The latest Today's Railways (Feb 2006) has a piece on the new 514 d/deck EMUs and states that they are due to enter service from May 2006. We are going to...
... From: gordonwis ... From the description it does not seem to have TRACK plans in it - route maps yes, track plans - probably not. (But I've ordered on...
... Got this already - it's a route map not a track diagram - see my other post which gives links to the Zurich TRACK plan. Gerry Cork Tarring, Worthing, West...
Hi Gerry ... You're right. I searched also for this plan but the first try was without success. But you found it. Btw at the moment there are changes by the...
Hello, I just watched "Mein name ist Eugen" on DVD. A part of the movie plays in a train, pulled by a brown crocodile, running over what has to be the Gothard...
Peter Adam wrote:
> A bit off topic: how do these tram track switches work? There is no
> central control, is there?
It's not off topic at all.
For a long...
... There is no central control. The control is inside the tram. If they go over a point [1] the tram gives the signal to switch if necessary. I made 2000 some...
... How were the switches operated before the radio signals?. In America, tram switches were operated by a coil that got pwoer from the overhead.in the...
bob gillis wrote:
> How were the switches operated before the radio signals?.
The same way as in America (in Zürich until 1966, when the first
MUs of 1601...
Peter Heppenstall wrote: I have put some of my older, 1985 - 1995, photos on my website. http://peters-rail-photos.fotopic.net/c875688.html I cannot remember...
bob gillis wrote:
> The middle picture in the second Row says "Re4/4I arriving at
> Bellinzona with a local from Locarno."
>
> However the train appears to me...
Thankyou Markus I had not realised that the point indicators on the Zürich system were relatively recent. Our local (also metre gauge) system has had them for...
Richard Bowen wrote:
> Thankyou Markus
>
> I had not realised that the point indicators on the Zürich system
> were relatively recent.
I didn't say they were...
Instead of having another peak Saturday, Lötschberg car shuttle is reduced to near nothing, the road to Goppenstein was closed due to danger of avalanches. A...
The stamp with the BLS Re 485 on it now sticks on the Re 485 ... On 1 March the Post together with BLS had a little media event in Zollikofen where an Re 485...
irishswissernie wrote:
> I notice that this line which was part of the Uebb is marked on maps
> as still in situ. Can anyone confirm if it is still used?...
Hello there, I am planning a trip to the Gotthard line (around Wassen) later in the summer. Is there anywhere I can finds details of the timetables for the...
From what I experienced while staying at Erstfeld a couple of years ago the freight trains are so frequent you don't really need a timetable, you just have to ...
chrissbaines wrote:
> I am planning a trip to the Gotthard line (around Wassen) later in
> the summer. Is there anywhere I can finds details of the timetables...
I went on a railtour around the north east area of Switzerland on the 13 Sept 1986. I think it was organised by the Minirex company. It was called "Farht ins...
Was 421 397-1 the only Cargo liveried loco to get the shorter red section on the left hand cab sides? Does it still carry that version or has it been redone in...
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