Sat 01 Sep 2012
Sat 01 Sep 2012
20/10/12 20:44
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.
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 |
