Markus writes: That is a good point, which I hadn't consider. I guess that this ownership makes it easier (politically, if not technically) to just turn up a convenient point with a mobile

Am 22.06.2015 um 13:50 schrieb Bill Bolton: The principles may be similar, but the means are different. I'm not aware of mobile substations outside the 16.7 Hz electrifications but would be glad to

REPOST WITH CORRECTED DATES On 15 and 16.08 and 26 and 27.09 Luzern-Zürich Flughafen and return trains will run nonstop from Luzern to Zürich as Rotkreuz to Cham will be closed. They will

Normal service is expected to resume tomorrow. The fire broke out in the basement during building work. It does not appear to have damaged signaling or other vital equipment

The fire was in the control centre in Lausanne: http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/romandie/story/Brand-legt-Bahnhof-Lausanne-lahm-17701128 Time of call to being declared under control was only 18 minutes

"Due to a fire" (It is not stated where but probably connected with signalling) All trains in the area Genève / Lausanne / Biel// Fribourg are subject to delay and cancellation until further

I wont quote the whole reply, but what Markus has posted generally represents the long term operational practice of multiple electric rail operations around the world, for over a century. Its just

There are different shades of mobile. These substations are built specifically so they can fit inside the railway loading gauge and hence be moved by rail. For some strange reason this is a useful

Am 20.06.2015 um 20:54 schrieb chris_j_wood@... [SwissRail]: According to Paul Winter, "Schweizer Bahnen unter Fahnen.Die Geschichte des Militär-Eisenbahndienstes" the original idea was to

A recent press report states that the SBB is updating the 18 mobile substations around its network, by replacing the existing control vehicles (converted from passenger coaches) with 40ft containers

According to what I found, the incident started shortly before midnight and was under control by 2 AM local time. In another incident related to an earlier derailment: What is of more concern is the

I have looked at the media reports and it would make a lot of sense that the rescue services were nearby, as it would appear that the loco caught fire on the western approach to Lausanne station,

Thanks for the information. Among the information that was available in the media, it stated that the Lausanne fire train was nearby and responded immediately, minimizing the damage. Regards

11290 only minor damage

Does anybody have any information about which locomotive was involved in the fire of May 14, 2015 near Lausanne? Regards Mike C

MFO manufactured both normal gauge but also narrow gauges. There would have been some trackage so that they could get narrow gauge material from the factory to wherever it was loaded on normal gauge

16388 was noted shunting at Zürich HB today. It had a TK in Zürich 13.06.2015. TK means TECHNISCHE KONTROLLE and has to be undertaken if a loco or other vehicle does not run the required number

The extensive Woolwich Arsenal industrial light railway in the UK was 457mm gauge, and used mechanical power (steam locos). http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/55/Hector.htm Cheers, Bill Bill

On further reflection: That is very narrow. I cannot find any examples of industrial railways as narrow as 300mm gauge; gauges that small seem only to have been used for miniature railways (park

It's not grooved rail but running rail plus a guard rail laid in parallel, presumably to permit the track to be embedded in the road surface. This road was until about 15 years ago not a public road