I asked for a correction. It is Landquart.

If anyone wants a tour of the old Filisur station, a fellow named Kecko provided a terrific photo tourney on FLICKR. From his avatar he appears to be a railroad employee. John https://www.flickr.com/p

Martin: I do not follow locomotive maintenance very closely but was 465 005 retrofitted with the IGBT electronics put in refurbished 460's? Thanks

I saw this locomotive sitting at the Zurich HB. I understand that this unit had laser measuring equipment to check track positioning. There does not seem to be any actual alignment equipment on it. Ca

Switzerland is very strict about wearing masks on public transport; trains, trams, buses. There were no complaints that I could see. 98% compliance. If you go, wear a comfortable cloth mask. After eig

Here are some of my pictures from my trip. There are a few of the Appenzeller Bahn and the TPC trains around Aigle. I also have three photos of the massive renovation project on the original Zürich HB

Well, I just returned. The weather in the north was not great. 7-8 degrees C with off and on rain. I was amazed at the number of people bundled up sitting outside at bars or coffee shops having drinks

I'm leaving for the airport in an hour. Thanks to all of you for your help and suggestions. I am fortunate to be a member of this group with so many knowledgeable people. I'll report back after I retu

Markus: Thanks for the warning although I will be returning home on the 13th. Is it worth a little detour to take a side trip from Appenzell to Wasserauen and back?

On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 02:26 AM, Guerbetaler wrote: Hoher Kasten Thank you Markus. I found it on my Appenzeller route map. My communication with the outside world during my trips is my PC in my Hotel

Thanks for the info. I have decided to take the combination Bex-Villars and Villars-Bretaye rides. According to the SBB schedules, BEX is exactly the same time going either via Lausanne or Visp. Both

I was planning on taking this route. There was a great YouTube video going downhill (southwest direction) in the rack section. You have now thrown a little wrench into the mix. I did not know the SBB

I just checked Bex to Col-de-Bretaye (Direction Villars-sur-Ollon). It looks interesting. Does the train leave from the SBB station? I believe I was once in Monthey by accident after taking the wrong

While searching Google Maps in the Bex - Monthey area I see a rail line running from roughly Monthey//Collombey down south to Champéry. The trains appear to be green (Google photos). Does anyone know

My goodness. Thank you all for the number of suggestions. I am cutting and pasting all your comments and putting them in one document that I can highlight, refer to and do research on. I did mention C

Thanks so much for all your replies. I now have a lot to chew on over the next two weeks. Aigle sounds interesting. Of all the places I have visited I have always subconsciously avoided the French sec

I will be returning to Switzerland for train photography in the middle of October after missing last year. I am looking for some interesting narrow gauge trains that can be taken on one day, Zürich ro

Check 0:52 of this YouTube video .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RppyPhfPMSM Have a nice day, John

I sincerely apologize. The photo in question was taken in 2016 when the GBT was about to open and was describing some changes out in the future. Sorry.

I am sorry if this is well known information or I read something incorrectly. I haven't been here for quite awhile. I just read a caption for a photo that said the Gotthard route will be closed in Nov