Shortly before the timetable change, I found myself back at Hailer-Meerholz station, where I wanted to document the last runs of the Vectron and Class 114 locomotives in regional service on the Kinzig Valley Railway.

The Coradia Max multiple units from Alstom were supposed to have been delivered long ago, but that hasn't happened yet. As an interim solution, Vectron (Class 193) locomotives were leased from Beacon. However, since their lease has now expired, a different solution was needed.

The existing Class 114 locomotives aren't sufficient to replace the Vectrons. Furthermore, they aren't as powerful in terms of acceleration – which isn't ideal on the Kinzig Valley Railway. It's a very busy line, and the trains often block each other. I was able to document this several times in this video.

So, with the timetable change, the Vectron locomotives and the Class 114 locomotives were withdrawn from the Kinzig Valley line and replaced by Class 146.1 locomotives. The Class 146.2 locomotives, which were already in service here, will remain in operation.


The following locomotives appear in the video on the RE 50 (Frankfurt–Fulda), RB 51 (Frankfurt–Wächtersbach), and RE 5 (Frankfurt–Bebra) lines:

🚂 114 012 on the RB 51 to Wächtersbach
🚂 146 132 on the RB 51 to Frankfurt
🚂 114 014 on the supplementary RE 50 to Frankfurt
🚂 114 022 on the RE 5 to Bebra
🚂 146 130 on the RE 50 to Fulda
🚂 193 606 on the RE 50 to Frankfurt
🚂 114 012 on the RB 51 to Frankfurt
🚂 146 271 on the RB 51 to Wächtersbach
🚂 146 255 on the RE 5 to Frankfurt
🚂 114 029 on the RE 50 to Frankfurt
🚂 146.2 on the RE 50 to Fulda
🚂 146 271 on the RB 51 to Frankfurt
🚂 193 606 on the RE 50 to Bebra

🚂 146 132 on the RB 51 to Wächtersbach

And the following highlights can also be seen:

🚂 Ballast leveling machine + tamping machine towards Fulda
🚂 187 176 (DB Cargo) with a freight train towards Fulda
🚂 719 301 + 720 301: Rail inspection train towards Hanau
🚂 193 528 (SBB Cargo Int) with a freight train towards Hanau

🚂 151 170 (SRI) with a tank car train towards Hanau

🚂 145 094 (Captrain) with a freight train towards Hanau

🚂 Vectron from RTB Cargo with semi-trailers towards Fulda

🚂 218 105 (NeSA) with a rail milling machine towards Fulda

Recorded on December 9, 2025.

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