Combe-Tabeillon is even more interesting than Chambrelien, as the line loops twice so there are tracks parallel at three levels, like Berguen on the RhB and Wassen on the Gotthard. It's well worth a v

Yes, that is the legendary Chambrelien. It is a real throw back to the early days of railways in mountainous regions. It's still great fun to experience, but I can remember back to the days when the l

Gais - Altstaetten should be near the top of John's list. In my opinion it is the only section of the Appenzeller Bahnen remaining with any 'character' - the rest is still good for scenic views but th

I initially avoided mentioning places too far west as the original post talked about trips in a day from Zurich. Aigle / Bex area is too far from Zurich for it all to be done in one day. However as th

MBC stands for Morges - Biere - Cossonay. It has one funicular (at Cossonay), buses and one metre-gauge railway line In 'old money' it was the BAM (Biere - Apples Morges) [sorry but I much preferred t

Not sure if I'm remembering correctly but I thought at some time in the past some trains used the chord at Villars to go direct Bex - Bretaye , at least for a period of years., but I agree I don't thi

The Aigle network couldn' t be more mergered if it tried! All now one company TPC Transport Public du Chablais Original companies A-L (Aigle - Leysin) ASD (Aigle Sepey Diablerets) AOMC (Monthey - Cham

A long time ago, but my recollection is of a different experience EWs had dull seats inside the coaches when we changed from SBB to BLS coaches in the early 1970s. Fairly certain BLS was a drab colour

Reisezuge.ch covers the 2009 and 2010 era so you should be able to check consists on that web site

csipromo wrote: Yes I've seen the RailfanEurope shots, the dates would make sense as I was concentrating on France for many years as I knew the most 'interesting' stuff in France was receding slightly

I'm sure this has been covered before but can't find the references. When (and in what volumes) did the last green coaches with the original SBB + CFF style coach side last run in regular service?

That's brilliant fun to hear! digressing, what is the RAL blue for the SBB NPZ livery?

Here is my 2009 picture

I posted one of my pictures on a Facebook 'loco bashing' group in June last year captioned thus: RhB 802 and 45 entering Bernina - Lagalb station southbound. 19/8/2009 [it was a timetabled passenger t

I think the centre coach could just be faded by use and being parked in sunny sidings btw the original 'almost violet' blue is clearly seen on older phots of the BLS blue 1st generation EMUs

On Monday, 3 May 2021, 21:41:20 BST, Robin Jorimann <rjorimann@...> wrote: Is it definite that Ge 6/6ii 704 will be preserved? If so it might appear on the Davos - Filisur Erlebnis one day I h

Appel d'offres pour 10 locomotives à adhérence pour voie métrique, limité à 16 tonnes par essieu, réparties en quatre lots qui diffèrent techniquement comme suit: - Lot 1: 15 kV AC charge à tracter pa

I noticed the yellow ends on a photo of the Railadventure 11603. The fact that Railadventure locos might go 'anywhere' as compared to a 'normal' SBB Re6/6 might explain why 11603 has 'wider' pantograp

Clive Dean wrote: I find it surprising that such a train, having stopped in Bellinzona, could actually reach that speed before having to slow down for the normal line speed on the remaining historic l

The R1 on 2/5/05 seems to be the likely date for the halogen lamps