Wed 05 Sep 2012
Wed 05 Sep 2012
20/10/12 20:44
A difficult day with very hazy conditions and a lot of cloud around. My day started with a trip down to Ependes, just south of Yverdon-les-Bains, to photograph freight 61535, the 08:45 Lausanne Triage - Estavayer-le-Lac vans, which passed in very gloomy light behind dark green Ae6/6 11473, not the best engine for the conditions.
My search for sunlight took me south to Lac Leman, as the locals call the Genfersee, first to St-Saphorin, where the light wasn’t yet round far enough, then to Villeneuve and then back to St-Saphorin. There were some sunny periods but it was cloudy most of the time.
If you don’t mind class 460s, this line is a great place to photograph with two 460 hauled trains in each direction every hour on Geneve - Brig IR trains. There are plenty of class 523 Flirts as well and a few freights. There should have been more freights but the current problems with the Simplon Tunnel have scared them away. Even without the international traffic, I still noted eight freights in seven hours and missed a couple more while travelling. Both the freights expected to be Ae6/6 hauled produced, although both passed in poor light. On the way back to Yvonand another Ae6/6 was seen on the Cornaux tanks.
My search for sunlight took me south to Lac Leman, as the locals call the Genfersee, first to St-Saphorin, where the light wasn’t yet round far enough, then to Villeneuve and then back to St-Saphorin. There were some sunny periods but it was cloudy most of the time.
If you don’t mind class 460s, this line is a great place to photograph with two 460 hauled trains in each direction every hour on Geneve - Brig IR trains. There are plenty of class 523 Flirts as well and a few freights. There should have been more freights but the current problems with the Simplon Tunnel have scared them away. Even without the international traffic, I still noted eight freights in seven hours and missed a couple more while travelling. Both the freights expected to be Ae6/6 hauled produced, although both passed in poor light. On the way back to Yvonand another Ae6/6 was seen on the Cornaux tanks.
Yvonand
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
11275 | 64212 | 06:54 Estavayer-le-Lac - Yverdon-les-Bains Freight | 07:28 |
560.264 | 14513 | 06:26 Romont - Yverdon-les-Bains | 07:48 |
Yverdon-les-Bains
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
11314 | 50229 | 08:01 Chavornay - Däniken RB Freight | 08:04 |
523.022 | 12123 | 08:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve | 08:05 (travelled Yverdon-les-Bains to Ependes) |
11206 | IR1610 | 07:53 Neuchâtel - Lausanne | 08:12 |
Ependes
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
11473 18815 |
61535 | 08:45 Lausanne Triage - Estavayer-le-Lac | 09:05 |
420.178 | 50752 | 08:18 Biel/Bienne - Daillens Postal | 09:15 |
523.028 | 12127 | 09:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve | 09:24 (travelled Ependes to Rivaz) |
Eclepens
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
11364 | 61537 | 09:13 Lausanne Triage - Eclepens Oil Tanks | 09:35 |
St-Saphorin
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
523.024 | 12329 | 10:08 Allaman - Villeneuve | 10:47 |
460.046 | IR1423 | 09:47 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 10:56 |
523.023 | 12131 | 10:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve | 11:17 (travelled St-Saphorin to Villeneuve) |
E of Veytaux-Chillon
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
460.091 | IR1425 | 10:47 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 12:08 |
841.003 | 56579 | 10:45 Vevey - Villeneuve Trip Freight | 12:15 |
11653 | 66529 | 12:09 St-Triphon - Mellingen Oil Tanks | 12:24 |
460.027 | IR1725 | 11:27 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 12:43 |
460.063 | IR1427 | 11:47 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 13:09 |
Villeneuve
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
523.028 | 12148 | 13:26 Villeneuve - Yverdon-les-Bains | 13:26 (travelled Villeneuve to St-Saphorin) |
St-Saphorin
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
460.010 | IR1429 | 12:47 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 13:55 |
11606 | 61244 | 10:45 Visp - Lausanne Triage Freight | 13:56 |
523.029 523.024 |
12147 | 13:19 Yverdon-les-Bains - Villeneuve | 14:18 |
11175 | EB Departmental | 14:22 | |
ETR610.xxx | EC39 | 13:42 Genève - Milano Centrale | 14:31 |
460.020 | IR1729 | 13:24 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 14:34 |
523.023 | 12152 | 14:26 Villeneuve - Yverdon-les-Bains | 14:46 |
460.013 | IR1431 | 13:47 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 14:56 |
11175 11254 |
WB Light Engines | 14:58 | |
460.046 | IR1424 | 13:28 Brig - Genève-Aéroport | 15:05 |
523.024 523.029 |
12356 | 14:54 Villeneuve - Allaman | 15:11 |
460.102 | IR1726 | 13:57 Brig - Genève-Aéroport | 15:27 |
460.096 | IR1721 | 09:27 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 15:31 |
ETR610.xxx | EC34 | 12:25 Milano Centrale - Genève | 15:34 |
11464 | 61258 | 14:09 St-Maurice - Lausanne Triage Freight | 15:51 |
460.091 | IR1426 | 14:28 Brig - Genève-Aéroport | 16:04 |
460.048 | IR1735 | 15:27 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 16:31 |
460.027 | IR1728 | 14:57 Brig - Genève-Aéroport | 16:33 |
11175 11254 |
61267 | 16:12 Lausanne Triage - St-Triphon Freight | 16:34 |
460.060 | IR1437 | 15:47 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 16:56 |
460.063 | IR1428 | 15:28 Brig - Genève-Aéroport | 17:05 |
11126 | RE2737 | 16:56 Lausanne - St-Maurice | 17:08 |
620.051 | WB Freight | 17:16 | |
610.486 | 61262 | 15:05 Sierre/Siders - Lausanne Freight | 17:24 |
460.031 | IR1730 | 15:57 Brig - Genève-Aéroport | 17:30 |
460.044 | IR1737 | 16:27 Genève-Aéroport - Brig | 17:31 |
523.024 523.029 |
12168 | 17:26 Villeneuve - Yverdon-les-Bains | 17:45 (travelled St-Saphorin to Yverdon-les-Bains) |
Cossonay
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
11206 propelling |
IR1541 | 18:13 Lausanne - Neuchâtel | 18:25 |
Yverdon-les-Bains
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
560.204 | 14580 | 19:02 Yverdon-les-Bains - Romont | 19:02 (travelled Yverdon-les-Bains to Yvonand) |