After the train accident with five dead and more than 40 injured in Burgrain near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the clean-up work continued on Sunday and will continue on Whit Monday.
In addition to cranes, other heavy recovery equipment is used, such as a 250-ton rail crane from Wanne-Eickel in the Ruhr area. Among other things, he lifts the locomotive back onto the track and badly damaged wagons onto the road.
The overturned wagon, which had already been hoisted onto federal highway 2 on Saturday, was transported away with a low-loader.
To do this, the wagon had to be dismantled into two parts using an excavator.
The second wagon was also heaved onto the main road and will be taken away on Monday.
The train parts are stored at a nearby gravel pit pending surveyors’ examination.
Heavy rain slowed down the work late on Sunday afternoon, but ultimately the salvage work was able to continue after a short break.
On Friday, the regional train derailed on the way to Munich. The parts of the train were wedged like crushed coke cans, said THW operations manager Bernhard Schrallhammer.
In the cut-apart carriages you could see the blue seats – a picture that shows how the accident turned everyday life into a nightmare.
It is still unclear why the regional train jumped off the tracks on Friday afternoon shortly after leaving for Munich.
The work will continue to affect road traffic. Traffic in Sindelsdorf (Weilheim-Schongau district) is diverted from the A95 motorway in the direction of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Vehicles from the Augsburg region are steered from the federal highway 17 to Füssen in the direction of the Fernpass.
Traffic from Mittenwald/Innsbruck is routed towards Bundesstraße 11 near Krün. Access to the Passion Play in nearby Oberammergau is still possible, it said.