I would like to thank group owner Markus for his tireless efforts to provide so much of the information requested by and available to members this group. George

The street named Kohlenberg in Basel rises steeply from Barfüsserplatz to Musik-Akademie on line 3. I understand that when a coupled set of three non-articulated trams climb this grade, two of them mu

We plan to go very early in the day. George

Swiss citizens. Actually Swiss residents, i.e. taxpayers.

For me, the big events this year are the progressive disappearance of photogenic freight trains into the tunnel starting in June and the end of direct trains from places like Basel and Zurich over the

ride the June 1 trains (500 winners, 1,000 tickets). See http://www.gottardo2016.ch/en/competition George

Swiss citizens (no matter where they live) and Swiss residents can enter the lottery for pairs of seats in the June 1 train. When entering the lottery online, you have to agree that if you win a pair

This is not a direct answer to your question, but 2016 is a good year to come to the Gotthard in any case for a last look at all the trains on the mountain route. George

The canton of Basel-Land is moving toward a commitment to widen the 13-km from Liestal to Waldenburg to metre gauge. Abandonment of the Waldenburg railway's exotic 75-cm gauge promises long-term savin

I am now writing an article on Lausanne-Denges marshalling yard. Would anyone have or know of a photo showing several groups of wagons rolling down the hump? Thanks a lot. George

I saw this vehicle in Rotkreuz next to the station a few months ago. It stands on a short section of track, is not much longer than it is wide, and has received sofa seats and a beer tap. From what I

The coaches are apparently from the Centralbahn: http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/benin-passenger-service-to-launch-this-year.html George

To be a bit more precise: I would be especially interested in recent photos of RhB and RBS showing at least one signal, turnout and train. A shot of this kind for example at the three-way junction at

I am currently preparing an article on signalling on Switzerland's narrow-gauge railways, and am looking for some good-quality, recent photos to illustrate it. (I would use a photo only with permissio

This morning July 23 at 10:10, I saw a rolling motorway train with its lorries facing east on track 4 of Basel SBB station. At the west end of the train was a BLS Cargo locomotive bearing the numbers

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread a few months back. I have forwarded all your replies to the citizens' group for whom I wrote the text you reacted to. George

Once sometime in the period 2000-2003 I did see some equipment move slowly along track 1, watching for pedestrians. George

Simon, thank you for the pictures and congratulations on catching re-routed TGVs in good weather and in nice settings you spent some time getting to. George (Basel-area resident since 1990)

Passing the large scrap yard just west of Rheinfelden just now, I saw a couple of windowless Swiss locomotives (Re4s?) sitting at the east end of the siding. George

On Sunday, 66% of Zurich canton voters approved building a new tram connector over Hardbrücke bridge by the end of 2017. Here's the project in German: http://tinyurl.com/p7xlwop At the bottom of the p