76	21.50	103		21.45	105/106
	33.50	Ossmanstedt	23.40	98		23.28	105
	34.35	Km 80	24.14	95		24.03	101
	36.40	Km 82	25.27	100		25.13	103/109
	41.50	Weimar	29.12			28.53
	0.00		0.00			0.00
	5.10	Km 92.2	6.07	68		6.08	76
	7.69	Hopfgarten	7.52	97		7.46	109
	10.89	Km 98	9.36	120		9.25	124
	13.81	Vieselbach	11.05	117		10.52	119
	21.30	Erfurt	17.17			18.02

LOG 3 09.21 Hamburg Hbf-Husum and 16.50 Husum-Hamburg Hbf.  03 1010, 7 cars/260t In the Spring 2001 DB Museum three cylinder oil fired pacific 01 1100 was due to start it's programme of special trains, but at Easter it was still under overhaul at Meiningen, so it's place was taken by the less powerful three cylinder 03 1010. On the Saturday of the Easter weekend it ran from Hamburg Hbf to the small North Sea town of Husum, on the North West Coast of Germany, part of the old main line steam route to Westerland. The running by the light pacific was good all day, and to the right are the logs from Elmshorn to Heide and return, where the best running was recorded. The schedules here were tight, set for the more powerful 01.10. The 21 minutes for the 34.20 kms from Elmshorn to Itzehoe was just achievable: but the 36 minutes for the 59.60 kms onto Heide was not realistic because of the long and slow temporary speed restriction over the Hochbrücke Hochdonn which spans the Nord-Ostee Kanal. The runs were characterised by fast, noisy starts, then running up to the train speed limit of 120 km/h in between the line's normal fixed restrictions. On both runs fast times were recorded between Elmshorn and Itzehoe, and on both runs the time for Itzehoe to Heide was just under the 40 minute mark, despite the long restriction over the Kanal and other temporary speed restrictions. Without these checks the times here would have been close to 35 minutes, a very creditable perfomance for the coal fired light pacific.		Hamburg-Husum					Husum-Hamburg
		Kms	Location	Time	Km/h		Kms	Location	Time	Km/h
		0.00	Elmshorn	0.00	9 late		0.00	Heide	0.00	On time
		5.30	Km 36	4.47	106		4.90	Hemmingstedt	4.25	97
		7.10	Siethwende	5.46	114		6.50	Km 118	5.20	106/111
		10.30	Km 40	6.54	119		12.10	Meldorf	8.52	79 tsr
		12.60	Herzhorn	8.34	120		14.50	Km 110	10.23	101
		16.70	Gluckstadt	10.48	97*		19.50	Km 105	13.07	113
		23.50	Krempe	14.29	116		23.30	Michaelisdonn	15.04	120
		24.50	Kremperheide	15.13	116		27.50	Km 97	17.13	117
		27.30	Km 58	16.26	120		29.50	Km 95	18.12	120
		34.20	Itzehoe	21.04			33.10	Burg	20.10	103
		0.00		0.00			38.50	Km 86	26.05	40 tsr
		5.10	Km 70	4.45	108		40.90	Vaale	27.44	105
		8.10	Km 73	6.22	114		42.50	Km 82	28.36	113
		9.30	Wilster	7.00	109*		46.50	Km 78	31.05	77 tsr
		14.10	Km 79	10.00	72 tsr		50.30	Wilster	33.30	101
		18.70	Vaale	12.59	103/106		55.50	Km 69	36.21	116
		23.10	Km 88	17.06	40 tsr		59.60	Itzehoe	39.44
		26.50	Burg	20.48	84		0.00		0.00
		30.10	Km 95	22.50	117		4.90	Km 60	4.42	97
		35.10	Km 100	25.20	124		9.30	Kremperheide	7.02	119
		36.30	Michaelisdonn	25.57	117		10.70	Krempe	7.45	117/119
		40.10	Km 105	27.56	114		17.50	Gluckstadt	11.25	97*
		43.10	Km 108	29.26	120		21.40	Herzhorn	13.38	113
		47.50	Meldorf	31.43	109		27.30	Siethwende	16.37	120
		50.00	Km 115	33.40	69 tsr		28.90	Km 36	17.24	122
		54.70	Hemmingstedt	36.34	101		31.90	Km 33	19.00	104
		59.60	Heide	39.55	13 late		34.20	Elmshorn	21.15	7 late

Explanation of headings and symbols used in timing logs
Heading/Symbol	Explanation
Kms	Kilometres and decimal points of kilometres since starting from previous station stop
Location	Station or lineside KM post at which a time was recorded
Time	Minutes and seconds since starting from previous station stop
Km/h	Speed in kilometres per hour recorded when passing each "Location"
RT	Train was on time at departing or arriving station
mins early	How many minutes train was early at departing or arriving station
mins late	How many minutes train was late at departing or arriving station
*	Permanent speed restriction at or near the adjacent "Location"
tsr	Temporary speed limit, usually for engineering work
sigs	Train slowed down because of adverse signals
sigs stop	Train stopped because of adverse signals
7.09/7.55	Minutes and seconds from previous starting station when a "sigs stop" started/ended
110/120	Changes in speed in km/h that occured before the next "Location"