And on the ninth day there was light, lots of beautiful clear sunlight. In fact I only lost one shot due to cloud all day, miraculous by the standards of this trip. In essence the day followed a similar pattern to the previous one, starting off on the München - Lindau line in the morning, spending the middle of the day on the Ulm - Friedrichshafen line before finishing off near Lindau in the evening.

There was still plenty that went wrong on the day, such as the first two ALEX workings seemingly turning up as class 612 DMUs, confusing me enough to mean I missed the first westbound EC, or having set up for the perfect shot of a three-coach bike train on Maria Thann viaduct, having to recompose hurriedly when a four coach train appeared.

There was plenty that went right though and some bonuses as well, including a number of additional workings. The extra trains didn’t appear in the DB PDF timetables but they did show up on the InterRail iPhone app. Seeing an unexpected Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen via Aulendorf, Kißlegg and Lindau working, I assumed that it would be a DMU but set up for it anyway. Imagine my surprise when a 218 on a push-pull set came round the corner, on the north end of the set as well. Another followed in the opposite direction about 30 minutes later. The final working was an incredible Friedrichshafen - Aulendorf - Kißlegg - Lindau - Friedrichshafen - Aulendorf - Ulm train. All these trains had “Bodo Ringzug” on their destination indicators and were worked by Ulm 218s. Other trains seen were very much as expected.

Early on the Monday morning I set off for five days in Switzerland.

E of Harbatshofen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
612.074		EB Passenger (vice ALEX?)	08:32

Unterthalhofen, W of Oberstaufen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.440 218.416	EC196	07:17 München Hbf - Zürich HB	09:13
612.081		WB Passenger (vice ALEX?)	09:27

Bühl, W of Immenstadt

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.xxx 218.xxx	EC191	07:16 Zürich HB - München Hbf	10:02

Maria Thann Viaduct, E of Hergatz

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.454?	RE57392	08:03 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf	10:48

S of Durlesbach, N of Mochenwangen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.409 propelling	IRE4228	11:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	11:55
218.439	IRE4225	10:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	12:01
218.431	RE28626	12:20 Friedrichshafen Stadt - Friedrichshafen Stadt	12:48 (via Aulendorf, Kißlegg, Lindau)
218.491 218.326	IC118	06:53 Salzburg Hbf - Münster (Westf) Hbf	13:02
218.xxx	IRE4209	12:12 Ulm Hbf - Lindau Hbf	13:02
218.432 propelling	RE28623	10:50 Friedrichshafen Stadt - Friedrichshafen Stadt	13:08 (via Lindau, Kißlegg, Aulendorf)
218.439 propelling	IRE4230	13:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	13:56
218.409	IRE4227	12:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	14:01
218.406 propelling	IRE4208	14:05 Lindau Hbf - Ulm Hbf	14:59
218.434 218.495	IC119	07:27 Münster (Westf) Hbf - Innsbruck Hbf	15:01

S of Aulendorf

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.439	IRE4229	14:02 Stuttgart Hbf - Lindau Hbf	15:57
218.409 propelling	IRE4234	15:02 Lindau Hbf - Stuttgart Hbf	16:03

Schönau, N of Lindau

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
223.072-VBG	ALX84150	15:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf	17:56

Bodolz, N of Lindau

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.431?	RE28628	16:21 Friedrichshafen Stadt - Ulm Hbf	18:21 (via Aulendorf, Kißlegg, Lindau, Friedrichshafen and Aulendorf again)

Höhenreute, N of Lindau

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
218.454 propelling	RE57393	18:41 Lindau Hbf - München Hbf	18:52
218.440 218.416	EC192	16:33 München Hbf - Zürich HB	18:56
223.065-VBG	ALX84152	17:19 München Hbf - Lindau Hbf	19:53