There is an abandoned track that used to be for local freight on the north side of the junction.
Prior to the bridge, local vehicles and local freight could only cross the river by ferry.
Untertürkheim freight yard would in future be used only for local freight.
The railway also had a freight track with a goods shed for local freight.
They began to be withdrawn soon after Nationalisation in 1948, by which time the class were used for local freight working on rural lines.
The local freight siding branches off the line about five hundred metres west of the station.
In the earliest years of the line, the emphasis was on local freight, primarily agricultural products.
At one time Dover had a daily Amtrak passenger service; however, the line now is just used for local freight.
It continued to be used for local freight between Fairfield and Ibapah into the 1890s.
In the 20th century, the line was relegated to local freight.