A better day all round with much more Ae6/6 activity than expected. No less than five of the class were seen;

• 11464 worked the morning vans to Estavayer,
• 610.439 worked the morning Eclepens to Yverdon freight and the afternoon Yverdon to Lausanne freight before returning north with the Daillens - Frauenfeld postal in the evening,
• 610.519 worked the evening Chavornay to Lausanne freight,
• 610.496 worked the evening Cornaux to Lausanne freight
• and finally 11520 showed up when I was changing trains at Yverdon at 20:00. It was last seen waiting to leave for Lausanne or Estavayer on a train of vans.

Despite the number of Ae6/6 around and generally sunny weather after a poor start, I still only got a couple of satisfactory shots of the class. Most of their workings coincided with a cloudy spell in the evening and another potential shot was taken out by a passing EMU. Apart from the Ae6/6s, I was generally satisfied with the day’s haul of shots, 26 freights with plenty of Re4/4s, including orange 11320, and a handful of Re6/6s, a selection of EMUs and even a TGV. In contrast to the Gotthard, the traffic I’ve seen in this part of Switzerland has all been worked by SBB motive power, the TGV is the only exception so far.

Yvonand

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
560.231	14513	06:26 Romont - Yverdon-les-Bains	07:48 (travelled Yvonand to Yverdon-les-Bains)

Yverdon-les-Bains

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11350	50229	08:01 Chavornay - Däniken RB Freight	08:05
523.018	12123	08:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve	08:10 (travelled Yverdon-les-Bains to Essert-Pittet)
11208	IR1610	07:53 Neuchâtel - Lausanne	08:15

Essert-Pittet

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11464	61535	08:45 Lausanne-Triage - Estavayer-le-Lac Vans	09:07
11273	50752	08:18 Biel RB - Daillens Postal	09:14
11240	50915	09:20 Eclepens - Gossau Postal	09:27

Ependes

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11659	61539	09:45 Lausanne Triage - Yverdon-les-Bains Freight	10:09
610.439	64521	10:16 Eclepens - Yverdon-les-Bains Freight	10:29
11315	50716	09:52 Lausanne Triage - Frauenfeld Paketpost Vans	10:43
11632	68266	09:30 Avanches - Chavornay Freight	10:44
500.033	ICN1623	10:45 Lausanne - Basel SBB	11:01
523.030	12137	11:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve	11:26
560.xxx	12837	11:34 Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne	11:40
11190	50043	Renens VD - Däniken RB Vans	12:06
560.212	12838	11:55 Lausanne - Yverdon-les-Bains	12:20
11252	50241	10:07 Geneve Cargo - Lenzburg Vans	12:24
11659	61554	13:06 Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne Triage Freight	12:42
11239	50727	12:33 Daillens - Frauenfeld Paketpost Postal	12:44
11271	50912	Zürich Mulligen - Geneve Postal	13:19
11320	50604	11:41 Härkingen - Daillens Postal	13:30
560.xxx	12847	13:34 Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne	13:39
500.012	ICN522	10:48 St.Gallen - Genève-Aéroport	14:01
523.xxx	12151	14:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve	14:24 (travelled Ependes to Cossonay)

S of Cossonay

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11659		NB Light Engine	15:03
500.025	ICN1524	11:48 St.Gallen - Lausanne	15:08
500.033	ICN624	13:03 Basel SBB - Genève-Aéroport	15:10
TGV.117-SNCF	TGV9269	11:57 Paris Gare de Lyon - Lausanne	15:35
523.xxx	12157	15:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve	15:41
11606	61566	16:06 Chavornay - Lausanne Triage Freight	15:45
560.243	12857	15:34 Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne	15:51

Cossonay

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
523.030	12158	15:26 Villeneuve - Yverdon-les-Bains	16:21 (travelled Cossonay to Bavois)

S of Bavois

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11320	50605	15:59 Daillens - Härkingen Paketpost Postal	16:39
610.439 841.008	61570	17:10 Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne Triage Freight	16:52
500.005 500.000	ICN1528	13:48 St.Gallen - Lausanne	17:01
Re6/6	60569	16:45 Lausanne Triage - RB Limmattal Freight	17:05
11606	64535	17:16 Eclepens - Chavornay Freight	17:09
500.020 500.023	ICN628	15:03 Basel SBB - Genève-Aéroport	17:17
420.178 11187	61590	15:57 Müntscheimer - Lausanne Triage Freight	17:29
523.030	12167	17:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve	17:35
560.228	12867	17:34 Yverdon-les-Bains - Lausanne	17:45
610.519	35575	Lausanne Triage - Chavornay Light Engine	17:48
11606	61572	17:44 Chavornay - Lausanne Triage Freight	17:48
11280	50136	17:22 Estavayer-le-Lac - Renens VD Vans	18:10
610.519	61578	19:08 Chavornay - Lausanne Triage Freight	18:26
11125 propelling	IR1541	18:13 Lausanne - Neuchâtel	18:28
610.439	50735	18:28 Daillens - Frauenfeld Paketpost Postal	18:31
610.496	61576	17:47 Cornaux - Lausanne Triage Freight	18:39
11314	60568	RB Limmattal - Lausanne Triage Freight	18:41

Bavois

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
523.018	12172	18:26 Villeneuve - Yverdon-les-Bains	19:30 (travelled Bavois to Yverdon-les-Bains)

Yverdon-les-Bains

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
11520		NB Light Engine	19:49
560.209	14584	20:02 Yverdon-les-Bains - Romont	20:02 (travelled Yverdon-les-Bains to Yvonand)