A dull, wet day when it never really stopped raining, although it did ease off enough in the middle of the afternoon to tempt me to the lineside.

The whole day was spent a few km to the north of Gurtnellen, at a couple of locations within a km of each other, mainly at a spot where I could sit in the car and watch the proceedings without getting soaked. As a result, no trains were missed, although a couple got through without being fully identified while I was changing positions. It felt like a fairly quiet day, with what seemed like long gaps between trains, but the record shows over 70 movements in less than 8 hours. Admittedly there were a number of light engine moves, mainly 11677 returning north after banking freights to Göschenen, but there can’t be many lines with heavier traffic.

Highlights were 11109, still in orange and grey livery, on a couple of IR services and Ae6/6 11479, still in green, tacked on the back of an Re20/20 lokzug heading north.

N of Gurtnellen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11109	IR2170	07:11 Chiasso - Basel SBB	09:29
11677		NB Light Engine	09:33
11300	IR2163	07:03 Basel SBB - Locarno	09:33
11132 11126		SB VSOE	09:37
470.054 (FS) 470.004 (FS)	EC12	07:10 Milano Cen. - Zürich HB	09:47
500.039	IR2263	08:31 Zürich HB - Chiasso	09:47
185.108 (DB) 185.119 (DB)		SB Freight	09:51
500.030	ICN10015	09:01 Zürich HB - Milano Cen.	10:17
182.597 (MRCE) 189.996 (TXL)		NB Intermodal	10:23
470.002 (FS) 470.052 (FS)	EC15	09:09 Zürich HB - Milano Cen.	10:23
11203	IR2276	08:45 Locarno - Zürich HB	10:29
11151	2165	08:03 Basel SBB - Locarno	10:36
500.018	ICN662	09:12 Lugano - Basel SBB	10:41
11292 11641 banked by 11677		SB Intermodal	10:42
11606 11317		SB Tubs	10:47
482.014 482.034		NB Intermodal	10:57
11677		NB Light Engine	11:20
500.020	ICN671	09:03 Basel SBB - Lugano	11:20
11219	IR2174	09:45 Locarno - Basel SBB	11:26
460.026	IR2267	10:09 Zürich HB - Locarno	11:32
185.132 (DB) 185.098 (DB) banked by 185.110 (DB)		SB RoLa	11:37
470.057 (FS) 470.003 (FS)	EC14	09:10 Milano Cen. - Zürich HB	11:45
470.004 (FS) 470.054 (FS)	EC17	11:09 Zürich HB - Milano Cen.	12:17
460.004	IR2280	10:45 Locarno - Zürich HB	12:24
420.160 620.086 11654 11228		NB Light Engines	12:32
11228	IR2169	10:03 Basel SBB - Locarno	12:32
500.037	ICN666	11:12 Lugano - Basel SBB	12:41
185.116 (DB) 185.126 (DB)		NB Freight	13:08
11358 11650 banked by 11666		SB Intermodal	13:12
500.025 500.000	ICN675	11:03 Basel SBB - Lugano	13:17
11148	IR2178	11:45 Locarno - Basel SBB	13:27
620.058 11321 banked by 11677		SB Intermodal	13:28
460.000	IR2271	12:09 Zürich HB - Locarno	13:33
500.030	ICN10016	12:10 Lugano - Zürich HB	13:41
11683		SB Postal	13:41
11366 11634		SB Freight	13:45
470.053 (FS) 470.007 (FS)	EC16	11:10 Milano Cen. - Zürich HB	13:45
843.074		SB Departmental	13:50
185.xxx (DB) 185.xxx (DB) 185.xxx (DB)		NB Freight	14:14
?		NB Intermodal	14:17
470.xxx (FS) 470.xxx (FS)	EC19	13:09 Zürich HB - Milano Cen.	14:21
11300	IR2282	12:45 Locarno - Zürich HB	14:24
11677		NB Light Engine	14:25
185.138 (DB) 185.125 (DB)		SB Freight	14:31
11109	IR2173	12:03 Basel SBB - Locarno	14:36
500.020	ICN670	13:12 Lugano - Basel SBB	14:44
620.065 11277 banked by 11269		SB Steel Coil	14:44
843.002		NB Departmental	14:47
11251 11637		NB Freight	15:03
11151		NB Relief / Special	15:14
500.018	ICN679	13:03 Basel SBB - Lugano	15:18
11269		NB Light Engine	15:23
843.002		SB Light Engine	15:25
11195	IR2182	13:45 Locarno - Zürich HB	15:33
11203	IR2275	14:09 Zürich HB - Locarno	15:33
?		NB ?	15:37
11231 11676 banked by 11677		SB Intermodal	15:39
500.038 500.008	ICN10018	14:10 Lugano - Zürich HB	15:44
470.052 (FS) 470.002 (FS)	EC18	13:10 Milano Cen. - Zürich HB	15:46
843.074 18442		NB Light Engines	16:08
500.030	ICN10021	15:01 Zürich HB - Lugano	16:14
11677		NB Light Engine	16:16
470.007 (FS) 470.053 (FS)	EC21	15:09 Zürich HB - Milano Cen.	16:20
460.026	IR2286	14:45 Locarno - Zürich HB	16:28
11148	IR2177	14:03 Basel SBB - Locarno	16:34
11257 11625		NB Freight	16:35
500.000 500.025	ICN674	15:12 Lugano - Basel SBB	16:42
186.907 (Crossrail)		NB Light Engine	16:46
11171 11668		NB Intermodal	16:57
185.097 (DB) 185.121 (DB)		SB Freight	16:59
11126 11132		NB Light Engines	17:01
11243 11656 Re6/6 11173 11479		NB Light Engines	17:08