Leuna Werke Nord, Großkorbetha, Weißenfels, Leißling, Naumburg (Saale)

This time, I'm heading to Germany, visiting Großkorbetha and Eichenberg, among other places.

Arlanda Central station

I will be flying to Berlin, then taking train to Leipzig

At Berlin aiport

Train to Berlin Hbf

Berlin Hbf

Night train to Budapest and Graz

Here is my train

Traditional beer on German train

Leipzig

This photo is taken with an iPhone 14 Pro

Following day is grey and rainy

I did miscalculate my journey; the plan was to take the railway between Erfurt and Bebra and spot freight trains. Unfortunately, there were railworks these days, so I had to change plans some days before the trip. 

I will still visit the railway between Leipzig and Erfurt, but with fewer trains than normally operate here. Here is Leuna Werke Nord

The Leuna works (German: Leunawerke) in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, is one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in Germany. The site, now owned jointly by companies such as TotalEnergies, BASF, Linde plc, and DOMO Group, covers 13 km2 and produces a very wide range of chemicals and plastics. (Wikipedia)

The chemical industry needs chemicals, often transported by rail

193 898, Captrain

Großkorbetha

Usually, many freight trains pass here, so let's see

Euroduals are popular here in Saxony-Anhalt because there are heavy trains, and many railways are non-electrified

159 228 is from LEG - Leipziger Eisenbahnverkehrsgesellschaft mbH

Here is a map of services in Germany, all starting in Leipzig area

Za(c)ns wagons

CAF Talent 3 EMU. In November 2021, Alstom sold the design rights to Talent 3 to CAF to comply with a European Commission directive when it took over Bombardier.

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The station area

6193 149

Impressive, this locomotive supports D, A, I, N, S, DK, so it might be traveling all the way from Italy to Sweden

And it has some Scandinavian semi-trailers

At Weißenfels, I can spot this French DMU

Das ehemalige Textilkontor an der Nordseite des Weißenfelser Bahnhofs 

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Leißling

187 179

Naumburg (Saale)

The only tram line nr 4 dated from 1892 is still in operation

The rolling stock is from the 1960's, manufactured by Gotha / LEW

Here is another Eurodual

159 208, BSAS EisenbahnVerkehrs GmbH & Co. KG

MAD stands for Modern Alternative Direct

Here is a real oldie, 118 719

The DR Class V 180 of Deutsche Reichsbahn (from 1970 Class 118, later DBAG Class 228) was a class of the largest diesel locomotives built in the German Democratic Republic. The manufacturer was Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM). (Wikipedia)

It's short days in November, so it's time to get to the next hotel, which will be in Göttingen. To get there from Erfurt, I must take 2 ICE trains, and there is a change in Wurzburg. It's a bit of a detour, but it's due to the railworks

Göttingen