It was Friday the 13th, the forecast was gloomy and it was completely overcast at dawn, hardly a promising start. Fridays should see a 181 and a 120 each working a Stuttgart - Zürich IC to Singen and back. There’s also a 115 booked to work south in the evening but it’s much too late to photograph. I’d expected the remaining IC services to be worked by 101s but they seemed to be having an unlucky day. The first northbound was 101 hauled but none of the other trains were. Every other IC seen was worked by a 120 or a 181.

The Stuttgart - Singen REs were all 146s on dosto push-pull sets apart from the expected 425+426 combo on RE19040. The Rottweil REs were all 425s, again as expected.

There wasn’t a huge amount of sunshine but I did manage five shots in full sun including a 181, a 120, a 146 and a pair of 185s on a freight. The freights ran largely as expected, with two exceptions. There was an unexpected southbound van train just before midday, hauled by a 185 as virtually all the freights are, and an even more unexpected northbound train of armoured vehicles in the afternoon, hauled by an extremely unexpected 232!

Probably the best day of the trip so far, although that’s not saying much.

Grünholz, S of Sulz am Neckar

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
181.223	IC181	07:58 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	08:55
101.041	IC284	07:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf	09:09
185.088		NB Containers	09:33
146.210 propelling	RE19035	08:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel)	09:35
185.089		SB Freight	09:47
181.204	IC183	09:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	10:54
120.109	IC282	09:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf	11:10

Aistaig, N of Oberndorf (Neckar)

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.206 propelling	RE19037	10:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel)	11:37
185.087		SB Vans	11:48
185.392 185.238		NB Containers	12:09
146.210	RE19042	11:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf	12:25
120.135	IC185	11:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	12:56
181.223	IC280	11:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf	13:08

N of Rottweil-Neufra

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
146.208 propelling	RE19039	12:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel)	13:58
146.206	RE19044	13:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf	14:05
232.703		SB Light Engine	14:14
181.204	IC186	13:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf	14:46

S of Rottweil-Saline

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
120.109	IC187	13:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	15:14

N of Rottweil-Neufra

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
232.703		NB Military Vehicles	15:43
146.210 propelling	RE19041	14:18 Stuttgart Hbf - Singen (Hohentwiel)	15:57
146.208	RE19046	15:19 Singen (Hohentwiel) - Stuttgart Hbf	16:05
120.135	IC184	15:05 Zürich HB - Stuttgart Hbf	16:46

S of Rottweil-Saline

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
181.xxx	IC281	15:56 Stuttgart Hbf - Zürich HB	17:15