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Turning off at 200 km/h Saalbach and Molzau junction | Alex E | High-speed turnouts

At the Saalbach junction, the Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed line is connected to the Mannheim–Karlsruhe Rhine or Rhine Valley Railway by two high-speed switches. The junction was put into operation in 1987, making it the oldest junction in Germany equipped with high-speed switches. High-speed lines are defined as lines on the German railway network where the scheduled maximum speed is 230 km/h or higher. High-speed switches are switches that can be used at 200 km/h on the branching line. Here at the Saalbach junction, this means that the two switches on the straight line, i.e., for travel from Mannheim to Stuttgart and in the opposite direction, can be used at 280 km/h, and on the branching line to and from Karlsruhe at 200 km/h. This is made possible by the EW 60-7000/6000-1:42 basket-arch switches. Behind this cryptic type designation are 154-meter-long and 210-ton switches with 40-meter-long switch tongues, a switch tongue radius of 7,000 meters, and a movable frog measuring approximately 15 meters. In the area beyond the switch frog, the radius of the branching line is 6,000 meters. The switches are moved by two motors on the tongues and one motor on the frog. They are locked by eight clamp locks on the switch tongues and three clamp locks on the frog. Since the high-speed line towards Stuttgart was not yet completed when the junction was opened in 1987, the switches were initially locked in the branching position when it was put into operation. The Saalbach junction is served by trains on the Mannheim-Stuttgart route and trains on the Mannheim-Karlsruhe route. Since there is a connection to the SNCF towards Strasbourg south of Karlsruhe and to the SBB in Basel, a relatively large number of international trains pass through here. International train compositions include the SBB's EuroCity 6, 7, 8 & 9 rolling stock, which connects Switzerland with Hamburg via Cologne. SBB Astoro multiple units of the RABe 503 series connect Frankfurt with Milan as a EuroCityExpress. SNCF operates the TGV on the Frankfurt-Marseille route, which shares service with the BR 407 class between Frankfurt and Paris. At the time of my photographs, no ÖBB vehicles were passing through here during daytime passenger service. These use the Rollenberg junction further toward Stuttgart, as they travel via Heidelberg. Freight traffic is carried on the Rhine Valley Railway, which runs largely parallel to the line. Local traffic also runs on the Rhine Valley Railway, as it connects towns like Hockenheim and Schwetzingen between Karlsruhe and Mannheim to the railway network. South of the Saalbach junction, the tracks coming from the high-speed line merge with the Rhine Valley Railway at the Philippsburg-Molzau junction. From the Philippsburg-Molzau junction to Graben-Neudorf station, the line has been upgraded to three tracks. The line is equipped with LZB (light rail) trains until just before Karlsruhe and is designed as an upgraded line for 200 km/h. About me:    • Über Alex E - Persönliches, Werdegang, Vor...   About my work at the traffic control center:    • DB-Challenge - Verkehrsdisponent in der Le...   If you like what I do and want to support/sponsor me, please do so: https://paypal.me/AlexEAE In this channel, you'll see railroad, aviation, and agriculture stuff as well as everyday stuff. In this channel, you'll experience new, interesting, or simply everyday things from the areas of rail, construction, aviation, and agriculture. Music from the YouTube Audio Library Music from YouTube Audio Library Imprint: Alex E [AE] Film & Photography Production Alexander Emmerth Spessartstr. 26 63743 Aschaffenburg #AlexE #Railway #High-Speed ​​#ICE #DBFernverkehr