Evening all...

Having run another couple of errands at uni today, I again found myself wanting to spend some time railfanning before meeting up with SWMBO. Unfortunately, lighting conditions deteriorated quickly, militating against snapping moving trains. However, there are two images worth posting on here...

In the sidings on the far side of Southern Station, I noticed this Mercedes Actros road-rail lorry, outfitted for tunnel inspections. Assuming it was there in preparation for inspecting the suburban railway tunnel, it but would have to carry out numerous shunting movements to reach the suburban tracks on the north side of the station.

And after that, I finally managed to capture one of the class 114 electrics relocated to Frankfurt late last year. Here, 114 010 was on the last leg of its turn with RB 15621 inbound from Wächtersbach for Frankfurt Central Station. On the R50 line, formations pass from working short RegionalBahn (RB) stopping turns to Wächtersbach to long RegionalExpress (RE) semi-fast turns bound for Fulda and vice-versa – the set seen here next passing onto the RE 4542 service to Fulda, departing Central Station at 4:50 pm. These services are augmented by stopping services to Bad Soden-Salmünster and semi-fasts to Bebra at peak hours.