Скачать или смотреть Germany: DB AutoZug car shuttles seen at Keitum (Sylt) hauled by DB Class 218 and 245 diesel locos

Germany: At Keitum (Sylt) two DB AutoZug car shuttles seen at Keitum hauled by DB Class 218 and 245 diesel locos. 218 379 & 218 366 are seen on an eastbound service from Westerland to Niebull and 245 024 passes on a westbound service from Niebull to Westerland. Clip recorded 7 May 2024.
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Keitum is a village on the North Sea island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Today, it is an Ortsteil of the Gemeinde Sylt. "Keytum" was first mentioned in 1462. Until the end of the 19th century, Keitum was the most important town on the island of Sylt. Since 1612 it was the location of Sylt's largest mill. In 1695, the village had 78 houses. A school house was built in 1763. In 1820, the harbour was expanded. Although keeping the navigation channel open was a continuing problem, Keitum harbour was the main connection between Sylt and the mainland until around 1867. After 1859, the harbour silted up and the ferry traffic shifted to Munkmarsch. In 1860, Keitum had passed Morsum as the island's most populous village (with 785 inhabitants). In the 1890s, the tourist business moved increasingly to Westerland, sidelining the eastern villages. Although Keitum is located on the railway which connected Westerland with Niebüll via the Hindenburgdamm in 1927, most visitors disembarked only at the line's terminus, at Westerland.
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The Niebüll–Westerland car train service is a car transport train service in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein . The trains run between Niebüll and Westerland on the island of Sylt via the Hindenburgdamm . Unlike the car train, only a short distance of 39 kilometers is covered. The journey on the car train is the only way to get directly to Sylt by car from the German mainland.

The operators are DB Fernverkehr AG under the brand "Sylt Shuttle" and the Railroad Development Corporation , which began regular operations on October 18, 2016 with its subsidiary RDC Deutschland under the brand "Autozug Sylt" as the second car transport provider.
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The DB Class 218 (before 1968 the DB Class V 164) are a class of 4-axle, diesel-hydraulic locomotives acquired by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for use on main and secondary lines for both passenger and freight trains.

The class represents the final major revision of the DB V 160 family of locomotives; having the preferred features of the antecedent locomotives, including a hydrodynamic brake, and a single engine providing electrical train heating via a generator as well as tractive power. The class were also the most numerous of the family, providing the backbone of the Deutsche Bundesbahn's main-line diesel locomotive traction from the 1970s up to the reunification of Germany.

Despite being displaced from many workings by DMUs, electrification, and inherited DR Class 130s, as of 2009 a significant number of the class still remain active throughout Germany.
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