http://tinyurl.com/bbhvy This is a shorter link to the latest pictures ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and...
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/debbie_rhb/album?.dir=/6457&.src=ph&.tok=phQrLWEBDgEJFhuj I've run out of room on my own Yahoo site, so much for it being...
glenn allen wrote:
> I've stolen the wife's allocation and the above link
> includes some SBB pictures.
1020-042-6_060998_Rorschach Haven_sp14
This was one of...
... preserved electric locos, steam locos etc. this isn't heaven? ;-) ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and...
Glenn, Any close up photos of the point where the rail sits on the ties/sleepers? I'm getting into O-scale/meter guage and I'd like my track to be correct for...
... FO of what decade? However, tomorrow I will be near the MGB but far from computers. Thus I will only be able to answer your next questions around 12 Feb...
http://tinyurl.com/cdtf2 This is a link to the only photographs I have of track and switch stands, plus a couple of buildings of which there are more. If you...
Markus, (I _knew_ you would come to my rescue! :) ) ... I have no particular preference for decade. My concern is to accurately model track which would be...
Hello Joe, FO HGm 4/4 built 1968 and still in use. Mainly used for engineering trains, very rarely on passenger trains. I have one photograph of such a train...
... [...] ... I don't have any pictures of FO trackwork, but I have some images from RhB and MO which show the trackwork as an incidental. I've uploaded them...
There is a note on Page 64 of the February 2006 issue of Modern Railways
stating that ICN trains will start running on the Gotthard and Loetschberg
Routes in...
I have put five photographs in the YAHOO folder "R.A.Bowen" that might help. They were not taken for the purpose of course. The "New look" YAHOO has completely...
Hi all a couple of questions re my recent trip if I may I entered Switzerland via EC9 Cologne - Zurich - a truly marvellous trip. The loco got swapped at Basel...
<<Not strictly on topic but does anyone know the top rated speed of the 101? It was clocked at 201kph on some of the straights on the way down (while still in...
<<While stopped in Basel Bad in Germany I saw an Re 10/10 running under the German catenary - is that stretch of catenary laid to the Swiss zig-zag or how do...
<<While stopped in Basel Bad in Germany I saw an Re 10/10 running under the German catenary - is that stretch of catenary laid to the Swiss zig-zag or how do...
... << I entered Switzerland via EC9 Cologne - Zurich - a truly marvellous trip. The loco got swapped at Basel from a 101 to a single pantograph Re 4/4, and...
... Your conclusion is correct. It is not possible to control Swiss-built locomotives with that type of driving trailer. ... Access to the yard north of...
... No, the Ae 4/6 [Gotthard Tram] and the Ae 4/7 were very commonnly used on the Gotthard passenger services. The Ae 4/7 was found on many passenger services...
... Sorry about that, the 'No' should have been deleted. The reason for the nickname of Gotthard Tram for the Ae 4/6 was due the noise from the gearing. The...
For loss of power in tunnels DB have 218s on hot standby (plugged in to electrical power) to keep them ready to go at a moments notice, for instance at...
You are correct about them being in regular use, I've looked futher down the stack of pictures and found several more. With just over 100 to scan in of the SBB...
Given that DB 101s are allowed to run up to 220kph the stock of EC6 and EC9 is probably only passed to run up to 200kph. Given that 101s can not run in...
... MOst certainly not. The Ae4/6 hauled local passenger trains on the Gotthard route. The Ae4/7 were designed as an express passenger loco used all over the ...