When I was there in October it seemed to me (subjectively) that there were more red Railion DB locomotives than any other type. John

At the north end of the station is the SBB ticket office. Sharing the same space is a Kiosk store with snacks and drinks, etc. Near the exit door there is an area with four or five customer tables wit

I agree with you 100%. I have come to Switzerland 20 times to take pictures of trains (mainly locomotives). My most recent trip last October seemed particularly depressing. All these new trains look l

Are motors in a locomotive such as the 460 considered AC or DC. They seem to take the line voltage and convert it to a continually varying computer generated waveform.

What side of the main tracks did you spend most of your time? East, by the main station or west, behind or in the depot section?

I just noticed that a picture I took in 2009 of a CrossRail 185 flying through a station had a woman at the controls. I saw her earrings in the picture. On the major Swiss railroads such as the SBB, B

They were long dangley ones in both ears. And the resolution of my camera was close enough to see her face.

I see Swiss/Italian locomotives (484) and Swiss/German locomotives (482) and German Railion locomotives but I never hear about French/Swiss rail traffic. Is the French system identical to Switzerland?

Doug: Are you retired? John

I assume that's the end of the three old men? Regarding the English singing, I have traveled through Switzerland and Europe many times and it seems obvious that English is the unofficial language of w

My wife and I took the Martigny to Orsieres train 36 yrs ago on our honeymoon. I can't remember at all about the scenery. She wanted to see the St. Bernard dogs at the pass. If you want to see them yo

Can you please tell me where you were located to take P5070043? This is the picture of the Landwasser Viaduct from above. It looks like you were in a helicopter since I can't visualize any mountain th

After years of having my pictures sit in my computer I am finally starting to put them in a Flickr account so other people can see them. Here are some of my RhB pictures from 1994 - 2011. Some are sca

I do no know why it does not show up as a blue hotlink in the message but if you cut and paste the address to the top line of your web brouser, it works fine. Sorry, John [moderator's (unusual) direct

[moderator's note: added http for easier use] I'm just learning got to use Flikr. Take the same address and add /detail/ to the end. http://www.flickr.com/photos/79976134@N07/sets/72157629996700267/de

I've added more pictures to my Flickr collection, this time 460 Werbeloks. Early pictures are slides, later are digital. http://www.flickr.com/photos/79976134@N07/sets/72157630129949900/detail/ John

I can see you would never visit Egypt and travel from Cairo to Luxor on a train.

I have a question. Considering that the entire Gotthard line is closed, can it be assumed that the SBB has hundreds of workers fixing every little track defect along the route because an opportunity l

I noticed a year or so ago Zurich Insurance dropped the umlaut for their corporate name and logo.

An Re4/4 II was damaged last October near Olten and an RhB Ge6/6 II was damaged a few months ago at Samedan (I believe). Are these locomotives being scrapped or repaired. If they are being repaired, h