Being very anoraky today. I’ve been comparing some of the photos I took at Blausee-Mitholz with the BLS railway timetable to work out which workings I’ve actually photographed. In particular, what was this very heterogenious formation? (When did you last see an EW1 in NPZ livery on an Intercity train?) I didn’t record the timings of the photos, so my best guess is this is an additional train running in the path of the late-running Dortmund-Brig EC Lötchberg. The photo of the EC Lötchberg itself, half an hour later seems to support this, it’s hauled by an Re4/4ii rather than the usual Re460.
Can you imagine any British TOC running an additional service because a long-distance working is late nowadays? Sounds unbelievable now, but I have seen it happen in Cornwall in the past – back in 1988 the Dundee-Penzance HST was very late, and they rustled up a 47287 and a scratch formation of four coaches to run in it’s path in Cornwall. Wouldn’t happen today…
