Germany & Switzerland April/May 2013 Day by Day

Tue 07 May 2013

Although the forecast was similar to the previous day, the sun barely managed to break through the clouds at all. there were a few short breaks around midday but none coincided with a train and the best I got on anything was half sun. Once again I started south of Sevelen, moving to a spot just north of Sargans in the late morning and back to Sevelen in the early afternoon. When it became clear that the sun had gone for good, I walked to Buchs, checking out the photo possibilities along the way then caught a train back.

Trains ran pretty much as expected with Re4/4iis 11108, 11138, 11141, 11149 and 11303 covering the Chur - St. Gallen trains. The dishwasher conversions used on Sargans - Buchs locals were finally identified as class 526 after a thorough inspection of one at Sargans tonight. The number does appear on the unit, in light grey type on a dirty white background making it very difficult to read.

There was a fair variety of power on the freights seen, including a diminutive class 923 on three wagons, BLS “Brownie” 171 and green 11646, complete with original round lights as well as round wheels.

S of Sevelen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11149 RE3820 08:23 Chur - St.Gallen 08:55
11108 RE3807 08:04 St.Gallen - Chur 09:07
11646   SB Oil Tanks 09:22
620.088   SB Freight 09:27
1116.206-ÖBB RJ163 08:40 Zürich HB - Wien West 09:44
11141 RE3822 09:23 Chur - St.Gallen 09:55
11303 RE3809 09:04 St.Gallen - Chur 10:06
1116.211-ÖBB RJ362 07:54 Innsbrück Hbf - Zürich HB 10:19

N of Sargans

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11108 RE3824 10:23 Chur - St.Gallen 10:53
11138 RE3811 10:04 St.Gallen - Chur 11:10
11303 RE3826 11:23 Chur - St.Gallen 11:50
11149 RE3815 11:04 St.Gallen - Chur 12:10
11138 RE3828 12:23 Chur - St.Gallen 12:50
11141 RE3817 12:04 St.Gallen - Chur 13:10

N of Sevelen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
1116.211-ÖBB RJ167 12:40 Zürich HB - Wien West 13:46
11149 RE3830 13:23 Chur - St.Gallen 13:57
11108 RE3819 13:04 St.Gallen - Chur 14:05
923.009   SB Pick-Up Goods 14:13
1116.223-ÖBB
propelling
RJ160 07:36 Wien West - Zürich HB 14:21
11141 RE3832 14:23 Chur - St.Gallen 14:56
11303 RE3821 14:04 St.Gallen - Chur 15:04
11279   NB Freight 15:17
171-BLS   SB Containers 15:28

Buchs SG

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
1116.212-ÖBB RJ169 14:40 Zürich HB - Wien West 15:57
11232
11266
843.009
1016.034-ÖBB
  Stabled 16:00

N of Sevelen

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
1116.216 RJ162 06:05 Budapest Keleti - Zürich HB 16:20

Sargans

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
11108 RE3829 18:04 St.Gallen - Chur 19:11
11141 RE3842 19:23 Chur - St.Gallen 19:50
11303
11108
RE3844 20:48 Sargans - St.Gallen 20:36
460.xxx IR1792 20:16 Chur - Basel SBB 20:43
1116.215-ÖBB RJ166 13:36 Wien West - Zürich HB 20:46
11138 RE3835 20:04 St.Gallen - Chur 21:11
11172 IC589 20:37 Zürich HB - Chur 21:32
460.118 IR796 21:16 Chur - Basel SBB 21:39