Creating a photo essay on German train travel

I'm doing a photo essay on train travel (underlying theme: me giving up my cars for a year) in Germany for a newspaper back home, specifically Munich where I live. I have some ideas, and a lot of photos already, but I'm interested in what everyone else has to say on the subject. I've sent an e-mail to DB to see if I can get access to one of their train yards here, or inside the drivers compartment etc.

Thanks

One of the most scenic stretches of railway in Germany (outside of the Alps at any rate) is the Rheinstrecke between Bingen and Koblenz. Well worth taking the journey, if you wanted to extend the scope beyond Munich. You could also photograph the Czech trains on their way to Prague, the new SNCF to Paris or the new Moscow night train – all from Munich (the Prague train also stops in Freising).

The Rügendamm from Stralsund across to Rügen would maybe be interesting, and also slightly topical now they've opened the big new suspension bridge for road traffic. The causeway out to Westerland/Sylt and the railboat link to Denmark would maybe also be interesting subjects?

The joint Bayerische Eisenstein / Zelezna Ruda Alzbetin station is a classic.

Idar-Oberstein, Bertechesgaden, Murnau am Staffelsee in Oberbayern, Lindau (Bodensee), Friedrichshafen (Hafenbahnhof), and the Mosel River Valley between Saarbrücken and Trier.

Save yourself the hassle and just tape an hour of Bahn TV

If you are considering the scenic route on the Rhine to Koblenz then go a bit further to Rolandseck station.

http://www.arpmuseum.org/html/haeuser/fr_bahn.html

I already have a lot of good material I can use from my trips from Köln->Luxembourg and Köln->Cochem/Trier. I think I will head south to the Alps!

The bulk of the route is actually just inside Austria, but the line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Reutte is considered one of the Alpine classics. The Bayern Ticket is valid for the whole stretch.

What about the Molli steam engine stretch from Kühlingsborn on the Baltic?
The train goes down the main street!
The Harz narrow gauge Steam Locomotive network is something incredible too.