Description
Milepost 51.4 (km, not miles) is the location of the Baruth/Mark station on the 174 km long "Dresdner Bahn" in eastern Germany. This line was built in 1875 to provide a shorter connection between Prussia's Berlin and Saxonia's Dresden. In the 1930s, the famous streamlined Henschel-Wegmann train ran this line and covered the distance in less than 2 hours - a record that wasn't broken for six decades after. Nowadays, the modernized line is an integral part of the north-south rail axis through central Europe from the German ports south to the Mediterranean. Passenger service ranges from regional trains (RegionalExpress) to international connections (InterCity, InterCityExpress, EuroCity) for major metros like Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest.
Freight traffic is as important and freight trains are about as frequent as passenger trains on this section. This is very much reflected in this video, which presents the train mix typical for this line. Freight trains are usually hauled by powerful electric engines, the types of which are dominated by the major builders Siemens (Vectron BR 193) and Alstom/Bombardier (TRAXX BR 185, 186, 188). The capture of the "White Vectron" RAILL 6193 682 and the new TRAXX MS3 CD 388 011-9 are among the highlights in this video. Enjoy - in 4k!