Sat 01 Sep 2012

Another poor day without a shot taken, although I did get the camera out for a few minutes at one point before putting it away again.

Most of the morning was spent changing hotels, a simple process in theory but inordinately more complicated when you forget to take your case off the train. Full marks to SBB for coming to the rescue though. Station Bert phoned Train Bert, the case was quickly located, put off at the next station and sent back on the first train. Phew!

After depositing the case in the Hotel zum Weissen Rössli, a few minutes walk from Göschenen station, my thoughts turned to photography. The drizzle looked set in for the day on the north side of the Gotthard so it was through the tunnel to Faido and then the Postbus to Pollegio in search of the sun. It wasn’t there, so I backtracked up the valley to Fedoccio, where it looked brighter.

As the bus pulled into the stop a pair of BLS Brownies went past in full light but by the time I’d walked back to the position, the light had gone and it never returned. Just over an hour later it was looking really grim so I bailed out on the next bus, fortunately running a few minutes late or I’d have missed it. Lucky I did as the heavens opened a couple of minutes later and the rain continued for the rest of the afternoon. There’s nowhere to shelter at Fedoccio. A quick trip from Göschenen up to Andermatt and back brought an unsatisfactory day to a premature close.

Railway wise, nothing particularly unusual was seen. There were far more 460s around on IRs than during the week and virtually all the ECs were 470s. The exception was EC15, which produced the booked SBB Cargo 484. The timetable shows it running non-stop from Arth-Goldau to Bellinzona but it stopped at Göschenen as well. Freights were plentiful with the usual mix of SBB, DB, BLS and Crossrail traction.

Erstfeld

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11131 IR2159 06:04 Basel SBB - Locarno 08:24
(travelled Erstfeld to Göschenen)

Amsteg-Silenen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
460.067 IR2272 06:11 Chiasso - Zürich HB 08:29

Göschenen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11214 IR2259 07:31 Zürich HB - Chiasso 09:06
460.051 IR2170 07:11 Chiasso - Basel SBB 09:10
185.092 (DB)
185.096 (DB)
banked by
185.109 (DB)
  SB China Clay 09:11
470.058 EC12 07:10 Milano Centrale - Zürich HB 09:44
470.057 EC153 07:04 Basel SBB - Milano Centrale 09:44
186.904 (XRAIL)
186.902 (XRAIL)
  NB Intermodal 09:48
(GTS)
11129
11151
IR2163 08:20 Luzern - Locarno 09:54
620.075
11342
  NB Intermodal 09:56
(HUPAC)
484.020 EC15 08:31 Zürich HB - Milano Centrale 10:03
185.100 (DB)
185.128 (DB)
  NB Car Carriers 10:33
(Fiat Ducato Vans)
185.525 (XRAIL)
185.536 (XRAIL)
  SB Intermodal 10:48
(HUPAC)
460.017 IR2165 08:04 Basel SBB - Locarno 10:50
(travelled Göschenen to Faido)

Airolo

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11256   NB Empty Car Carriers 11:06

Pollegio-Pasquerio

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
185.116 (DB)
185.111 (DB)
  SB Intermodal 12:20
(Winner)
11131 IR2178 11:45 Locarno - Basel SBB 12:26
11327
11678
  SB Intermodal 12:29
(HUPAC)
841.029   SB Ballast 12:33
460.003 IR2267 10:09 Zürich HB - Locarno 12:37
185.108 (DB)
185.102 ( DB)
  NB China Clay Empties 12:38
185.109 (DB)
185.101 (DB)
  NB Light Engines 12:41

Chiggiogna-Fedoccio

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
186 (BLS)
185 (BLS)
  SB Empty Car Carriers 13:21
11129 IR2282 12:45 Locarno - Zürich HB 13:38
11333
11677
  SB Intermodal 13:45
(HUPAC)
500.010 ICN675 11:04 Basel SBB - Lugano 13:57
500.021
500.016
ICN670 13:12 Lugano - Basel SBB 14:04
485.018 (BLS)
185.132 (DB)
  NB Freight 14:20
460.067 IR2271 12:09 Zürich HB - Locarno 14:23
185.536 (XRAIL)
185.525 (XRAIL)
  NB Intermodal 14:24
185.100 (DB)
185.124 (DB)
  SB Freight 14:29

Biasca

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
500.006 ICN677 13:09 Zürich HB - Chiasso 15:15
460.003 IR2286 14:45 Locarno - Zürich HB 15:18
(travelled Biasca to Göschenen)

Airolo

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11181 IR2275 14:09 Zürich HB - Locarno 16:02

Andermatt

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
51 (MGB)
propelling
555 16:12 Göschenen - Visp 16:22
(travelled Göschenen to Andermatt)
91 (MGB) 550 14:08 Visp - Göschenen 16:24
(travelled Andermatt to Göschenen)
22 852 16:27 Andermatt - Disentis/Mustér 16:25