The second railway company of the country, the BLS is target of a takeover by SBB, fully owned by the confederation. SBB wants to buy stock from the canton of...
giger.baumann@...
Jan 29, 2000 2:57 pm
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[second revised posting] The second railway company of the country, the BLS is target of a takeover by SBB, fully owned by the confederation. SBB wants to buy...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Jan 30, 2000 11:00 pm
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I have for sale: two SBB 2-10-0 Elephants, still in box. one SBB AE 6/6 electric, with power from overheads or tracks. Still in box. Please contact:...
JME Jack Hankey
jack@...
Feb 22, 2000 1:42 am
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Hello, Welcome to the SwissRail list. I just returned from winter holidays, so please allow me a few words. Our list is still new, so only few messges come in....
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Feb 26, 2000 8:45 pm
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Does anyone know why RIGHT-hand running is used through Herisau station instead of the normal Swiss LEFT-hand? This is consistent with all trains, regardless...
Keith Ballinger
kballinger@...
Feb 29, 2000 9:51 pm
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... The reason for right-hand running is quite simple: Main traffic direction out of Herisau is towards St. Gallen. As BT wants to offer a good service, the...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Feb 29, 2000 10:29 pm
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On January 1st, 1999 open access to the Swiss rail network was introduced. For the German network this was done even earlier. But until now, a Swiss company...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 2, 2000 9:58 pm
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According to todays "Bund" newspaper, it was early in the morning of Thursday that the first freight train with BLS locomotive arrived in Chiasso. The train...
Giger Markus BAV
Markus.Giger@...
Mar 3, 2000 7:51 am
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... Well, allow me the following explanations: Outside Amerika, nobody would easily understand, what a "2-10-0 Elephant" is. I counted and found out, that it...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 3, 2000 8:10 pm
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I have heard rumours of some merger between the MThB, SOB, and BT. Is there any truth to this? Also, I believe that the MThB now runs regularly on BT tracks -...
Keith Ballinger
kballinger@...
Mar 3, 2000 9:24 pm
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A little administrative thing: Please do not repeat the whole message you are answering on or asking on. Just take the important part and delete the rest....
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 4, 2000 12:53 am
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Snip...... New MThB "GTW 2/6" (ABe 2/6) trains for the "Seelinie" are on contractual basis maintained in Herisau by BT. As most MThB rolling stock is fitted...
Keith Ballinger
kballinger@...
Mar 4, 2000 2:03 am
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Keith asked: I thought the GTW 2/6 on "Seelinie" was the Stadler diesel unit. I remember one being in St. Gallen for the celebrations in 1997. Is there an...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 4, 2000 3:24 pm
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Attached are the schedules for the RhB's new Engadine Star May 28 to October 15, 2000. John Fleck dear mr. fleck thank you for your mail. the schedule for...
John Fleck
johntgv@...
Mar 7, 2000 6:21 pm
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Some Statistic about the Swiss Rail network: 3658km standard gauge 1435mm, of which 2908km SBB 2km narrow gauge 1200mm (Rheineck - Walzenhausen) 1561km meter...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 8, 2000 8:08 pm
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In November 1999 22km of new line, mainly in Tunnel was added to the network (RhB Vereina), bringing the total in meter gauge to 1583km. Markus Giger...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 8, 2000 9:02 pm
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There are messages telling that Reisebüro Mittelthurgau (RMT) would like to sell their rail equipment, as it was nearly impsooible to fully cover costs of...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 17, 2000 3:01 pm
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As newspapers told, BLS will order 6 more NINA (Niederflur-Nahverkehrszüge = low floor short distance trains) to be added to the existing 8 ABe 4/8 525...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 19, 2000 4:08 pm
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From our member John Fleck I got this message: I'm sending this to you to show how differently our Canadian Government treats our passenger train service...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 21, 2000 8:07 pm
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Regionalverkehr Mittelland (RM) is expected to order 8 GTW 2/6 in the near future. They would be standard gauge and 15000V 16.7Hz as those of MThB. Markus...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 21, 2000 10:32 pm
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Grützi the list, My name is Ari and I'm a student from the city of Geneva. I used to have some trains and I'm always in admiration in front the St-Gothard ...
Ari
space.of.ari@...
Mar 24, 2000 12:02 am
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Sorry, I have to publish a few corrections on what ... .... exact mileage see messages nr. 15 and 16 http://www.onelist.com/messages/SwissRail no, not RUN by...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 24, 2000 8:29 pm
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Dear Markus, I took what I posted from standard news in a book about Switzerland printed in 1999. Sorry for the imprecisions whether they hurt you, it was only...
Ari
space.of.ari@...
Mar 24, 2000 11:34 pm
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Please do not post personal answers to the list but to the person concerned. The e-mail adress of this person is always given in the header of the message. Now...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 25, 2000 11:38 am
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Hello, this is Ari again. I simply explain to the members why it was written what I posted. The list is not moderated…Ok I won't post anything in the future,...
Ari
space.of.ari@...
Mar 25, 2000 8:38 pm
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Ari won't read it, but this is the text I copied from the site he mentioned: Our coaches run mainly towards neighbouring France as well as more distant ...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Mar 26, 2000 12:13 am
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ONElist, the company that has hosted SwissRail, merged several months ago with a similar company called eGroups. Since then, those lists hosted on the old ...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Apr 7, 2000 9:11 pm
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SBB plans to buy 18 GTW 2/6 for the Seetalbahn (Lake Valley Railway of Switzerland), a line having its rails mostly alongside the road. The GTW 2/6 would also...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Apr 7, 2000 9:20 pm
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Originally, BLS numbered its rolling stock with UIC-Code 63 for passenger equipment and 62 (SP) for freight and part of service cars. Code 62 was applied to...
Giger-Baumann
giger.baumann@...
Apr 11, 2000 11:00 pm
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The following question and the answer might be of interest to SwissRail members. It gives an idea of the actual state of the rail reform in Switzerland. Markus...
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