Fri 16 Sep 2011
Fri 16 Sep 2011
31/07/12 17:03
After returning from the Czech Republic and staying near Ulm overnight, I continued westwards to the Stuttgart - Singen line in the picturesque Neckar Valley on the eastern edge of the Black Forest. I’d been here before in April 2010 but Spring had hardly got underway then and most of the trees were still bare. This time the colours were starting to turn autumnal and there were class 101s on some Stuttgart - Zürich ICs as well as class 120s I’d seen last year.
Apart from the 101s appearing on some trains, little had changed since my 2010 visit. The two-hourly Stuttgart - Zürich service was still all loco hauled and the Stuttgart - Singen RE services were still worked by 146.2s on push-pull sets. The other REs were class 425 or 426 EMUs, including RE19040 that starts from Schaffhausen.
The sky started clear but by mid afternoon the light was getting hazy and it clouded up around 16:00. This was also consistent with last year and left me still needing the same late afternoon/early evening shots I’d failed to get the last time around.
Apart from the 101s appearing on some trains, little had changed since my 2010 visit. The two-hourly Stuttgart - Zürich service was still all loco hauled and the Stuttgart - Singen RE services were still worked by 146.2s on push-pull sets. The other REs were class 425 or 426 EMUs, including RE19040 that starts from Schaffhausen.
The sky started clear but by mid afternoon the light was getting hazy and it clouded up around 16:00. This was also consistent with last year and left me still needing the same late afternoon/early evening shots I’d failed to get the last time around.
Grünholz
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 146.203 propelling |
RE19035 | 08:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel) | 09:35 |
| 185.006 | SB Freight | 09:47 |
Oberndorf-Aistaig
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120.104 | IC183 | 09:55 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB | 10:54 |
| 101.072 | IC282 | 09:10 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf | 11:10 |
| 146.208 t & t with 146.221 |
RE19037 | 10:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel) | 11:39 |
| 185.114 | NB Freight | 12:07 | |
| 146.203 | RE19042 | 11:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf | 12:28 |
Grünholz
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 185.xxx | SB Freight | 12:41 | |
| 101.111 | IC185 | 11:55 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB | 12:54 |
Sulz am Neckar
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120.132 | IC280 | 11:10 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf | 13:11 |
Oberndorf-Aistaig
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 146.207 propelling |
RE19039 | 12:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel) | 13:37 |
| 146.208 t & t with 146.221 |
RE19044 | 13:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf | 14:35 |
| 101.011 | IC187 | 13:55 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB | 14:56 |
| 120.104 | IC186 | 13:10 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf | 15:23 |
| 146.203 propelling |
RE19041 | 14:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel) | 15:39 |
Grünholz
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 146.207 | RE19046 | 15:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf | 16:29 |
| 120.132 | IC281 | 15:55 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB | 16:54 |
| 101.111 | IC184 | 15:10 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf | 17:12 |
