On August 10, a northbound freight train derailed in the 57-kilometer-long Gotthard Base Tunnel, and since then both tubes have been closed. All passenger traffic, as well as freight traffic that can pass through the smaller profile, travels via the Gotthard mountain route, today also called the panorama route. A very rare coincidence when two trains meet on the 122 meter long and 70 meter high Mittlere Meienreussbrücke in Wassen. Southbound from the left is Re 420 # 339 (Re 4/4 II # 11339) with mail train 50021 from Härkingen to Cadenazzo, which on this day consisted of only two cars. From the right and heading north is IC 10316 from Chiasso to Zurich, a push-pull train with loco Re 460 # 026. The viaduct, former a truss bridge, was new built in concrete with stone cladding in 1961/1962 and has a main span of 63 meter.
