Frank
coordinates with the dispatcher and brakeman as we prepare to push the train
back into the yard.
Each
train has a custom set of braking specifications - this set was in use for the
inbound train.
With
the brakeman assuring our way is clear, we begin to pull back from Hamburg-Altona.
As
we continue to move backward, the passenger platform can be seen, as well as the
ICE train to the right.
Backing
through the throat leading into the passenger station.
The
passenger car yard is quite a ways from the station itself, as we pass
underneath other tracks.
A
local train with a brightly "decorated" locomotive passes as we near
the yard.
Now
in position in the yard, we wait as the locomotive is uncoupled from the train.