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The Geislinger Steige was electrified as early as 1933, but diesel locomotives can still be seen here, sometimes regularly, sometimes by chance. The Allgäu and Bodensee Intercity trains still run here regularly with class 218 locomotives. For the following reasons: ● The IC Allgäu runs via Ulm, Memmingen, Kempten and Immenstadt to Oberstdorf. From Ulm, the route is no longer electrified, so the 218s are attached to the front of the train in Stuttgart (where a locomotive change is already pending). ● The same applies to the IC Bodensee, which runs via Lindau: the route between Ulm and Lindau has not yet been electrified either - however, electric operations will officially "open" from December 2021. This means that these services will only be "spottable" for a few more months. Apparently it is also necessary on the Filstalbahn to "move" individual 218s between Stuttgart and Ulm from time to time, which is why they sometimes appear as traction units. And you can also see one or two diesel locomotives in freight traffic - albeit relatively rarely. You can see this in detail in the video: ???? 218 433 IC Allgäu towards Stuttgart ???? 218 433 + 218 155 (old red) IC Allgäu towards Ulm ???? 218 495 Tfzf towards Ulm ???? IC Bodensee towards Stuttgart with 1 x 218 ???? IC Bodensee towards Stuttgart with 2 x 218 ???? Class 66 from RheinCargo (DE671) with tank wagon towards Stuttgart ???? 218 495 IC Bodensee (pushed back) towards Ulm ???? 218 484 + 218 483 IC Allgäu towards Ulm ???? 650 008 RegioShuttle Tfzf towards Ulm ???? 218 155 + 218 494 Tfzf towards Ulm ???? 275 829 (MaK G 1206) with bulk goods wagon towards Ulm ???? 218 432 + 218 491 IC Allgäu towards Stuttgart ???? 218 ??? + 218 432 IC Allgäu towards Ulm