A hectic morning in the mountains starting with a trip from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg on the Wengernalpbahn, then a few photos of trains arriving from Grindelwald. The next few hours were productively filled walking up to Eigergletscher and back, photographing Jungfraubahn trains on the way, then walking down to Wengen photographing Wengernalpbahn trains. On the way down I discovered it's actually easier to run down the hill than to walk - you can get into a rhythm where you just lift your feet off the ground and let gravity do all the work - it's less punishing for the knees as well.

The Wengernalp and Jungfrau operations are interesting, with trains nominally running each way every 30 minutes but, in reality, each train often consists of two or three trains running in quick succession, sometimes less than a minute apart. It didn’t seem to matter whether a train was empty stock, a special for a tourist group or a normal passenger service, they all ran in procession within a couple of minutes of the regular times. Crossings involve one procession going into the loop to allow the other to pass. There were plenty of old motor coaches out in addition to the more modern EMUs on both systems, giving variety as well as volume.

It still wasn't 12:00 when I arrived at Wengen and caught a train back up to Cloudy Scheidegg, as it had become in the two hours since I'd left. The afternoon was spent lazily sitting on a hillside overlooking the Grindelwald line with jaggy snow capped mountains behind, watching the clouds progressively blot out the magnificent background of the Alps while their friends took out every train that passed.

By 16:00 I'd had enough and headed north to Niederried on the Luzern - Meiringen line to see if the light was any better there, it wasn't, and 110.003 passed in total gloom on IR2235. Back at Interlaken 167 and 195 were viewed working the Zweisimmen RE turns as I enjoyed a Schnitzel and a Bier before heading back to Grindelwald.

Grindelwald

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
144 [WAB] 143 [WAB]	437	07:17 Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg	07:17

below Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
144 [WAB] 143 [WAB]	432	08:03 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	08:05
142 [WAB] 141 [WAB]	439	07:47 Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg	08:16

above Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
206 [JB]	539-1	08:30 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	08:30
210 [JB]	539-2	08:30 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	08:32

below Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
1xx [WAB]	334-1	08:31 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	08:33

above Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
216 [JB] 215 [JB]	539-3	08:30 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	08:34

below Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
1xx [WAB]	334-2	08:31 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	08:34
1xx [WAB]	334-3	08:31 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	08:35

above Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
205 [JB]	541-1	09:00 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	09:00
204 [JB]	541-2	09:00 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	09:02
217 [JB] 212 [JB]	541-3	09:00 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	09:04

below Eigergletscher

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
207 [JB]	543-1	09:30 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	09:32
201 [JB]	543-2	09:30 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	09:34
214 [JB] 211 [JB]	543-3	09:30 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	09:36

above Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
209 [JB]	545-1	10:00 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	10:00
202 [JB]	545-2	10:00 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	10:02
216 [JB] 215 [JB]	545-3	10:00 Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch	10:04
210 [JB]	542-1	09:30 Jungfraujoch - Kleine Scheidegg	10:16

below Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
101 [WAB]	342-1	10:31 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	10:30
110 [WAB]	342-2	10:31 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	10:31
133 [WAB]	342-3	10:31 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	10:33

below Wengernalp

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
116 [WAB]	351-1	10:37 Lauterbrunnen - Kleine Scheidegg	11:03
120 [WAB]	351-2	10:37 Lauterbrunnen - Kleine Scheidegg	11:04
124 [WAB]	344-1	11:01 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	11:11
119 [WAB]	344-2	11:01 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	11:12
131 [WAB]	344-3	11:01 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	11:15

below Baawald

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
107 [WAB]	353-1	11:07 Lauterbrunnen - Kleine Scheidegg	11:32

Wengen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
1xx [WAB]	355-2	11:37 Lauterbrunnen - Kleine Scheidegg	11:55

below Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
142 [WAB] 141 [WAB]	457	12:17 Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg	12:47
112 [WAB]	454-1	13:33 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	13:34
134 [WAB] 132 [WAB]	454-2	13:33 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	13:36
142 [WAB] 141 [WAB]	463	13:47 Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg	14:17
113 [WAB]	465	14:17 Grindelwald - Kleine Scheidegg	14:47
113 [WAB]	460-1	15:03 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	15:01
111 [WAB]	460-2	15:03 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	15:02
134 [WAB] 132 [WAB]	460-3	15:03 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	15:05
112 [WAB]	462-1	15:33 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	15:31
117 [WAB]	462-2	15:33 Kleine Scheidegg - Grindelwald	15:33

Kleine Scheidegg

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
123 [WAB]	364-2	16:01 Kleine Scheidegg - Lauterbrunnen	16:01

Lauterbrunnen

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
54 [WAB] 64 [WAB] 65 [WAB]		Stabled	16:50
308 [BOB]	164	17:03 Lauterbrunnen - Interlaken Ost	17:03

Interlaken Ost

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
130.001 [ZB]	7471	17:33 Interlaken Ost - Meiringen	17:33

Niederried

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
110.003 [ZB]	IR2230	15:55 Luzern - Interlaken Ost	17:49
110.003 [ZB]	IR2235	18:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	18:11
130.010 [ZB]	7470	17:46 Meiringen - Interlaken Ost	18:20

Interlaken Ost

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
195 [BLS] propelling	RE3130	17:38 Zweisimmen - Interlaken Ost	18:47
195	28343	19:10 Interlaken Ost - Spiez ECS	19:10
167 [BLS] propelling	28350	18:25 Zweisimmen - Interlaken Ost ECS	19:37
310 [BOB]	291	20:05 Interlaken Ost - Grindelwald	20:05