Because of the high fire risk, all trains between Gletsch and Oberwald have been hauled by HGm 4/4 62 for some time now. This means between 9 and 10 journeys par day, including loco only transfers.

Not World, but Europe for the previous record. The speed record on meter gauge in Africa at a little over 160 km/h has been held since 26.11.1976 by a (diesel) ZE 200 "Gazelle" of the RAN between

As the article says, a world record for Europe - I'm less sure about worldwide. For years trains on the metre-gauge mainlines in Tunisia have run 130-140km/h in regular service, so it would not

I believed a false claim that "the newest Capricorn unit was used" This would have been 3142 but obviously not the case

https://www.bahnonline.ch/22492/rhaetische-bahn-geschwindigkeitsrekord-fuer-meter-spur-bahn/ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Zagreb

Sorry, unit 3142

Not widely publicised (I only read of it today for instance) is that the RhB have broken the world record speed for metre gauge that they already held. Previously 145 km/h with unit 3502 on

This project will be completed ahead of schedule. It will be handed over for testing on 29.08.2022 with regular use from 12.09

Good for photters - large logo Glacier Express livery 'off grid' on non stammnetz territory!

Pleasantly surprised to see 623 allocated tomorrow’s seasonal REs 1431 10:37 Chur-Arosa 1454 16:18 Arosa-Chur Pre-allocated the same for Sunday. Hope it’s useful to somebody whilst I head in

The ABDt 1711 will be preserved by the company Schutz Gartenbau undLandschaftsbau and will be preserve on the company premises in Filisur.regardstoma

514 today went for preservation at the museum in Bergün. The trailers have gone for scrap

Great, thanks for sharing.

Unsure if this is permanent https://youtu.be/kHwmzef842g

Swiss Express 11109 20.06 Basel SBB - Zürich Hbf

Am 05.08.2022 um 12:57 schrieb David: Yes, this is correct. Almost every metre gauge network in Switzerland has a short bit of dual gauge to unload vehicles. On the MOB/MVR/TPF

Am 05.08.2022 um 12:25 schrieb David: There had not been a possibility to turn vehicles on the MOB itself until recently. The turntable in Montbovon was built in 2018. Before,

I should have been more specific: the MOB line Montreux-Zweisimmen. Ast 151 and 152 now point towards Zweisimmen. Originally one car pointed towards Montreux and one towards Zweisimmen (they bookended

Thanks for this link. Discussion of these plans has been going on for years. Every so often I'll see an article about a new proposed variant for Basel's cross-city tunnel (Herzstück). Is there any

Am 05.08.2022 um 05:41 schrieb David: Vevey turntable is fitted with dual gauge. But AFAIK it will be removed. Markus