Peter Illert writes of a visit made to see fireless operation at Grosskraftwerk Mannheim. See
also the world fireless summary and:
The working engine on the afternoon of Tuesday, 16th November 2015. was the big 0-8-0 engine "3".
The almost identical classmate engine expected about now from Meiningen works could not be spotted.
At 15.30, the engine hauled a train of empties to the exchange yard in the south of the power station. It returned 30 minutes later with a loaded coal train consisting of 33
wagons, forcing the engine down to walking pace. It took nearly 10 minutes for a distance of 2
kilometres.
In mid-November, there was an increase in rail traffic, caused by an extremely low water level
in the River Rhine, bringing commercial coal ship traffic to a temporary halt.
As often happens, it was then followed by extremely heavy rain....
