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IBSE railtour of the Bentheimer Eisenbahn.
The Bentheimer Eisenbahn is a long standing independent railway near the Netherlands border, closed to passengers many years ago but remained open for freight, as the line makes a useful connection between Netherlands and Germany. Passenger services restarted a few years ago and there's an hourly service over about half of the line, north from Bad Bentheim to Neuenhaus.
Route: Nordhorn 08:31 (RB56 83649 BE DMU VT111 (648 111)) - Bad Bentheim 08:50; Bad Bentheim Nord 08:56 (IBSE tour BE DL D20 (272408) +2C) - propel ~15 km to Ochtrup-Brechte army base (rev, 09:45/10:05) – Bad Bentheim Nord (10:54/10:55) – Nordhorn Süd Depot BE (11:13, shunt into depot 4x rev, 11:37) – Nordhorn (11:40) - shunt ~3 km to Nordhorn Industriegebiet (rev) – Nordhorn (rev, dep 12:46) – Neuenhaus (non platform track 2, dep 12:57)– Esche (13:10) – shunt to Osterwald oil terminal (rev) – Esche (rev, dep 13:56) – Emlicheim (14:16, rev) – shunt ~2 km along Emlicheim Anschlussbahn (Hafen) (rev) – Emlicheim (dep 14:52) – Laarwald (15:00/15:18) – via container terminal siding – direct route towards Coevorden (route blocked by damaged swing bridge; rev) - Coevorden BE (Europark) 15:40; 16:10 (IBSE tour BE DL D20 +1C + D22 (272410)) with Dutch coach approved for use in Netherlands - Coevorden (Südausfahrt Prorail) – Gramsbergen (rev, 16:41/16:51) – Coevorden (rev, 16:58/17:04) Coevorden (Südausfahrt Prorail) (rev, 17:11/17:13) - Coevorden BE (Europark) 17:22; 17:57 (IBSE tour BE DL D20 (272408) +2C) - via Neuenhaus (non platform track 2) - Nordhorn 19:00