ZVV/ VBZ today announced an order for 70 Bombardier Flexity 2 trams for delivery from 2018 http://mobile2.tagesanzeiger.ch/articles/573af28cab5c371886000001 (German) [Non-text portions of this message

I have seen photos of at least one or two IC 2000 (Dosto) train consists with a new livery. This new look is very similar to the colours chosen for the RABe 502 (Twindexx) trains. My question is wheth

11129 11131 11140 are now stored at Balsthal, why nobody seems to know, all three are currently not permitted to run. The following locos went for scrap yesterday (Kaiseraugst): 11363 11369 421 375 42

The astute among you will guess why I am about to ask this question!: Is it known at which end of the passenger vehicles the loco will be positioned when the Goldenpass Express sets enter service?

Hello all! On Monday I'll be on the promotional drive of MOB gauge changing train. As I am going to spend several days before than in the southwestern part of Switzerland (Brig, also Domodossola, Mart

I had not seen this one before, but there is a video of a Krokodil (Crocodile) running on the Gotthard line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7c5nAsZUSU Enjoy Mike C

I think the normal 6 coach Glacier Express formation (consist) is Ap-Api-WRp-Bp-Bp-Bp (that's the way I've modelled it) What's the formation when the Excellence (Aps) coach is included? From photos I'

I know that there are a lot of Post Trains on the Swiss Network, between various processing centres. Much of the international mail (Air Mail) enters Switzerland and Zurich or Geneva and is routed dom

11109 working RE4919 11.17 Schaffhausen-Zürich Hbf

Hello, Does anyone know how much longer the loco-hauled trains are likely to have on the Disentis to Scuol-Tarasp route before the Capricorns replace them? Many thanks, Ed

I only became aware of this today when reading the November "Eisenbahn Amateur" "Approximately 1 km" of the line between La Neueveille (90+049) and Ligerz (94+003) is now on a new formation. The magaz

The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the main@SwissRail.groups.io group. /Semaphor54_Auto_im_Reisezug.pdf By: Guerbetaler <guerbetaler@...> Description: DB MDDm in H

Zentralbahn took delivery of this loco from Stadler on 10.10.2022 As far as I am aware the order for the third loco of this type (001 2005; 002 2010) was not publicised anywhere

NJ403 forward from Basel this morning was 460 066 - perhaps SBB have dispensed with an Re 4/4 on this Nightjet in advance of the timetable change... Shunt was provided by 922 018

No because this record is for a narrow gauge line. Standard gauge, don't know what the record is. Take care, Chuck Higdon

RhB reached today an entry in the Guiness book of records for the longest passenger train of the world on narrow gauge. The train was 190 m long and had 100 vehicles. 25 Capricorns with 7 drivers roll

Hello all! As the English wikipedia mentions that the Bernina Crocodile is not a crocodile because "is not an articulated locomotive", and I think that I saw photos from the works where the loco is di

Re 4/4 173 is the latest withdrawal. The loco is the first with ETCS to be withdrawn (apart from accident victim 187 in 2007) and is currently being used for spare parts at Bönigen works. Currently in

Hello, MGB Lok no.23 has been operating the 'Sportzug' additional trains for skiers between Sedrun and Dieni recently. Do this batch of locomotives work anything else regularly apart from the Andermat

Main target for today was in Bavaria (see later) and ibis booked in Regensburg so time to leave Switzerland (for now?). My view of ZRH (airport) was not as good this morning owing to thick fog! Took t