Because it goes through the base of the mountains ?

The original base tunnel is at a much higher elevation and, by comparison with the new tunnel, is the `top` tunnel. The new tunnel is a a much lower elevation and avoids the huge climb. HTH.

Pardon my ignorance, but why is it called a base tunnel? So far my searches have not turned up a clue. Thanks, -- Tim Timothy A Johnson, Tucson, AZ (www.sbb-bls-bahnen.com) European Train

I guess that they can use parts from the Re 6/6 which have been taken out of service to restore this locomotive. How significant was the damage (electrically)? I guess that many of the internals from

11618 is now in the main shop in Bellinzona being repaired

Operated today, 03.06.2016, hauled by 420 268

Sad. I saw the track last year near Grono for the very first time, and was hopeful they might resurrect it . Trouble is I was using to my benefit the motorway that has caused its demise, in order to

Am 03.06.2016 um 07:34 schrieb robertb@... [SwissRail]: Only Castione - Roveredo was lifted. Grono - Cama still exists but SEFT doesn't want to continue only with this bit of the

Am 03.06.2016 um 00:43 schrieb Gordon Wiseman: They stopped all activity outside the workshop, which was announced to become a museum. Markus, Gürbetal

[Top posting/full quote and HTML repaired by teh moderator] Gordon, There is video on youtube showing the track being lifted and removed. Robert Bogie

Does anyone know what has happened to the SEFT in the Mesocco valley? There is no definitive clue available on the web.

As usual some of the stuff produced by the BBC covering the event was amusingly erroneous. For a start the BBC reporter and team decided they needed to go to a particularly spectacular location, so

The other reason for building a new parallel tunnel is simply that the old tunnel remains usable day to day, so they decided to build the new tunnel now, so that by the time the old tunnel finally

On Thu, 2/6/16, Ewan Tait wrote: Is that a change since last week? The change took place in Summer 2015. I stayed in Fluelen on the last night of my August 2015 holiday in a hotel overlooking one of

Am 02.06.2016 um 22:59 schrieb John: Perhaps it's worth adding that all 119 Re 460 are fitted with full ETCS equipment but only part of the Re 420. Markus, G�rbetal

Apologies for all the previous replies but the heritage stock is not fitted with the signalling equipment for the new line. The 460 and 420 classes are, so they can use the line!

[SwissRail] <SwissRail@...> wrote: Sorry, that was a misunderstanding on my part. I thought you meant that you wouldn't see Re 460s due to the ETCS north of Ersrfeld! Cheers, Ewan --

I'm afraid I don't understand your question. I can't see what would have changed. Question of Dave was, if there are trains with heritage or cargo locomotives and I said there weren't. Thus the Re 460

Is that a change since last week? I saw several Re 460s last week on inter-regio services over the Gotthard when I was out last week. Regards, Ewan — http://ewan.me.uk

Am 02.06.2016 um 22:05 schrieb 'Glyn Jones' <https://www.rhb.ch/en/company/projects-dossiers/rebuilding-of-the-albula-tunnel>