Further to my earlier note on my 1974 visit, Ae4/6 were definitely in use on some of the local trains. I have the 1974 kursbuch that we used on the holiday. I have checked back and many locals started

Mike I have the Kursbuch for 1976 - is this too late? There weren't many local trains up the hill (times are departure from Arth-Goldau): 9.05 from A-G, 10.56 from Luzern, 12.51 Luzern, 15.05 A-G,

On June 29th (a Monday!) there is an open day at Zweilütschinen workshops and the control centre ("Leitstelle") and steam trains with 1067 between there and Interlaken Ost on which normal tickets

I believe those grain hoppers are Romanian. But this does not mean the grain is actually from Romania as sometimes such wagons also get loaned or leased.

Most of my travel when I was there in 1971/72 was on international trains or on fast trains. We did not use the local "lamp post" trains. That said, I was a big fan of looking out the window and most

Martin wrote: Mike C wrote: Re Mike C’s commnets: As I’ve mentioned on this group a few times before, I spent half of a two week Holiday pass holiday in 1974 camping next to the Gotthard at

There is a Dampf-Spektatel taking place at the end of June in the Gotthard route. According to several info found on the Internet, the trains will operate as follows: - On Friday 26th, the German

Thanks Don and Martin for the info, most useful, I'll pass it on Thanks again.

Thanks so much. Andy.

Aarau, and Lausanne come to mind. Lausanne is pickled with them on most duties other than the main line which are Flirts. There's a few down in Ticino, and a limited number around Zurich. Bruce

S-Bahn Zentralschweiz: S8 (Sursee - Olten) S-Bahn Aargau: S23 (Baden - Langenthal) some trains S27 (Baden - Bad Zurzach / Waldshut): some trains S29 (Turgi - Aarau - (Langenthal) some trains S(26)

I think the SBB Regio services based on Neuchâtel would be a good bet and then Yverdon would also see these units on Payerne services and the semi-fast Lausanne jobs maybe. HTH Don [Non-text

On Monday, 18th May I was at Sissach mid-afternoon when the WRS Ae 1042 passed southbound with a block train of green liveried cereal hoppers. Details can be viewed via the link provided: WRS Cereals

The Schoellenen road has been closed the MGB railway line unaffected. Felssturz am Gotthard: Schöllenenstrasse bleibt für Wochen zu | Blick

Be 4/6 piloting Ae 6/6 11410 14 coaches near Wassen 31.08.1957 : http://schienenfahrzeuge.netshadow.at/bahngalerie23_500/2007_06_24_657.jpg Some of the coaches appear to be German and French ,

I've been asked by someone who will be visiting Switzerland where the best places to see 560s (but not 560 4xxs) is. I'm familiar with the workings around Olten . Can anyone suggest other locations

I remember seeing a lot of Ae 4/7 on the Zurich-Ziegelbruecke-Chur line. I don't remember seeing that many on the Gotthard line. There were Ae 3/5 or Ae 3/6 that were used for the auto trains through

Many thanks for your thoughts. So the memories weren't necessarily false - good to know :-) Andy.

Somewhat off topic perhaps but on 10.02.1990 11435 plus 15 RIC coaches and an EWI WR worked train 33312 Schaffhausen to Brig and 31354 return (596 tonnes, 420m not including loco). The maximum

Hans Schneeberger writes in his book about SBB locomotives that the diagrams of Ae 4/7 didn't include any regular running South of G�schenen after 1965. All international trains of those years