May 2010 Gotthard Trip Notes - Freight With the ash cloud from Eyjafjallajokull not about, I was able to get to Zurich and down to Erstfeld for a few days in May. A selection of the traffic

May 2010 Gotthard Trip Notes With the ash cloud from Eyjafjallajokull not about, I was able to get to Zurich and down to Erstfeld for a few days in May. A selection of the traffic operations

Thanks

Hooray! Common sense prevails  

[Full quote has been removed from this message] I am surprised that they did not go for a name like MOB Goldenpass SA. Regards Mike C

Had an excellent day on the BC today, perfect weather and plenty of trains. Some pictures can be found here (also a couple of 11425 on the Railaway tour

Personally I'm glad. The proposed is too much an "anything goes" marketing name and would IMHO have devalued the core values of the railway. I'll be watching with

Am 22.05.2010 00:40, schrieb Guerbetaler: I'm sorry to tell you that this message was wrong. The full story as I know it at the moment: The board of directors proposed to the general assembly to

Hi all a couple of pics. The day job is preventing me uploading more, I'll post again when I get them up. Rain didn't stop play but it wasn't great for

Alan wrote: Seems back now. Probably just a temporary glitch. -- Tim Hall Weblog -> http://www.kalyr.com/weblog Photos -> http://kalyr.fotopic.net

www.bahnonline.ch has disappeared. Does anyone know if it likely to return ? Is there an alternative site ? For me, the most useful info was the list of events.

At the general assembly of today, MOB decided to change its name from "Compagnie du Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois SA" into "GoldenPass SA". The new official initials aren't yet

Am 21.05.2010 19:01, schrieb Andrew: Many Gotthard trains still have some EW II and a few refurbished EW I A as additional coaches which should be replaced with EW IV or EC coaches. I guess that about

Now confirmed that the loco is going to Eisenbahnmuseum Horb for initially ten years

[Full quote has been removed from this message] The EWIV date back to 1983. Older than that, the Eurofima Am (1976) and Bpm (1979). I presume that the new rolling stock is to replace the EWI, EWII

Thanks. So what are the new trains replacing? I suppose all the remaining EWI and EWII sets that still turn up in long distance traffic. But there aren't too many of those left in my observation (they

Bahnforum reports that yesterday 11402 hauled 11401 from Bellinzona to Singen. There are conflicting reports about the final destination of 11401, one person suggested Horb and another Bahnpark

And, conadicting my earlier post, didn't Bombardier build BLS's 'Lötscberger' units, late and with big teething troubles? Robert now in Brig!

Am 19.05.2010 16:26, schrieb Andrew: They will be used on the same non-push-pull trains as they are now, that is Gotthard and Brig - Genï¿œve. But this only for about 10 years and they don't get

Am 19.05.2010 16:22, schrieb Andrew: True. But that's not really a big issue, compared with other things. Markus, Gï¿œrbetal