page_title: Neustadt–Wissembourg railway
section_title: Motive power
hierarchical_section_title: Neustadt–Wissembourg railway / Operations / Motive power
caption_attribution_description: Güterzug beim Rangieren im Hbf. von Landau, selbst fotografiert
context_page_description: The Neustadt–Wissembourg railway, also called the Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn, Maximiliansbahn or just the Maxbahn - is a railway line in southwestern Germany that runs from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse to Wissembourg in Alsace, France. The Palatine Maximilian Railway also included a branch from Winden via Wörth and the Maxaubahn to Karlsruhe.
context_section_description: Because the Rhine bridge between Karlsruhe and Wörth was initially a pontoon bridge, locomotives of the Palatine Class T 2.I were employed just to cross the river.
  Since 1997 Regionalexpress (RE) trains run on the Maximilians Railway stopping en route in Wörth, Kandel, Winden and Landau. Initially tilting trains of DB Class 611 were used. However they proved very unreliable and were replaced only a few years later by the DB Class 612, which has since been used for most RE trains on the line. 
  Since the 1980s DB Class 628 engines have been used for Regionalbahn services, which in turn had replaced the earlier railbuses. DB Class 612 units usually power the Regionalexpress trains, more rarely seen are trains are hauled by DB Class 218 locomotives and comprising red-liveried Silberlings.
caption: Goods train at Landau Hauptbahnhof
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