Wed 29 Aug 2012
Wed 29 Aug 2012
20/10/12 20:45
Up at stupid o’clock to catch the 06:00 Swiss flight from Heathrow to Zürich, which was away on time and a few minutes early in to ZRH. Just over twenty minutes after disembarking from the plane, I was experiencing the luxury of a class 514 EMU on the way to Zürich HB. Then came 460.115 pushing IR2321, the 09:35 Zug to Zug, where I changed to a class 523 EMU for the remainder of the journey to Erstfeld.
After checking into the Hotel Frohsinn, almost opposite the station, I caught the bus up to Wassen, where most of the afternoon was spent photographing trains in the sun. There were a few cloudy spells and by 16:00 the light had gone for the day. At that point I called it a day and retired to Erstfeld to catch up on lost sleep.
Freights averaged five per hour over the period I was at the lineside. SBB traction predominated, mainly Re10/10s but there were a couple of Re6/6s on their own, an Re4/4ii triple header and a pair of 184xx diesels in each direction with a tunnel rescue train. CrossRail locos were very much in evidence, working almost a quarter of the traffic. Classes 185 and 186 predominated but there was one train with three class 436 on the front. DB 185s also put in a few appearances but there was little sign of the BLS, just a solitary class 485, light engine.
On the passenger front, things weren’t quite as expected. There seemed to be more Re4/4iis and less 460s than expected on the IR trains while the Italian plastic also seemed in short supply. At least one EC train was worked by Swiss plastic instead.
After checking into the Hotel Frohsinn, almost opposite the station, I caught the bus up to Wassen, where most of the afternoon was spent photographing trains in the sun. There were a few cloudy spells and by 16:00 the light had gone for the day. At that point I called it a day and retired to Erstfeld to catch up on lost sleep.
Freights averaged five per hour over the period I was at the lineside. SBB traction predominated, mainly Re10/10s but there were a couple of Re6/6s on their own, an Re4/4ii triple header and a pair of 184xx diesels in each direction with a tunnel rescue train. CrossRail locos were very much in evidence, working almost a quarter of the traffic. Classes 185 and 186 predominated but there was one train with three class 436 on the front. DB 185s also put in a few appearances but there was little sign of the BLS, just a solitary class 485, light engine.
On the passenger front, things weren’t quite as expected. There seemed to be more Re4/4iis and less 460s than expected on the IR trains while the Italian plastic also seemed in short supply. At least one EC train was worked by Swiss plastic instead.
Zürich Flughafen
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 514.018 | 19631 | 08:02 Thayngen - Herrliberg-Feldmeilen | 09:02 (Travelled Zürich Fhn - Zürich HB) |
Zürich HB
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 460.115 propelling |
IR2321 | 09:35 Zürich HB - Luzern | 09:35 (Travelled Zürich HB - Zug) |
Zug
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 523.008 | 21227 | 10:02 Baar Lindenpark - Erstfeld | 10:05 (Travelled Zug - Erstfeld) |
Wassen Bf
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 185.595 (XRAIL) 185.591 (XRAIL) |
NB Intermodal | 12:10 | |
| 185.119 (DB) 185.138 (DB) banked by 185.108 (DB) |
SB Intermodal | 12:16 | |
| 11215 | IR2280 | 10:45 Locarno - Zürich HB | 12:20 |
| 500.011 | ICN10017 | 11:01 Zürich HB - Lugano | 12:27 |
| 500.027 | EC17 | 11:09 Zürich HB - Milano Centrale | 12:29 |
| 500.022 | ICN666 | 11:12 Lugano - Basel SBB | 12:31 |
| 11143 | IR2169 | 10:04 Basel SBB - Locarno | 12:42 |
| 485.012 (BLS) | NB Light Engine | 12:48 | |
| 11327 11678 banked by 11683 |
SB Intermodal | 12:52 | |
| 11171 11271 11306 |
NB Welded Rails | 12:57 | |
| 185.597 (XRAIL) 185.596 (XRAIL) |
NB Intermodal | 13:02 | |
| 186.906 (XRAIL) 186.907 (XRAIL) |
NB Light Engine | 13:06 | |
| 185.125 (DB) 185.xxx (DB) 185.xxx (DB) 185.xxx (DB) |
NB China Clay Empties | 13:10 |
below Wassen
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11609 11252 |
SB Steel Coil | 13:32 | |
| 500.005 | ICN10016 | 12:10 Lugano - Zürich HB | 13:34 |
| 11131 | IR2271 | 12:09 Zürich HB - Locarno | 13:41 |
| 185.525 (XRAIL) 186.903 (XRAIL) 186.901 (XRAIL) |
NB Intermodal | 13:47 | |
| 420.307 11623 |
NB Freight | 13:51 | |
| 185.109 (DB) 185.132 (DB) |
SB Freight | 13:52 | |
| 11629 | SB Postal | 13:56 | |
| 11183 11610 |
NB Holcim Hoppers | 13:57 | |
| 470.003 | EC16 | 11:10 Milano Centrale - Zürich HB | 14:13 |
| 460.109 | IR2282 | 12:45 Locarno - Zürich HB | 14:21 |
| 500.014 | ICN677 | 13:09 Zürich HB - Chiasso | 14:25 |
| 500.010 | ICN670 | 13:12 Lugano - Basel SBB | 14:34 |
| 436.114 (XRAIL) 436.112 (XRAIL) 436.115 (XRAIL) |
NB Intermodal | 14:39 | |
| 11197 | IR2173 | 12:04 Basel SBB - Locarno | 14:43 |
| 11341 11682 |
NB Intermodal | 14:45 | |
| 18442 18437 |
Erstfeld - Göschenen Tunnel Rescue Train | 14:48 | |
| 11332 620.087 banked by 11326 |
NB Rola | 14:57 | |
| 186.907 (XRAIL) 186.906 (XRAIL) |
SB Intermodal | 15:08 | |
| 11153 | IR2182 | 13:45 Locarno - Basel SBB | 15:19 |
| 500.025 | ICN679 | 13:04 Basel SBB - Lugano | 15:28 |
| 11343 11689 11333 11677 |
SB Intermodal | 15:34 | |
| 500.037 500.009 |
ICN10672 | 14:10 Lugano - Zürich HB | 15:40 |
| 11122 | IR2275 | 14:09 Zürich HB - Locarno | 15:43 |
| 11644 | NB Freight | 15:50 | |
| 185.108 (DB) | NB Light Engine | 15:57 | |
| 11668 420.346 banked by 11326 |
SB Rola | 16:11 | |
| 460.018 | IR2286 | 14:45 Locarno - Zürich HB | 16:20 |
| 500.005 | ICN10021 | 15:01 Zürich HB - Lugano | 16:26 |
| 11678 11327 |
NB Intermodal | 16:27 | |
| 470.005 | EC21 | 15:09 Zürich HB - Milano Centrale | 16:29 |
| 18445 18437 |
Göschenen - Erstfeld Tunnel Rescue Train | 16:31 | |
| 11679 11349 banked by 11162 |
SB Intermodal | 16:34 |
