Saturday 26th. An early flight from Luton got me to Zurich at 09:30. A three hour drive south and I arrived near the north portal of the Gotthard Tunnel. Ascending the hill towards Wassen a double headed mixed freight behind what I think are an Re 4/4 and an Re 6/6, although I stand to be corrected.

An Re 4/4 descending through Wassen on the 11:45 William Tell Express from Locarno to Basle.

The same train a couple of minutes later...

....and curving under the motorway.

One of the SBBs new ICN tilting trains climbing towards Wassen on the 11:03 Basle to Lugano.

It was followed by the slower 12:09 Zurich to Locarno IR train

A southbounbd freight was bowled by a northbound passenger train. So here is a going away shot...

...and a pciture of the Re 6/6 banker.

CIS19, the 13:09 Zurich to Milan, an Italian designed and built Pendolino. Reliability problems have been very apparent, so much so that the Swiss and Italians are going their own way and dissolving the Cisalpino joint venture they set up to run these trains.

Another conventional IR train, the 12:03 from Basle to Locarno.

A pair of DB Schenker 185s heading north with some track equipment.

A southbound Hupac inter-modal service behind a pair of DBS 185s, still in Railion guise.

The flats carry both full size trailers and containers.

A flurry of trains followed. Firstly another DBS powered service made up of these red containers front and back and box cars in the centre...

...another 185 provided a shove.

Popping out of the tunnel and into Wassen's closed station comes an Re 4/4 on the 13:45 Locarno to Basle.

Hee it is again a couple of minutes later. the third car is the observation car with a panoramic glass roof.

Two minutes later another southbound Hupac intermodal, this time SBB powered; an Re 4/4 leads an Re 6/6 through Wassen.

I made up my mind that I ought to head off to Chur as the cloud was descending and I didn't fancy driving far through fog. But at Goschenen I made the fatal error of stopping and was rewarded by a northbound intermodal with four locos (presumably a ferrying move). So I gave chase and managed to get a picture of it near Erstfeld...

...some of the containers and trailers are familiar sights here in the UK, but others are not.

I need not have worried about the fog. Climbing from Goschenen it really was dense until, as you emerge at Andermatt, it simply vanished and the remainder of the day was bright with an occasional shower and some brilliant rainbows. Here at Oberalp a Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn train heads towards Andermatt and Brig. This used to be the Furka Oberalp Railway but has been merged with the Brig Visp Zermatt to form the MGB.

The loco was sandwiched between the push pull set and an extra car. The bleakness of the surroundings is reminiscent of Scotland.

Sunday 27th. Up and out with the lark. The weather forecast was not marvellous, it promised to be better in the morning so I thought I would get a nice early start. The 07:48 Chur to Thusis local at Rodels-Realta, the sun is starting to make its way down the mountainside.

The 07:58 Chur to St Moritz, RE1121, approaching Rodels-Realta along the Hinterrhein. Mist is still rising off the river.