Assuming that I'm understanding what you mean by 'to use rack going up as well as down' correctly, then why doesn't the Brünigbahn count?. It uses rack to climb to the summit of the Brünig pass from b

Well yes, but the best scenery is quite clearly north of Bellinzona, and that is surely going to be what most passengers are going to be riding for. By comparison the high level route between Lugano a

Does anybody know what route the Gotthard Panorama Express takes between Lugano and Bellinzona. Does it go over the top of the Ceneri pass, or through the new base tunnel?.

Just to agree with many above. If your parents are visiting Interlaken and all they are going to do is the Jungfraujoch, that is a real shame. Whilst undeniably a bucket list destination, the "top of

Why did the transfer from Thusis to Bergün have to take place at slow speed and with the overhead line deactivate? (as described in https://club1889.ch/news/detailview/article/86045/eyJlIjoiMTM0MzciLC

I too have been politely requested to delete a photograph which accidentally contained the image of a passerby. It wasn't in a rail context, I was taking a typical tourist shot in Luzern. After that I

Markus also makes the same point, which I hadn't considered, and it is a good one. Interesting. My comments were based on several visits over the last decade to the museum at Burgwies‎, and I'm pretty

Tram-Museum Zürich have just updated their Facebook cover photograph to show "Our two Mirage trams on museum line 21, Sunday June 28., 2020" (or in the original "Unsere beiden Mirage-Trams auf der Mus

According to an article posted today in Railway Gazette International, Swiss Federal Railways has announced plans to undertake the SFr400m mid-life refurbishment of its 44 ICN tilting inter-city train

The more I read this thread, the more I don't understand it. The link in the original post talks about two new seven car ADLERs. So I assumed that meant four three-car power units, and two separate in

Ah. Now I properly understand your previous LOL comment. I knew that the MGB had several tunnels other than the base tunnel, but all much smaller and not likely to have a captive train service. I didn

Assuming we are talking about the Furka Base Tunnel, then surely the only services that are limited to the tunnel and its approaches are the car shuttles between Realp and Oberwald. And a three-car pa

Interesting article on the RailwayGazette web site on SBB's plans to increase capacity on cross-border routes to France, Germany and Italy: https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/sbb-adds-cross-bord

But the Stadler Facebook page says this about the order: "Die Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) hat Stadler gestern den Zuschlag über die Lieferung von fünf weiteren Zweispannungs-Triebzügen erteilt

I presume it worked over the classic Gotthard route rather than though the base tunnel. Was that hauled by 11666 as well?.

I'm now a bit confused by these threads. If these are indeed to built as 15kV only units, as the initial thread says, does that imply that the SZU has committed to the sometimes discussed re-electrifi

Markus writes: Thanks for the advice. Are the Mirages that were reintroduced recently still in service, and if so how long are they expected to stay in use?. Is there any advice on when and where best

I assume they would transport the sections separately and assemble them after arrival. In which case the transfer may actually be easier than for 31, as that is probably longer than any of the section

There is now a report and artists impression on the Railway Gazette web site: https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/swiss-narrow-gauge-railway-updates-fleet/54676.article And a ver

Thomas writes: Derek writes: Except that there is a perfectly good and still used depot at the end of the GGB station. Whilst OpenStreetMap shows the tunnel entrance leading to a twin track tunnel run