23.01.08 at 19:00 hrs

Weekly Report No.378, CW 4

TEE (Trans Europ Express) of Swiss class RAM from the 60’s.

Regio-Express (a sort of fast commuter train) of the SBB with class RE 4/4 motive power and EW II coaches.

Consist set up after the prototype IC (Inter City) 956 from the 2008 train schedule with class RE 460 engine. The distinctive feature is that extra coaches are coupled behind the control cab of this push-pull unit.

Mixed freight behind a double header of class C 5/6 freight steamers.

Mixed freight lead by two BLS class 465 engines. The leading loco features a paint scheme that once was proposed but never came into effect. The brown paint scheme was the original color for BLS electric motive power. All class 465 engines were exclusively painted in the blue livery.

This train is a so-called „combined loading traffic“ headed by two BLS class 465 engines. In Switzerland, it is compulsory for all trucks to croos the alps by means of trains.

Train consist set uo after the original train IC 1984 of 2006 headed by a class 460 electric engine.

BLS fast passenger service heade by a class RE 465 engine.

This a somewhat exceptional „train“: Eight class RE 460 on their way from the plant to their home depot.

Consist made up after the prototype train IC 2009 from spring 2007

In the next days and weeks we will build a kind of „test-bed“ for the new techniques used for the airport section. This way, we can make sure that the builders of this section know what they’re working with and that the setup may continue flawlessly.