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Welcome to this PLANDAMPF page hosted by Bryan Benn, with information on it supplied by David Sprackland.
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September Plandampf: "Travel as 50 years ago"
6 - 10 October: Polish Plandampf Last date for contributions to Polish event now 5th July Other 2009/2010 Plandampf supported Events |
22nd June 2009
11th June 2009 21st May 2009 |
| General | General information on Plandampf and Disclaimer
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| Photos | Latest Update 12th February 2006
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PLANDAMPF is the concept of getting sufficient enthusiasts to pay to use preserved steam locomotives to haul scheduled passenger and /or goods trains. This idea started in Germany in October 1990, and has seen a large number of highly successful events. David Sprackland from Andover, England, has been the key UK contact point for information on these events since they started and this page has been given to him so that his much appreciated work in this area can continue. Planned events will be featured here, along with certain Sonderzug being run by Plandampf organisers in Germany.
He can be contacted by E Mail: davidsprackland(at)hotmail.co.uk To reduce SPAM you will have to type the address using @ instead of the (a) shown. David plans to use this page to replace the E mails he has sent to certain Plandampfers in the past. So if you want to keep in touch electronically with Plandampf please add this page to you "Favourites", and come back from time to time. As full details of the next major Plandampf become available Plandampfers will be able to use a link on this page to use a printable application form that can be posted off to David along with your remittance. Please note that payments will still need to be made as before, i.e by cheque. So again, to make sure you can use this new service please add this page to your "Favourites". Every effort will be made to try and post up to date and accurate information here. But any of the events below can be cancelled for a number of reasons: sometimes very close to the actual date the event is planned for. This could be because one or more of the locos becomes unserviceable, because insufficient people have paid for the event, because late changes have been imposed by DB or a host of other reasons. So be warned! And please also read the DISCLAIMER on this web page and also the Notes and Conditions for attendance at Plandampfs and other Events which must be accepted by anyone wishing to participate. German DVD and Videos at a discount. David has recently reconfirmed with Rio Grande and three other companies, (MIBA, Eisenbahn Journal and Eisenbahn Romantik), that now form the Verlagsgruppe Bahn, that he can still buy from their wide range of DVD's and Videos at a small discount. Anyone wishing to take advantage of this should contact David at davidspracklandatbushinternet.com. To reduce SPAM you will have to type the address using @ instead of the at shown. |
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Plandampf & Other Events 6th to 10th October: PLANDAMPF POLSKA
Follow this link to see full details of this event as currently available LATEST.......LATEST......... Last Date for contributions now 5th JULY............Please pass this very urgent news on......... Event in summary 6th- 8th October Features two days of steam-hauled freight on the line from Zbaszynek and on trips around the Wolsztyn area, as well as additional freight workings and shunting in the yard at Wolsztyn. A photo shoot in the yard is planned, as well as numerous opportunities for filming the freight each day. Also featured is a passenger day that sees steam on the Leszno line, and a special passenger service from Leszno to Ostrow (and return) on a lightly-used, double track main line with semaphore signals. The passenger trains would be formed of PKP bogie stock in the old style green livery. Photo stops are planned for the Ostrow special and the freight workings to allow photographers to overtake the train. Power for the passenger services will be the 2-8-2 Pt47 65. A Pt47 will also be in use on the freight days but will share duties with the 1921-built Prussian 2-8-0 Tr5 65, which also ran as Deutsche Reichsbahn 56 511. The possibility of bringing a Ty2 2-10-0 to Wolsztyn for the Plandampf freights is being investigated. 9th- 10th October On Friday 9th one of the regular Wolsztyn - Poznan diagrams is likely to use the elegant Pacific Pm36 2 ‘Beautiful Helena’ in lieu of the normal Ol49 2-6-2. The Pm36 will also work a high-speed service from Wolsztyn to Wroclaw on Saturday 10th October, a journey of some 160 km in each direction. Participation contribution The participation contribution is £150 per person, in return for which participants will receive full details of the workings during the Plandampf proper and for the trains on 9th and 10th October. An alternative package, aimed at riders rather than photographers, is priced at £100 and will cover the cost of travel on the Leszno – Ostrow special with the Pt47 and on the high-speed run to/from Wroclaw with Pm36 2 (but does not include details of the freight workings). Should participants on the main £150 package wish to travel on one or both of these trains, a discounted fare will be available. Travel on scheduled services to Poznan and Leszno will require payment of normal PKP fares. Contribution deadline The deadline for payments is now 5th JULY.If sufficient money is not received by this date, the event will be cancelled and all contributions will be refunded in full. UK Bookings UK Bookings to David Spackland please, using this application form Please note that other enquiries about Plandampf Polska should be directed to Julian Worth at plandampfpolska@hotmail.co.uk or on 07752 138386. Disclaimer, and Notes and Conditions As with all events shown on this Plandampf web page the DISCLAIMER and also the Notes and Conditions for attendance at Plandampfs and other Events which must be accepted by anyone wishing to participate. |
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Plandampf & Other Events September 20 to 27, 2009. TRAVEL AS 50 YEARS AGO
Dear friends of Plandampf We are getting closer to a great event for railway enthusiasts in Germany: "Travel as 50 years ago" from September 20 to 27, 2009. Historic steam-, diesel- and electric traction will operate on scheduled service trains and special trains in the south-west of Germany, celebrating three anniversaries "150 years Nahe valley line", "20 years Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar" and "10 years Rhein-Nahe Nahverkehrsverbund". The provisional list of locomotives includes 01 066 (4-6-2, fitted with small smoke deflectors for the event), 23 042 (2-6-2), 38 3156 (4-6-0, with small smoke deflectors), 50 2740 (2-10-0), VT 98 (diesel railcar), V 100 2084 (diesel), V 200 033 (diesel) and E 94 051 (electric, "German crocodile"). The locos will haul matching passenger coaches of the 50s era. Itinerary (provisional) Sunday, 20 September 2009 Steam and diesel specials between Bad-Kreuznach and Idar-Oberstein and between Kirn and Baumholder. Monday, 21 September 2009 Steam on photo passenger train Bad Kreuznach - Hochspeyer - Neustadt/Weinstrasse and diesel on scheduled freight train Bad Kreuznach - Alsenz valley - Neustadt/Weinstrasse. Tuesday, 22 September 2009 Steam passenger special Ettlingen - Landau - Neustadt/Weinstrasse. Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Steam on tourist train "Der Bundenthaler": Ludwigshafen - Neustadt/Weinstrasse - Landau - Hinterweidenthal - Bundenthal-Rumbach and return, with intermediate workings Hinterweidenthal - Bundenthal-Rumbach Thursday, 24 and Friday 25 September 2009 Passenger Plandampf with dense schedule, featuring 23 042, 38 3156 and 50 2740 on the line Kaiserslautern - Landstuhl - Kusel. In addition, steam haulage of scheduled gravel trains is under negotiations. Saturday 26 September 2009 Historic electric locomotive on scheduled trains Biblis - Mannheim - Weinheim, historic diesel railcar on scheduled trains Weinheim - Fuerth (Odenwald), specials steam/diesel Kaiserslautern - Heidelberg - Heilbronn, specials steam/diesel Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Osterburken and Osterburken - Heilbronn. Sunday 27 September 2009 Historic electric locomotive on scheduled trains Biblis - Mannheim - Weinheim, historic diesel railcar on scheduled trains Weinheim - Fuerth (Odenwald), specials steam/diesel Kaiserslautern - Heidelberg - Heilbronn (includes "Eilzug 516 / 517" to schedule as it worked 50 years ago), specials steam/diesel Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Osterburken and Osterburken - Heilbronn. Additional information on the event Nahe valley line between Bad Kreuznach and Idar Oberstein is double track non-electrified. We plan for class 23 steam on this line, and V200 diesel to Baumholder. Alsenz valley line between Bad Kreuznach and Hochspeyer: double track non-electrified, too. We plan for class 23 on photo-passenger and V200 on scheduled freight train (chalk). Plandampf line: Kaiserslautern to Landstuhl is double track electrified, Landstuhl to Kusel is single track non-electrified. Steam haulage (class 50) of gravel train has been requested. Sat + Sun: Kaiserslautern - Heidelberg - Heilbronn is double track electrified. 80% of the trains on the long run will be steam, at least. IMPORTANT INFORMATION The two days September 24 and 25 will not be funded by the local authorities and train operating companies. They need to be financed from participant fees by the community of railway enthusiasts. Therefore, the Revierdampf Team collects 140,- Euro (UK = £130 to David Sprackland) per participant for two days on behalf of the organiser Deutsche Museums-Eisenbahn GmbH (DME), Steinstraße 7 in 64291 Darmstadt. Booking of single days is not possible for organisational reasons. The participant fee includes the information brochure for the general event which provides all schedules, loco diagrams and other details for the trains on September 20, 23, 26 and 27 as well. Note: the diagrams for September 21 and 22 are not included in the information brochure for the general event and will be communicated only to the participants of the Plandampf! The information brochure for the general event with schedules, loco diagrams and other details for the trains on September 20, 23, 26 and 27 can be obtained without booking the Plandampf. In this case it costs 15,- Euro (£15) including postage and packing. Deadline for subscriptions is August 15, 2009 UK Bookings UK Bookings to David Spackland please, using this application form Disclaimer, and Notes and Conditions As with all events shown on this Plandampf web page the DISCLAIMER and also the Notes and Conditions for attendance at Plandampfs and other Events which must be accepted by anyone wishing to participate. |
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Plandampf & Other Events Other Plandampf type events
Brief notes below with the only information that is currently available to your UK based Plandampf Team. More information to be added when available. It is planned these events will be supported by David Sprackland. As with all events shown on this Plandampf web site the DISCLAIMER applies. September 18th to 20th 2009. DATE AND EVENT DETAILS HAVE CHANGED. UPDATE SOON Heavy coal trains over non-electrified lines in the Leipzig area with 2 x 52.80 as well as photo- fast trains with Classes 35/41. More details to follow at a later date Photo-steam in the Czech Reublic, a Lo/Rie event October 2nd to 4th 2009 Photo-steam in the Czech Reublic (probably Savaza-Tal – Praha (Prague) – Vrane n.V. – C. Sternberk – Svetla n. S). February 2010 Winter action in Slovakia with No. 477.013 plus Class 475/556 – including Telgart! More details to follow at a later date 175 Jahre Deutsche Eisenbahnen and 20 years of Plandampf in Germany, a Revierdampf-Team event April 02 to 06, 2010. Please note. This is just advance notice of an April 2010 event! Some hundred special and scheduled trains along the Mosel valley and through the Eifel mountains. Additional trains before and after the main event when vintage material is transferred to and from location. More details to follow at a later date |
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| In response to feedback by UK Plandampfers links to German sites that give details of forthcoming events, (mainly steam trips over a single day), are shown below.
Please remember when using these links that it is absolutely certain that not all the trains shown will actually run! Some will be cancelled and some will run with a different type of motive power to that shown within the link, and some may be subject to other changes. So it is vital that if you are planning to travel on any of the trips mentioned in these links that you make direct contact with the organisers and ask that they notify you of any late changes or cancellations. Note also that the DISCLAIMER on this web page applies to the use of these links. Remember also that David Sprackland will only be taking bookings for the Plandampf and Other Events that are detailed under the heading of Specific Plandampf and Other Events dates & Information on this web page. So please do not contact him for any further information or to make a booking on Plandampfs and Other Events that are shown within the links below but are not shown in detail on this web page. |
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| Drehscheibe | Click on "Aktuelle-Termine aus dem Online-Terminkalendar" in the top blue panel. On the next screen click on the arrow next to "Auswahl", and then select the month you are interested in. |
| DB Museum | This is the Nostalgiefahrten page. Use the menu on the right hand side to go to the area of Germany you are interested in. |
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To help with the Wolsztyn Experience cash crisis, a number of Wolsztyn regulars have come up with the idea of ‘Plandampf Polska’ as a fund-raiser for the organisation. Details are being worked out, but the event is planned to take place over a five-day period in October. In true Plandampf tradition, the event will see steam replacing diesel traction on scheduled freight and passenger services around Wolsztyn, together with some additional workings to provide added interest. In parallel with the Plandampf workings, the normal twice-daily Wolsztyn-Poznan passenger service will be in operation, providing further opportunities for riding and photography. There may also be a photo shoot at a long-disused industrial location on the nearby Smigiel narrow gauge line immediately prior to the main Plandampf. Starting on 6th October, the three day Plandampf proper features two days of steam-hauled freight on the line from Zbaszynek and on trips around the Wolsztyn area, as well as additional freight workings and shunting in the yard at Wolsztyn. A photo shoot in the yard is planned, as well as numerous opportunities for filming the freight each day, in an area untouched by modernisation. The plans for Plandampf Polska also feature a passenger day that sees steam on the Leszno line, which has been diesel-only since the timetable change last December, and a special passenger service from Leszno to Ostrow (and return) on a lightly-used, double track main line with semaphore signals. The passenger trains would be formed of PKP bogie stock in the old style green livery. Photo stops are planned for the Ostrow special and the freight workings to allow photographers to overtake the train. Power for the passenger services will be the 2-8-2 Pt47 65 – a loco similar to the German 41class and roughly akin to a Britannia, equally at home on express passenger and freight workings. The Pt47’s were the standard long distance passenger locos in the latter days of PKP main line steam and also handled the Wolsztyn freight workings after the 2-10-0 Ty3 and Ty45 finished, hauling nearly 1700 tonnes on at least one occasion. Accordingly, the Pt47 will also be in use on the freight days but will share duties with the 1921-built Prussian 2-8-0 Tr5 65, which also ran as Deutsche Reichsbahn 56 511. The Tr5 is rarely used and will be much appreciated performing the role it was designed to do. The possibility of bringing a Ty2 2-10-0 to Wolsztyn for the Plandampf freights is being investigated but it is too early to say if this will be feasible. It is also likely to be dependant on the level of interest in (and support for) the operation of a Ty2 at the event. Following on from the three days of Plandampf, on Friday 9th one of the regular Wolsztyn - Poznan diagrams is likely to use the elegant Pacific Pm36 2 ‘Beautiful Helena’ in lieu of the normal Ol49 2-6-2. The Pm36 will also work a high-speed service from Wolsztyn to Wroclaw on Saturday 10th October, a journey of some 160 km in each direction. Beyond Leszno, ‘Helena’ often reaches speeds in excess of 120 kph and, with more of the route – and the Pm - passed for 140 kph, an exciting run is in prospect. Steam at over 80mph may result! The participation contribution is £150 per person, in return for which participants will receive full details of the workings during the Plandampf proper and for the trains on 9th and 10th October. An alternative package, aimed at riders rather than photographers, is priced at £100 and will cover the cost of travel on the Leszno – Ostrow special with the Pt47 and on the high-speed run to/from Wroclaw with Pm36 2 (but does not include details of the freight workings). Should participants on the main £150 package wish to travel on one or both of these trains, a discounted fare will be available. Travel on scheduled services to Poznan and Leszno will require payment of normal PKP fares but these are very reasonably priced. Wolsztyn is much more accessible these days, with direct flights from Stansted (Ryanair) and Luton (Wizzair) to Poznan, where the airport is an easy bus or taxi ride from the main station. Trains to Wolsztyn run at roughly two hourly intervals. A flight to Berlin is also an option, albeit with a longer train journey to Wolsztyn. Car hire is readily available at both Poznan and Berlin airports for those who wish to drive. Directions can be provided for those unfamiliar with the region. Assistance with hotel accommodation in the Wolsztyn area can be provided for those who do not wish to make their own arrangements and, in a departure from normal Plandampf practice, it is hoped to operate a minibus or coach service (dependent on demand) for linesiders who would prefer not to hire a car for the event. An additional charge would be made for this facility. The organisers are aware that other Plandampf events are proposed in Germany this autumn and stress that they do not wish to abstract support from these events. Spokesman Julian Worth said ‘We would encourage everyone to support the events organised by our good friends in Lo-Rie and Revierdampf. Whilst our dates are fixed by the Wroclaw high speed run, there is scope for a wonderful autumn trip to Germany and Poland, combining the Revierdampf event in Rhein-Neckar on 25-27th September, Lo-Rie’s proposed freight photo charter between Klodzko and Walbrzych on 1/2nd October and Plandampf Polska from 5th to 10th October.’ So, if you’ve never been to Wolsztyn or haven’t been back since regular freight finished – or perhaps did the Wolsztyn Experience some years ago - this is a marvellous opportunity to see just how good Polish steam can be and, at the same time, helping to ensure a future for steam at Wolsztyn. The deadline for payments is 15th August. If sufficient money is not received by this date, the event will be cancelled and all contributions will be refunded in full. David Sprackland has offered to collect contributions for Plandampf Polska, as he does for the German events. Please note that other enquiries about Plandampf Polska should be directed to Julian Worth at plandampfpolska@hotmail.co.uk or on 07752 138386. UK Bookings to David Spackland plaese, using this application form Disclaimer, and Notes and Conditions As with all events shown on this Plandampf web page the DISCLAIMER and also the Notes and Conditions for attendance at Plandampfs and other Events which must be accepted by anyone wishing to participate. |
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