19 June 2010
19 June 2010
31/07/12 17:57
Another wet start but the rain eased and it brightened up a bit south of Erstfeld. Andermatt was brighter still and the top of the Oberalp Pass was even brighter. By that I mean it was dull but not as dull as the terminal gloom further north. There was never a real hope of the sun breaking through.
No.24 was out on the Disentis - Andermatt trains again, as was No.22, both coupled at the Andermatt end of their respective push-pull sets, instead of the usual position at the Disentis end. The use of locos on these trains must be a winter only thing as all the local workings I’ve seen on this trip have been powered by motor coaches.
After a while it started to rain heavily and I drove up to Realp before settling on a position where I could observe the action on the line from Andermatt towards Brig and Visp. The reprehensible practice of coupling extra coaches to the back of push-pull sets seems to have been adopted here, requiring the coaches to be shunted round at each end of the journey and sandwiching the motor coach in the middle of the formation when propelling. Surely it would be easier just to run the engine round and pull the thing in both directions. At least the Glacier Expresses are hauled.
Eventually it was time to drop down to the Gotthard main line and spend a couple of hours near Gurtnellen, watching in vain for any chance of the sun. Needless to say it didn’t appear.
Almost as many 460s seen in two hours as were seen all day yesterday.
No.24 was out on the Disentis - Andermatt trains again, as was No.22, both coupled at the Andermatt end of their respective push-pull sets, instead of the usual position at the Disentis end. The use of locos on these trains must be a winter only thing as all the local workings I’ve seen on this trip have been powered by motor coaches.
Andermatt
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95 (MGB) propelling |
627 | 09:12 Göschenen - Andermatt | 09:20 |
Oberalpsee, W of Oberalppass
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 (MGB) | 824 | 09:27 Andermatt - Disentis/Muster | 09:47 |
| 24 (MGB) | 831 | 09:14 Disentis/Muster - Andermatt | 09:56 |
| 24 (MGB) propelling |
828 | 10:27 Andermatt - Disentis/Muster | 10:46 |
| 22 (MGB) | 835 | 10:14 Disentis/Muster - Andermatt | 11:00 |
After a while it started to rain heavily and I drove up to Realp before settling on a position where I could observe the action on the line from Andermatt towards Brig and Visp. The reprehensible practice of coupling extra coaches to the back of push-pull sets seems to have been adopted here, requiring the coaches to be shunted round at each end of the journey and sandwiching the motor coach in the middle of the formation when propelling. Surely it would be easier just to run the engine round and pull the thing in both directions. At least the Glacier Expresses are hauled.
Realp
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 (MGB) | Stabled on Car Shuttle | 11:25 |
W of Hospental
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 103 (MGB) | 902 | 09:00 Zermatt - Davos Platz | 11:34 |
| 92 (MGB) mid-train |
535 | 11:37 Andermatt - Visp | 11:45 |
| 102 (MGB) | 904 | 09:13 Zermatt - St. Moritz | 12:10 |
| 54 (MGB) | 534 | 10:08 Visp - Andermatt | 12:14 |
| 91 (MGB) mid-train |
539 | 12:37 Andermatt - Visp | 12:44 |
| 5 (MGB) | 09:06 | 10:00 Zermatt - St. Moritz | 12:55 |
| 108 (MGB) | 908 | 10:13 Zermatt - St. Moritz | 13:01 |
| 96 (MGB) | 538 | 11:08 Visp - Andermatt | 13:16 |
| 53 (MGB) mid-train |
543 | 13:37 Andermatt - Visp | 13:44 |
| 105 (MGB) | 905 | 09:17 St. Moritz - Zermatt | 14:03 |
| 95 (MGB) | 542 | 12:08 Visp - Andermatt | 14:15 |
| 104 (MGB) | 907 | 09:17 St. Moritz - Zermatt | 14:28 |
Andermatt
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 (MGB) mid-train |
547 | 14:37 Andermatt - Visp | 14:39 |
Eventually it was time to drop down to the Gotthard main line and spend a couple of hours near Gurtnellen, watching in vain for any chance of the sun. Needless to say it didn’t appear.
Almost as many 460s seen in two hours as were seen all day yesterday.
N of Gurtnellen
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 185.116 (DB) | NB Light Engine | 15:00 | |
| 500.025 | ICN679 | 13:03 Basel SBB - Lugano | 15:21 |
| 460.090 | IR2182 | 13:45 Locarno - Basel SBB | 15:24 |
| 11223 | IR2275 | 14:09 Zürich HB - Locarno | 15:36 |
| 500.026 | ICN10018 | 14:10 Lugano - Zürich HB | 15:40 |
| 11625 11257 |
SB Intermodal | 15:41 | |
| 470.058 (FS) 470.008 (FS) |
EC18 | 13:10 Milano Cen. - Zürich HB | 15:43 |
| 11677 11124 |
SB Light Engines | 15:47 | |
| 470.009 (FS) 470.059 (FS) |
EC21 | 15:09 Zürich HB - Milano Cen. | 16:18 |
| 185.102 (DB) 486.501 (BLS) |
SB Intermodal | 16:24 | |
| 460.081 | IR2286 | 14:45 Locarno - Zürich HB | 16:25 |
| 460.026 | IR2177 | 14:03 Basel SBB - Locarno | 16:31 |
| 11321 620.058 banked by 11250 |
SB Freight | 16:37 | |
| 185.122 (DB) 185.119 (DB) |
SB Freight | 16:43 | |
| 500.030 | ICN674 | 15:12 Lugano - Basel SBB | 16:45 |
