Hagen - Siegen v.3
The early Bird gets the Train *Update* [27/02/2022]
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While the sun is rising on the horizon, you take over InterRegio 2516 in Siegen. As a result of a faulty driving trailer, this express train is currently being operated by two electric locomotives in sandwich operation. You start the journey towards Hagen in the driver's cab of 112 151-6, whilst 112 124-3 at the end of the train will stay powered off on the first route section. [Date: 15th July 1996 | Duration: 90 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware  |
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Freight Shuttle *Update* [19/02/2022]
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On a misty spring morning, you take over a brand-new Vossloh G 6 in Finnentrop, which is currently used as a rental locomotive in the Sauerland region. At the beginning of your shift, you have to transfer some freight wagons between Finnentrop and Meggen, before you will drive towards Plettenberg later. [Date: 12th March 2011 | Duration: 75 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Package Freight for Plettenberg *Update* [05/02/2022]
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On a rainy autumn midmorning, you pull with 150 130-3 a package freight train from Dillenburg to Plettenberg. The 26 wagons are mainly loaded with goods for the ironmongery and forging companies based in Plettenberg. You are currently waiting in front of a red signal at Weidenau station so a passenger train can shortly overtake your train. [Date: 13th October 1986 | Duration: 60 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Dr. Mabuse and his Tank wagons
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On a sunny and already warm spring afternoon, you take over 151 013-0 from Hector Rail Germany at the freight yard in Hagen. The six-axle electric locomotive now has labelled as 162.001 and bears the nickname 'Mabuse'. You have to pull twenty-one loaded Zacns tank wagons towards Siegen and you will drive as far as Lennestadt-Altenhundem. [Date: 22nd Mai 2016 | Duration: 90 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Torpedo wagons in the Evening
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Six torpedo wagons from the French steel group Usinor will be transferred today to the steel plant in Bochum-Höntrop which belongs to the Friedrich Krupp corporation. After a scheduled stop in Plettenberg, you take over 181 218-9 to pull the freight wagons, which are needed for the transport of molten iron, on the route section as far as Hagen on this summer evening. [Date: 22nd August 1986 | Duration: 55 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Torpedo wagons in the Morning
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The "Hermannshütte" was put out of service a few weeks ago. Much of the equipment will be transported soon to China and taken into operation again. The "Dillinger Hütte" bought six torpedo wagons, which will convey to the smelting works in Dillingen today. You take over 140 156-1 and you will haul the wagons from Hohenlimburg as far as Siegen-Weidenau. [Date: 27th May 2001 | Duration: 115 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Rabbit box in Snowfall
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On a snowy winter afternoon, after a short break in Altenhundem, you take over the passenger train to Hagen. Make yourself comfortable as much as possible in the BDnf 738 driving trailer, which is colloquially referred to as rabbit box or driver's loo due to the limited space of the driver's cab, and bring the commuters and travelers safely to their destination. [Date: 10th January 1966 | Duration: 65 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Colourful Beetles in the Summer Wind
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On a sunny summer day, you are the engine driver of E 50 028 and you must haul a car transporter train loaded with VW Beetles from Wolfsburg to Frankfurt on the Main. Due to a technical malfunctioning you need to stop at Plettenberg to take a look at the engine. After the abatement of the nuisance you can now continue the run as far as Kreuztal. [Date: 22nd August 1966 | Duration: 70 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Jumping Cracker gone astray
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Today a mixed freight train was supposed to be transferred with the German Class E 40 from Siegen to Finnentrop. However, the electric locomotive intended for this run was taken out of service due to a damage on the bogies. This is why you will take up the job with an available E 41 locomotive, which is also known by the nickname “jumping cracker”. [Date: 17th August 1966 | Duration: 55 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Timber for Austria
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On a gloomy autumn morning, you take over 120 157-3 in Finnentrop and you will haul a timber train of sixteen loaded Rnooss-uz wagons towards Siegen, where a scheduled stop is planned. The cargo is destined for the Austrian timber wholesaler 'Klausner', who still receives a large part of the trunk wood from the state forest of North Rhine-Westphalia. [Date: 04th October 2012 | Duration: 60 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Empty Flats for Finnentrop
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A majority of the timber from the state forests in North Rhine-Westphalia is delivered by train to the Austrian sawmill company Klausner. On a sunny afternoon, you are on the return journey from Austria and you pull with the electric locomotive 152 065-8 sixteen empty Rnooss-uz flat wagons on the route section from Siegen to Finnentrop. [Date: 22nd July 2015 | Duration: 55 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Short Trip on a Winter Morning
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The regional train 93 to Bad Berleburg has broken down due to an engine fault in Kirchen. Since taking a break in Siegen, you are immediately available to provide a replacement train for the failed service. So you now take over the journey with the diesel multiple unit and you will drive for the time being as far as Kreuztal on this snowy winter morning. [Date: 18th February 2017 | Duration: 20 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Short Trip in Autumn Rain
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The Hessian State Railway is currently also using its VT 72 diesel multiple unit for assistance on the Rothaar Railway. On a rainy autumn day, you have shift on the regional service line between Bad Berleburg and Betzdorf. At the moment, you are waiting in front of a red signal just ahead of Kreuztal station and you will now drive as far as Siegen. [Date: 12th October 2016 | Duration: 20 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Short Trip on a Summer Evening
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At the beginning, several diesel multiple units from type Regio-Shuttle, which have been rented by the East German Railway (ODEG), are performing the regional services from Hessian State Railway on the Rothaar Railway. On a warm and sunny summer evening, you take over the regional train on a short drive from Siegen to Kreuztal. [Date: 15th July 2015 | Duration: 15 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Short Trip in foggy Spring
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The regional train from Bad Berleburg to Siegen broke down in Hilchenbach 10 minutes ago. You are still waiting with your diesel multiple unit in the maintenance area at Kreuztal and since you are currently available, you will now provide a replacement train for the failed service. So you drive the regional train on the short route from Kreuztal to Siegen. [Date: 29th March 2012 | Duration: 25 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Wintry drifting Snow
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A stronger snowstorm caused some troubles this morning. By this time the biggest disturbances are eliminated, but there is still one impairment or another. Among other things, the local train to Siegen broke down between Werdohl and Plettenberg. You will now provide a replacement train for this service on the route section from Finnentrop to Siegen. [Date: 16th February 1988 | Duration: 85 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Tank Buster
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On a hot late summer afternoon, you take over a freight train loaded with tanks at Siegen which must be hauled with the double heading locomotives 151 024-7 and 151 127-8 as far as Hagen-Kabel where a scheduled stop is planned. The tanks are destined for Rockensußra in Thuringia where they will be scrapped next months. [Date: 15th September 2011 | Duration: 105 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Steel Coils in the Rainstorm
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On a rainy autumn day, you haul with 185 261-5 a coil train consisting of twenty-one loaded Sahlmmps-t 713 bogie flat wagons from Bochum North to Dillenburg. At the moment you have a stop at Hagen-Kabel to let overtake another train. Shortly you can continue your run which leads you over the Ruhr-Sieg line. [Date: 14th October 2010 | Duration: 85 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Green Sparkle in the Sunshine
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On a hot summer morning, you take over E 40 128 in Werdohl to pull an empty train towards Bottrop. The locomotive, which yesterday took the coal with 140 859-0 to the Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station, had to be withdrawn due to an axle damage. You are now hauling the train back to the Ruhr area, because E 40 128 was stabled a few steps from here. [Date: 15th July 2004 | Duration: 40 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Calcified Pipes
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On a sunny autumn afternoon, you take over the parked Vossloh G 6 after a short break to transfer some powder wagons between Hagen-Kabel and the Rheinkalk company. After that a couple of flat wagons loaded with pipes have to be pulled to Letmathe. [Date: 16th October 2011 | Duration: 70 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Freezing Winter´s Night
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On a frosty winter's night, you take over 155 045-9 from the Pressnitztalbahn in Siegen to haul twenty-one Zans tank wagons loaded with limestone slurry as far as Hohenlimburg. Take a pot of coffee and turn on the heating in the driver's cab to enjoy a pleasant journey through the snowy Ruhr-Sieg line. [Date: 22nd January 2015 | Duration: 95 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Regional Train in driving Snow
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On a snowy winter morning, you take over the regional train RB 91 towards Siegen. At the moment, you are still waiting at Letmathe where the trains just have been uncoupled so they can run separately to Siegen and Iserlohn. Due to a points failure at Hagen, you’re still running late, so adherence to the timetable is irrelevant on this trip. [Date: 13th February 2018 | Duration: 80 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Christmas Run to Altena
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On the second weekend of Advent, the popular Christmas market of light takes place around Holtzbrinck Castle in Altena. This year, a special train will be used to enhance the rail traffic. You take over the steam locomotive 52 8134-0 in the afternoon and you will pull the vintage train from Hagen to Altena. [Date: 06th December 2014 | Duration: 60 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Special Train ‘P810 Ruhrbote‘
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This weekend a very exceptional special train runs on the Ruhr-Sieg line. Today the ÖBB 1189.02, which lights up in its former vermilion livery, pulls instead of a steam locomotive the chartered train 'P810 Ruhrbote'. You assume responsibility in the cab of the crocodile at Hohenlimburg and after a brief stop you will continue the journey to Siegen. [Date: 13th September 2014 | Duration: 120 mins | Difficulty: easy] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |
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Hard Coal for the Power Station
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On a sunny and warm spring morning you will haul with the diesel locomotive 232 587-6 twenty Eaos-x 075 freight wagons loaded with hard coal which is destined for the Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station. At the beginning 221 135-7 provides support as bank engine at the end of the train so you will have enough power up the hill to Welschen-Ennest station. [Date: 24 March 2012 | Duration: 90 mins | Difficulty: medium] Download: dw-agency.de | Requirement: Payware / Freeware |