Ride the train along the Rhine Valley from Cologne to Basel, in the Swiss first class panorama car on EuroCity train EC9. See the (lack of) Bridge at Remagen, the twin castles of the Hostile Brothers, the castles of Cat and Mouse, the legendary Lorelei and the fabulous Pfalzgrafenstein castle, a 14th century Rhine tollhouse, plus more Rhine valley vineyards and river cruisers than you can shake a stick at. After the train leaves the Rhine valley, retire to the SBB restaurant car for some lunch with wine...

On this occasion I was coming from Utrecht and had intended to join the EuroCity train at Cologne, but I instead switched trains at Duisburg. Crossing the Rhine into Cologne in the SBB Panorama car was a bonus!

00:00 EuroCity train EC9 rolls into Duisburg
00:25 Boarding the SBB first class panorama car
00:45 Crossing the river Rhine into Cologne Hbf
01:10 Cologne Hbf & Cologne cathedral
01:55 Bonn Hbf
02:29 The Bridge at Remagen
02:40 Remagen station
03:11 Mariendom, Andernach
03:21 Crossing the river Moselle into Koblenz Hbf
03:55 Scharfer Turm, Rhens
04:08 Markburg Castle
04:50 Passing Boppard station & town walls
05:44 The Hostile Brothers Castles Sterrenberg & Liebenstein
06:42 Mouse Castle (Burg Maus)
07:30 Passing St Goar
07:50 Cats Castle (Burg Katz)
08:05 The Lorelei of Rhine myth & legend
09:10 Gutenfels Castle
09:22 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, a Rhine tollhouse
10:29 The train arrives at Mainz Hbf
10:57 Lunch in the SBB restaurant car
11:18 Basel Bad Bf.