193 535 works number 22772

no name allocated yet to 534 or 535

Anyone who has a birthday between 21 March and 21 June can claim a free ticket for a return trip on the Gornergratbahn from Zermatt. Offer valid until 1 November. As there is no mention of Swiss citizenship, presume it is open to all.

https://www.gornergratbahn.ch/de/sommer/angebote/lockdown-geburtstag/

The Krok turn between Davos and Filisur resumes 8 June.
The Rheinschlucht between Landquart and Ilanz resumes 13 June and runs Saturdays and Sundays this season.

With the border to Germany closed it looked as if DB 401 Class ICE units would no longer be seen past Basel before their replacement by 412s next month. However restrictions were lifted earlier than suggested and today the following have worked:

401 078/578 ICE 373 12:18 Berlin-Interlaken Ost
401 081/581 ICE 372 06:00 Interlaken Ost-Berlin
401 085/585 ICE 278 10:00 Interlaken Ost-Berlin

Am 21.05.2020 um 00:02 schrieb Martin Baumann:

bahnonline.ch reported

It is a simple copy of the press release from the Federal Office of
Transport

that the tunnel will open on schedule in December but that most of
the opening ceremony will be cancelled: (German)

which is available in German, French and Italian (switch top right)

<https://www.bav.admin.ch/bav/de/home/publikationen/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-79201.html>;

Markus

bahnonline.ch reported today that the tunnel will open on schedule in December but that most of the opening ceremony will be cancelled:

https://tinyurl.com/ybcpldsz

(German)

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Status of all Re 6/6 locomotives 20.05.2020

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I added a rough blue line to the lok body. What do you think?

https://groups.io/g/SwissRail/photo/247283/0?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0

Regards

Mike C

I tried this modification:

https://imgflip.com/i/424gai

What do you think?

Mike C

Am 18.05.2020 um 18:08 schrieb csipromo via groups.io:

The final version with mounted Pleitegeier logo on the lok faces:
<https://railcolornews.com/wp-content/uploads/SLM_re460_sbb05sbb.jpg>;

... but without the individual locmotive number.
Markus, Gürbetal

That livery was painted on one locomotive (Re 460 016) as a prototype. The livery was not well received and it was never officially adopted. The SBB decided instead to initially remove the "2000" from the lok faces and has since decided that a more glossy red with the SBB logo added to the lok faces would be the new appearance of these loks.

Prototype "Wave" livery:
https://www.rail-pictures.com/1200/the-sbb-re-460-016-9-33384.jpg
You can find other photos by searching for Re 460 016

First upgraded lok: https://www.railcolor.net/images/basic/slm_5477_64.jpg

The final version with mounted Pleitegeier logo on the lok faces: https://railcolornews.com/wp-content/uploads/SLM_re460_sbb05sbb.jpg

Regards

Mike C

Someone ought to refresh our memory and post a picture of the "new" standard Re460 design scheme with the wave. I never saw a picture of a real locomotive, just a HAG model. How long did they actually last before they were repainted back to the original?

Sorry for my ignorance, but how many Vectrons were ordered for SBB Cargo
International through the SüdLeasing?

Thnx and regards
toma

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On 17/05/2020 19:17, Rob V wrote:

The text mentions that they are ex-DB which will probably mean the cars: 61 81 75-71 403-8, 405-3, 410-3, 413-7 & 414-5.

I should check my facts! Tramways.at has already recorded that the cars are 61 81 75-71 450-9 to 454-1. Not sure why the article mentioned DB, then as these cars were never with DB.

Cheers,
--
Rob
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7

I don't like these light greens too much.

I agree. IMO worse than the 1970s 'universal' orange that fell out of favour because people didn't like it.

On 17/05/2020 17:21, csipromo via groups.io wrote:

I was reading that a few of the WLABm 32 T2S sleeping coaches have been acquired from ÖBB/Nightjet and will be repurposed as sleeping cars for RAlpin ROLA trains.
I am guessing that these coaches, originally built starting in 1975 will replace some of the older ex-SBB RIC coaches that RAlpin acquired from Hupac when it was founded.
Additionally, with the loss of one of the more modern UIC-Z type couchette coaches, these will be a welcome addition to the fleet.
http://www.bahnonline.ch/bo/69820/fuenf-ehemaligen-oebb-schlafwagen-wlabmz-61-fuer-ralpin.htm
Does anybody know whether the coaches being modified for RAlpin are precisely the former WLAm 450-454 of the SBB or include others from the ÖBB fleet?

The text mentions that they are ex-DB which will probably mean the cars: 61 81 75-71 403-8, 405-3, 410-3, 413-7 & 414-5.

Hope this helps,
--
Rob
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7

Am 17.05.2020 um 18:21 schrieb csipromo via groups.io:

I was reading that a few of the WLABm 32 T2S sleeping coaches have
been acquired from ÖBB/Nightjet and will be repurposed

The project had started in Novmeber 2018! The five coaches had been delivered 1974-75 as 71 85 75-70 450-454 to SBB.

Markus, Gürbetal

I was reading that a few of the WLABm 32 T2S sleeping coaches have been acquired from ÖBB/Nightjet and will be repurposed as sleeping cars for RAlpin ROLA trains.
I am guessing that these coaches, originally built starting in 1975 will replace some of the older ex-SBB RIC coaches that RAlpin acquired from Hupac when it was founded.
Additionally, with the loss of one of the more modern UIC-Z type couchette coaches, these will be a welcome addition to the fleet.

http://www.bahnonline.ch/bo/69820/fuenf-ehemaligen-oebb-schlafwagen-wlabmz-61-fuer-ralpin.htm

Does anybody know whether the coaches being modified for RAlpin are precisely the former WLAm 450-454 of the SBB or include others from the ÖBB fleet?

Regards

Mike C

I don't know how much I like the new BLS colours. I guess I will want to see how it looks when the locomotive is attached to a train.
I would be curious to see whether it would be more attractive with a dark blue or silver stripe along the bottom of the green, kind of the way that the SBB loks used to have the white stripe between the red or green and the grey part.

Regards

Mike C