Away from Grindelwald bright and early on the 07:19 train to Interlaken Ost then a nice run behind ZB’s 110.003 along the lakeside to Brienz. A walk across the road took me to the BRB station where No.12 was positioning the stock for the first train to Rothorn Kulm. I had wondered whether the newly built engines might be efficiently quiet but needn’t have worried, No 12 was very loud and sounded superb, particularly in the tunnels. In contrast to the noise, the exhaust was almost non-existent, just a light haze of oil smoke from the chimney and absolutely no condensing steam despite the high humidity and cool air on the upper sections of the line. That probably makes it a line for video rather than stills.

Back down at Brienz, I set about trying to get some photos of 110.003 working the Interlaken - Meiringen section of the Zentralbahn. Everything that wasn’t a unit was pulled by the 110 despite the arrival of the new class 150 units having freed up some of the more modern class 101s. The pattern of workings seen yesterday was repeated with the units working the same trains so the loco hauled turns were predictable. Unfortunately the shots I tried were less predictable and I only got satisfactory shots of three of the eight trains I went for. Even the classic shots around Niederried with the lake behind disappointed, mainly because the gaps between poles have been filled in by more poles, leaving no room for a clear shot between them.

Slim pickings photographically but the ride up the mountain to Rothorn Kulm exceeded expectations.

Grindelwald

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
311 [BOB] propelling	226	07:19 Grindelwald - Interlaken Ost	07:19

Interlaken Ost

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
110.003 [ZB]	IR2211	08:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	08:04

Brienz

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
12 [BRB] propelling	3	08:36 Brienz BRB - Rothorn Kulm	08:36

Rothorn Kulm

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
12 [BRB]	4	09:38 Rothorn Kulm - Brienz BRB	09:38

Planalp

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
14 [BRB] propelling	5	09:40 Brienz BRB - Rothorn Kulm	10:08

Brienz

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
5 [BRB]		stabled	10:37
16 [BRB] propelling	7	10:45 Brienz BRB - Rothorn Kulm	10:38
110.003 [ZB]	IR2214	08:55 Luzern - Interlaken Ost	10:40
130.010 [ZB]	7441	10:33 Interlaken Ost - Meiringen	10:57
130.001 [ZB]	7440	10:46 Meiringen - Interlaken Ost	10:57

W of Brienzwiler

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
110.003 [ZB]	IR2219	11:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	11:29
150.103 [ZB] 160.002 [ZB]	IR2218	09:55 Luzern - Interlaken Ost	11:32
160.002 [ZB] 150.103 [ZB]	IR2221	12:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	12:27
110.003 [ZB]	IR2220	10:55 Luzern - Interlaken Ost	12:31
130.001 [ZB]	7448	12:46 Meiringen - Interlaken Ost	12:55
130.010 [ZB]	7449	12:33 Interlaken Ost - Meiringen	13:01
110.003 [ZB]	IR2223	13:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	13:28

Brienz

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
130.010 [ZB]	7452	13:46 Meiringen - Interlaken Ost	14:00

Oberried

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
130.001 [ZB]	7456	14:46 Meiringen - Interlaken Ost	15:12

E of Niederried

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
110.003 [ZB]	IR2226	13:55 Luzern - Interlaken Ost	15:48
110.003 [ZB]	IR2229	16:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	16:10

Niederried

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
110.003 [ZB]	IR2230	15:55 Luzern - Interlaken Ost	17:48
110.003 [ZB]	IR2235	18:04 Interlaken Ost - Luzern	18:10
130.010 [ZB]	7470	17:46 Meiringen - Interlaken Ost	18:15

Interlaken Ost

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
308 [BOB]	285	18:35 Interlaken Ost - Grindelwald	18:35