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Northern Germany &
Beautiful Baltic Coast
Maximum Steam
DAY 1
Depart London circa 10.58 hrs by Eurostar to
Brussels then, via Cologne to Osnabrück where
after registering at our hotel we have a welcome
evening meal at a local restaurant. (D)
DAY 2
Today we make only our second ever visit to the
Hasetalbahn line travelling through the pleasant
rural scenery of “hare’s valley” on a line closed in
1970, but preserved and reopened in 1988. This is
a full day excursion of steam in heritage coaching
stock hopefully hauled by ‘Niedersachsen’, a
Henschel-built Bismarck class 0-6-0 from 1922
on one of the railway’s rare operating days. We
will be taking the steam journey from Haselünne
to Lönningen and return, then, after visiting the
locomotive shed and allowing time to get lunch,
we again steam from Haselünne to Lönningen.
Here after photographing the steam departure
we reboard our private coach for the journey back
to Osnabrück. Tonight we are free to enjoy the
evening at leisure. (B)
DAY 3
Today’s excursion takes a short, diesel hauled,
shuttle train to Zechenbahnhof where the
Osnabrück railway society has its depot. The
railway holds a fleamarket on this day and although
this is not a railway enthusiast event it does give
the opportunity for viewing the restoration of Class
41 052 which is under major restoration there. We
then travel by local services to Stadthagen where
we have a steam run from Stadthagen to Rinteln
and return, before taking the local train service
back for a final night in Osnabrück. (B)
DAY 4
We start the day by travelling by train to Gütersloh
where we transfer to Mühlenstroth for a private
steam photo charter at the excellent 600mm,
one kilometre long, line which has become a firm
favourite with our clients over the years. We have
DEPARTS
Friday 29 June 2018
Enjoy a superbly relaxing summer steam tour as we meander across
Northern Germany on a sojourn of discovery to enjoy the very best of
the steam railways from town, countryside to seaside!
© Chris Lewis Isle of Rugen steam
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
★ ★ Standard and narrow-gauge steam
on Rügen Island
★ ★ Rover ticket on the Rasender Roland
★ ★ A full day of steam on the Molli with
its renowned street running, plus
private lineside photo bus
★ ★ Vintage tram charter Rostock
★ ★ Visit to Hamburg’s Miniatur
Wunderland (the World’s largest
model railway)
★ ★ Mainline steam Stadthagen-Rinteln
return
★ ★ Visit Osnabrück Railway Society
depot
★ ★ Steam day on the Hasetalbahn
★ ★ Private narrow-gauge steam charter
at Mühlenstroth
★ ★ Standard gauge steam day on the
15 kms Angelner Dampfeisenbahn at
Süderbrarup
★ ★ Standard gauge steam Geesthachter
Eisenbahn
★ ★ Steam boat cruise on the Alster
★ ★ The beautiful beaches of the Baltic
coast
Fares
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£1795
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DAYS
a light lunch before returning to Gütersloh and
continuing by train to Rostock for transfer to, and
a welcome evening meal at, our hotel in the city
centre. (B,L,D)
DAY 5
After breakfast we have a 2 hour private vintage
tram charter of Rostock followed by a free
afternoon to enjoy at leisure. You may like to make
the short journey to Bad Doberan for a pre-tour
introduction to the street running steam on the
Molli. (B)
DAY 6
We continue this steam sojourn of discovery
at probably the most popular line in Northern
Germany: a full day on the Molli with unlimited train
rides between Bad Doberan and Kühlungsborn,
including the famous street running. Also, lunch is
included, along with a visit to the loco shed with a
photographic session in front of the shed. In the
afternoon we have made a special arrangement
with the railway whereby the train will ‘perform’ at
selected points for photographers on our private
lineside bus. (B,L)
DAY 7
We travel by train to Prora and Putbus for a day
of steam, including sandwich lunch, on Rügen
Island’s 750mm Rasender Roland line from Putbus
to Göhren and return with included day rover
tickets to enable you to have multiple journeys,
plus a guided visit to the loco shed at Putbus.
Additionally, we have timed ou visit to coincide with
one of the very few days a year when there will
be standard gauge steam ride between Bergen,
Putbus and Lauterbach Mole with Class 86 1333.
After returning to Rostock we bid farewell to the
city with an evening meal at our hotel. (B,L,D)
DAY 8
We travel by train to Hamburg to view ‘the Harz
Mountains to the Americas’ at Hamburg’s amazing
“miniatur-wunderland”, the largest model railway
in the world, which has cost 10 million Euros! This
amazing venue is stunning and requires a number
of hours to fully appreciate both the magnitude
and detail of the attraction. We then continue by
train to Hamburg-Bergedorf and our base at the H4
Hotel. Tonight is free to dine at leisure and explore
the town. (B)
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FARE
From London St Pancras International:
Standard Class rail travel
to / from Osnabrück / Rostock £1795
/ Hamburg including
Standard Eurostar
First Class rail travel London
to Osnabrück and from
Hamburg to London including £2095
Standard Premier Eurostar.
Standard Class rail travel
Osnabrück to Hamburg.
Single Traveller Supplement £295
10 nights’ bed & breakfast, 4 evening meals, 2 light
lunches
Standard Class rail travel and seat reservations where
available (subject to selected rail travel option)
All transfers, excursions and admissions as detailed
Services of experienced Railtrail Tour Manager
GUARANTEED FARE
DAY 9
Our ‘steam’ this morning is of the sailing type as
we take a steam boat cruise on the Alster aboard
the unique 1876 built St Georg viewing the city
skyline . We then return to the rails for a steam
excursion on the standard gauge Geesthachter
Eisenbahn between Bergedorf Süd and Krümmel
followed by a second journey back along the line as
far as Geesthacht and return. (B)
Day 10
Our exploration of steam in Northern Germany
concludes with steam on a rarely open, and even
more rarely visited, privately owned Angelner
Dampfeisenbahn standard gauge line which
operates between Süderbrarup to Kappeln and
return where we have negotiated for the ride to
also include photo run-past. We conclude our tour
with an evening meal back at our hotel (B,D)
Day 11
We depart Hamburg, travelling via Cologne and
Brussels to London St Pancras International. (B)