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 The loco is the first with ETCS to be withdrawn (apart from accident victim 187 in 2007) and is currently being used for spare parts at Bönigen works.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

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 09:00 PM, Martin Baumann wrote: > > If no 420.5 is available then a 465 would be used. As these get their R3 and > hideous paint scheme they no longer have the ability to work w

Hello all, Planning my first trip to Switzerland for quite a while in June, and have a couple of things I'm not sure on. With the obvious exception of the Glacier Express, do any HGe 4/4 IIs or Deh 4/

The refurbishment programme for the Re 460 was completed on Wednesday when 460 065 was released from Yverdon (R3 13.04.2022) This means that the entire class is now passed for the Gotthard Base Tunnel

Yesterday I saw Re 4/4 179 in Iselle with a BDt ex-Bt EW I (946-949). This must have been one of the Kandersteg - Iselle trains. The usual Brig - Iselle Train was in Brig but I couldn't see the locomo

Hello! So - a question I always want to ask. As Switzerland is 4 official languages country (OK, I don't think that there is any official railway communication on Romansh, but at least there are annou

BOB will receive ABDeh 8/8 321 to 326 from Stadler between December 2016 and May 2017.

5 ordered from Stadler for 2021 https://tinyurl.com/w6mqzrj (German press release)

Plans are at an advanced stage to replace the section of the LEB between Chauderon and Union-Prilly with a tunnel. This is expected to open in 2020. The new section is quoted as being 1700m long which

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 following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the main@SwissRail.groups.io group. /MotivePower/11601-11689E.xls By: Martin Baumann <martin98baumann@...> Description: Status o

11173 has been taken out of service again and along with 11178 and withdrawn Re 6/6 11603 moved to Full for storage

I have seen the Elephant 2978 from SBB Historic will return to Brugg this weekend from Germany. There are a number of special trains with it on the way back within Germany, but would anyone have any d

I was wondering if anybody could provide information about train handoffs in the Basel area (Basel Bad. Bf, Muttenz, etc). I know that Crossrail is BLS Cargo Who partners with Lineas, TXL, Captrain fo

SBBCI has leased a number of Siemens Vectron locomotives (ex-X4E) from MRCE. From what I can tell, these locomotives are of the DACHINL variety. I was surprised that SBBCI did not opt for more machine

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On Bahnonline I read an article about the trials of the new long distance SBB FLIRT Mouette trainsets. How many those trains were ordered and apart of Biel/Bienne–Delémont–Basel SBB route where will b

Covers some now rare track for loco hauled and also the Basel avoiding line Ruchfeld to SBB Güterbahnhof (direct run from Laufen to Muttenz) https://www.tee-classics.ch/

11251 and 460 019 have been painted. A picture of 11251, sponsered by Märklin, can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2199438863564496&set=gm.2229860510500954

11200 Basel to Zurich on NJ403, diverted via Rb Wolf then Pratteln and Rheinfelden 922018 did the stock shunt