I would be interested in such a group. I'm not really a hardcore modeler myself. More a collector of rolling stock. I don't have a proper layout to run anything on, and would preferably like to join a

I was recently musing on how the Swiss railway system was before the Heitersberg tunnel was completed. I guess everything between Zürich and Basel / Bern and further west would have had to come throug

I was on that tour today with two friends. Was anybody else from this group on the train?

When photographing trains, and even more so trams (which is more my main interest in photography) it is virtually impossible not to get people in the picture, and indeed shots with people in them are

Question here about the history of RBe push-pull sets for the purposes of correct formations on a model railway. This isn't very long ago, but memory can play tricks. From memory, when the S-Bahn Züri

I wonder how they define photography for private use. Many railway photographers these days share their photos on playces like Flickr, Facebook or DeviantArt, or have their own private photo sites. Wo

My possibly misinformed understanding Is that on SBB property at Zurich HB you do indeed need an official permit for commercial or professional photography . I am not sure how professional is defined

Also, up until nationalization, British railway companies often competed against rivals as most of the significant main connections were rivaled by that of another company. And one area where they com

I've never come across any mentions of the practice in Switzerland. It worked well in Britain at the time because the main flow of traffic was between London and provincial cities, with traffic betwee

You are right. There was only one Mirage in the Burgwies and the other was kept in one of the regular depots. Wartau is a workshop and there is not sufficient space for storage. I know there was a Mir

As far as I can remember, both Mirages passed into the museum collection at the same time, which was when they were withdrawn from active service. For a long time the Tram Museum were saying they woul

This would suggest the distinction between high level special trains and regular trains is becoming increasingly blurred, and more and more tourist traffic is being displaced from named onto unnamed t

Maybe the criteria that Toma was looking for are more along the lines of 1) trains operating primarily for tourists rather than local traffic 1b) or if local traffic is also covered, separate coaches

Just my 5 Rappen here. The Schlieren coaches are with GySev. GySev is not the same as MÁV historic . Furthermore the present GySev Schlieren fleet is all second class and there are no catering vehicle

Does this mean that such trains would be strictly restricted to this section (and hence, presumably, a depot provided locally) as a transfer to Visp for maintenance would sound tricky without cog prov

Just some personal opinions and observations here.... IMHO the current trolleybus connection is satisfactory. The number 72 trolleybus is part of my daily commute and the acceleration on the steep sec

... but FLIRTS built before 2010 hardly qualify as 25 years old ?

What is it with the earlier FLIRTs that they are already due for replacement?

Have any rebuilt coaches been set aside by SBB Historic? Or are they preserving only examples in original condition.

I'm not aware of there being any IR or Comfort coaches left in service. All the ones I've seen of late are the NPZ liveried ones, with 2+2 seating in 1st class.