Hi Tim, I live in Wilmington, DE. Can you please let me know where to purchase this DVD? I am sorry I missed the string of emails on this subject which may...
I'm not Tim but you can purchase the tape or DVD at http://www.traintapes.com. It is titled Zurich's Colorful Trains. Jerry ... From: Arshad Jamil To:...
... Maybe if railways were run to optimal efficiency we wouldn't find them so interesting? Admittedly they are not there for us but for local needs and so...
Hi all, A document that one can download from the Bernese "Amt für öfentliche verkehr" has amongst a lot of diagrams one diagram that purports to represent...
Hallo, Today when commuting back from work I took as usual the tram 9 to Bern main station, and stood directly behind the drivers compartment. I saw there that...
... I don't think that it is off-topic. Yes, this display shows the deviation from the theoretical schedule, calculated for that specific diagram. I am not...
Hello, Being sick at home has it advantages. I can watch the trains go past out of my window all day... (I live opposite the Solothurn railway station...) I...
I believe you can buy one there, but if necessary, you can take one of the frequent trains to Geneva's main station (also called Cornavin) to buy the pass. ...
I have just returned from a very enjoyable week staying at Chateau D' Oex. I had a Swiss Pass that included two friends who were travelling with me. As the...
... As I understand it the Swiss Pass can only be purchased OUTSIDE Switzerland. If you get an open ended one you can get this validated value! Nigel Last...
... Yes, that is the Swiss saver pass ... Not true - as you will see from the official SBB list below, it can be purcahsed at more placed than you might...
... path=content/news.php&contentid=2763&PHPKITSID=21dfffabd53919b3cd138c5 ... I could not get this link to open, even after re-assembling it into one....
Seen on Saturday 31 Jan and 7 Feb Many vehicles of all ages are now in new livery. On Brig - Andermatt many Deh push-pull compositions, among others: Deh 52-B...
Cover scan is (hopefully soon) in the files: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SwissRail/files/SER_cover/ Besides international news, Swiss topics are (in...
... yes, and such a system is in use at VBZ Zürich for decades... ;-) ... Why should this be off-topic? There is no legal difference between a "tram" and a...
... Are these driving trailers being used in Switzerland? I also didn't quite understand the remark in SER, that driving trailers in international traffic...
... According to the SER article, it was apparently not permitted to use passenger vehicles in international traffic which do not have both end open and...
... Ehhhm, yes, butttt, no. Yes as passenger coaches No as driving trailers, because a) no Signum/ZUB b) no matching locomotives (probably Re 482 could be used...
... Push-pull sets have been used on cross border services (Amsterdam - Brussels) springs to mind... This was obviously such an arrangement... Krist -- ... ...
... Partly. Railway operation rules are Swiss. (There is a contract between Germany and Switzerland about that.) ... Little lesson about UIC and national...
Are there any plans for painting some Re4/4 locos to match the livery of the new BLS EW IIIs ? http://www.bahnonline.ch/phpkit/newsfotos/id2948_01.jpg Alan...