RhB have advised of a project to restore a station on the Scuol-Tarasp line to the state it was when originally built. This will involve relaying the track...
Thanks Mannfred, I`m afraid I left that detail out, but indeed you are quite right. This is in order to be ready for the early spring birdwatchers who want to...
I stayed for a week not far from Arth Goldau last week The loco was under tarpaulins behind the goods platform on the south side of Arth Goldau station...
Not knowing that Herr Spooner was also not far away, I spent last week in a sheepfarm holiday cottage overlooking Lake Luzern at Merlischachen. We combined car...
gordonwis wrote:
> Running back and forth along the line during the day was an ECS top
> and tail Rbe 540 set with seven intermediate coaches. I saw a similar...
gordonwis wrote:
> Running back and forth along the line during the day was an ECS top
> and tail Rbe 540 set with seven intermediate coaches. I saw a similar...
... Thanks very much Markus. Very useful information. This is definitely what I saw - maybe I saw both sets. However, neither seemed to be actually on the way...
I believe that one of the ex FO loks travelled from Disentis to Zermatt on 1.10.04 and returned on 2.10.04. Anyone confirm this, preferably with photographs? ...
Résumé & update (Patrice Airoldi, Mario Stefani, Dani Egger, Markus Giger) Re 460 087-0 "Wir fahren ein" "Anschluss garantiert" Re 460 093-8 "Lesen wie auf...
... According to a posting on BahnCH, things are not as sad as they seem. SBB have removed the badges following some cases of theft. The badges are in store...
... Would be Highly obliged for an English version..of this at least..! ISA ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo!...
IS.ANAND wrote:
> --- Guerbetaler <guerbetaler@...> wrote:
>> Re 450 052-6
>> "Ich bin auch eine Lokomotive"
>> "Achtung, heute Blickkontrolle"
>
> Would...
Dear Swiss railfans and afficionados, In two months our little rag-tag bunch of train enthusiasts heads to Switzerland for a week of railfanning. For those of...
... modernise and ... the TGVs ... Yes, this happenend some months ago. Interestingly it was officially a "Declaration of public - and urgent - utility" (!!!)...
Having now got my pictures back from the developers (yes I know – I'm backwardly udigitalised!), I can clarify a few points on what ai saw last week. All the...
... Oh, a Publicity stunt in short...-:) ISA ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life...
ulmubi wrote:
> little experience with the Alps and Switzerland in general, I really
> have no idea what weather or temperatures to expect the first week of
>...
... anyone ... Carsten, I can confirm what Markus has already said - you will have to be prepared for quite a wide range of weather types and temperatures,...
Andrew Moglestue wrote:
> .... The report denies that SBB are
> planning large scale withdrawals in the immediate future. rather it
> says that some locos will...
... The Germans seem to have a regulatory requirement for some kind of significant overhaul/inspection every 7 years with a possible extension to 8 years. This...
John Beaulieu wrote:
> I have a video showing the Main Works at Bellinzona, in it it
> talks about the various maintenance cycles, R1, R2 and R3. It...
... The video didn't mention exactly what is involved in R1 or R2 but did say that tires were replaced in a R1 repair, and that it took less than a day to...
The 12:30 picture from the Lokocam was I think at Interlaken West and the 12:45 at Speiss. Does this SSB locomotive run on the BLS or is SSB running the...
I didn't look at the pictures, but this sounds like a regular Interlaken --> Zürich and beyond train. These trains are (and have been for years) operated by...