German Steam in Revenue Goods Service | Plandampf

The Bavarian Railway Museum in Nördlingen has done it again: for three days, from 21 to 23 September 2026, steam locomotives 50 4073, 52 8168 and 58 311 hauled scheduled freight trains with a tonnage of up to 2,500 tonnes. The "Plandampf" service was organised to coincide with the transport of sugar beet. However, the steam locomotives also hauled other goods trains.

The first video is about the event as a whole:


The second video is about the sugar beet train on 21st September:

 

Possibly the best event and videos I have seen on Nat Pres, ever! Thank you very much for posting.

 

I subscribe to you on youtube and these videos are up to your usual standard! Is there a website that lists German mainline steam trips? I really want to get over there and try some of the mainline steam having visited the narrow gauge a few times.

 

Thanks. Unfortunately there isn't something like Railadvent in Germany. You habe to check the different main line charter organiser for yourself. The most important one in West-Germany are:

NostalgieZugReisen
https://www.nostalgiezugreisen.de/tagessonderfahrten/

Westfalendampf
https://www.westfalendampf.de/

Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn
https://www.eisenbahnfreunde-zollernbahn.de/

Eisenbahn Nostalgiefahrten Bebra
https://www.eisenbahn-nostalgiefahrten-bebra.de/fahrtenprogramm/

Eisenbahnfreunde Treysa
https://www.eftreysa.de/veranstaltungen

Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum from Nördlingen
https://www.bayerisches-eisenbahnmuseum.de/

Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt
https://www.historische-eisenbahn-frankfurt.de/

 

Thank you, that's really helpful.

 

There's also

https://eisenbahnplaner.net/

And

https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/ds_redaktion/ds_termine.php?DS=1

Though they take a bit of wading through to find all the info, and not everything is included unfortunately.

 

https://www.lok-report.de/termine.html has it (almost) all.