Cycling around the Breisgau region in south west Germany on the weekend I keep seeing trains, which was nice. Unfortunately I keep seeing them when I was in the wrong place to take pictures, which was less nice. However, I did my best.
The new S-Bahn (Outer suburban service) is gradually being introduced. This railway is owned locally but it seems DB/German railways now have the contract to run services. These are run using Alsthom Coradia units, more modern versions of the UK's class 175, 180, 334, amongst others.
Meanwhile over on the northern part of the line, which goes through a very rural area, there was a preserved railcar. I only had a few seconds to respond to this and unfortunately I was on the wrong side of the crossing, but at least I got this image.
Local train arriving in Endingen Station. These units were the mainstay of the local railways before electrification and the Coradias came on stream. I'm not sure why they are still running them but they are for now. This is a SWEG (Südwest Eisenbahn Gesellschaft) unit; SWEG is owned by the local government, and in turn owns Endingen station and runs the local bus services as well. SWEG stations are noticeably better maintained then DB ones.
A couple more Regio-Shuttles. The rear one is painted in the old S-Bahn colours and the front in the new(ish) State transport colour scheme, like the Coradias. Baden-Württemberg has a similar policy to Scotland and most trains are painted in their colours regardles of the operator, although in this case they own SWEG itself too.
Finally another unit, this time passing in front of the former Brewery in Riegel. This is a service to Freiburg, apparently in the hands of a Siemens Mireo (A successor to the Desiro apparently; so now you know)...
Finally I managed to be in the right place at the right time, and on the right side of the railway line...
