A much better day overall with a lot of sunshine and a few Ae6/6s around. Like yesterday, I started with a visit to the Olten - Luzern line where 610.496 worked 62336 to Rothenburg and 62357 back.

The rest of the day was spent on the Olten - Biel/Bienne line. I’d hoped to pick up one of the potential lunchtime Ae6/6 turns at Oberbuchsiten but the Oensingen - Limmattal goods went through before my train had even left Olten. There was no Ae6/6 at Härkingen, only an Re4/4ii, so I assume the train from Frauenfeld didn’t produce either. The final chance was the Olten - Solothurn bins but that must have run early and wasn’t seen. IR2125 was worked by a pair of 540s again, the third time I’ve seen this train and the third time it’s been worked by a pair of motor coaches.

After an hour or so at Oberbuchsiten, waiting in vain for the bins, I moved on to Niederbipp. The first candidate for Ae6/6 haulage, the Wiler - Limmattal freight, turned up behind an Re6/6, probably just as well as it was a monster of a train and even the big beast seemed to be struggling to keep it moving. The Biel - Limmattal produced 610.482 and the Birsfelden Hafen - Gerlafingen had 11473, both photographed in good light. Finally, 10 minutes after the sun had set, another 610 passed on the Solothurn - Limmattal goods.

Solothurn

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
500.027 500.013	ICN515	06:14 Genève - St.Gallen	08:01 (travelled Solothurn - Olten)

W of Langenthal

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11222	IR2015	07:39 Bern - Zürich HB	08:08

Olten

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11194	IR2164	06:27 Erstfeld - Basel SBB	08:29
174-BLS		EB China Clay Empties	08:35
560.xxx	22819	08:37 Olten - Sursee	08:37 (travelled Olten - Nebikon)

Nebikon

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11625	62330	EB Freight	09:34
460.083	IR2517	07:01 Genève-Aéroport - Luzern	09:37
172-BLS 181-BLS		WB Coiled Steel Wire	09:41
500.035 500.006	ICN669	09:04 Basel SBB - Lugano	09:44
847.905-WRS		EB Light Engine	09:48 (ex DR V100)
460.108 propelling	IR2460	09:30 Luzern - Basel SBB	09:53
460.027	IR2459	09:17 Basel SBB - Luzern	10:05
610.496	62336	08:56 RB Limmattal - Rothenburg Freight	10:13
460.026 propelling	IR2518	10:00 Luzern - Genève-Aéroport	10:25
460.006	IR2519	08:01 Genève-Aéroport - Luzern	10:35
11131	IR2169	10:04 Basel SBB - Locarno	10:43
460.083 propelling	IR2462	10:30 Luzern - Basel SBB	10:54
179-BLS 174-BLS		EB Light Engines	11:15
11152	IR2170	07:11 Chiasso - Basel SBB	11:16
460.027 propelling	IR2520	11:00 Luzern - Genève-Aéroport	11:24
610.496	62357	11:21 Rothenburg - RB Limmattal Freight	11:36
11625		WB Freight	11:47
560.237	22830	11:51 Sursee - Olten	12:01 (travelled Nebikon - Olten)

Olten

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
Re4/4	62561	11:49 Oensingen - RB Limmattal Freight	12:26
560.xxx	6852	12:35 Olten - Biel/Bienne	12:35 (travelled Olten - Oberbuchsiten)

Oberbuchsiten

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
620.058		WB Oil Tanks	12:59
843.056	57174U	12:38 Härkingen - Oensingen Trip Freight	13:07
11646	66723	11:35 Cornaux - Basel Birsfelden Hafen Oil Tanks	13:16
420.169	50241	Genève Cargo - Lenzburg Vans	13:43
11236		WB Oil Tanks	13:45
560.255	6856	13:35 Olten - Biel/Bienne	13:48 (travelled Oberbuchsiten - Niederbipp)
540.035 540.061	IR2125	13:15 Biel/Bienne - Konstanz	13:48

W of Niederbipp

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11290		EB Sugar Hoppers	14:47
11267 11319	50728	Frauenfeld PP - Daillens Postal Containers	14:53
11624		EB Oil Tanks	15:05
11645	62569	13:36 Wiler - RB Limmattal Freight	15:13
11630		WB Oil Tanks	15:40
460.098 mid train	IR2129	15:15 Biel/Bienne - Konstanz	15:41
610.482	62573	15:37 Biel/Bienne - RB Limmattal Freight	16:19
460.054 propelling	IR2126	13:03 Konstanz - Biel/Bienne	16:22
460.112	IR2131	16:15 Biel/Bienne - Konstanz	16:42
11473	68731	15:55 Basel Birsfelden Hafen - Gerlafingen Freight	17:05
460.110 mid train	IR2130	15:03 Konstanz - Biel/Bienne	17:19
11246		WB Oil Tanks	17:37
420.268		EB Container flats	17:43
11649	60568	RB Limmattal - Lausanne Triage Freight	17:46
460.054	IR2135	17:15 Biel/Bienne - Konstanz	17:47
11179		Dietikon - Renens VD Intermodal	18:01
470.009		EB Empty Stock	18:07
11311		EB Departmental	18:10
11646	66738	16:58 Basel Birsfelden Hafen - Cornaux Oil Tanks	18:39
610.xxx	62585	18:37 Solothurn - RB Limmattal Freight	18:52

Niederbipp

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
560.239	6878	18:35 Olten - Biel/Bienne	18:56 (travelled Niederbipp - Solothurn)