If I may post a bit of publicity for my shop list: https://www.stefanunholz.ch/page3/shops.html

St. Moritz only has one shop with a stock of probably not more than eight locomotives (most of them probably not even Marklin), Zurich has a few. Please also beware of Swiss opening hours (shops rarely open on Sundays and often closed on Mondays).

I was missing Zuba-Tech and Roundhouse in your list - shops I used to like - but it seems as if nowadays, Zuba-Tech is only represented in St. Gallen and Roundhouse in Olten?

Which of the remaining shops in Zürich would you recommend?

Correct, Roundhouse have closed their physical shop at Zurich and now operate from Olten. Zuba-Tech is exclusively at St. Gallen. Their former Zürich branch is now called Züri-Tech, but... - ummmm... - what shall I say? Not really the broad choice they used to have, and slightly chaotic - but you can give it a try if you feel adventurous.

Franz Carl Weber only has little remaining stock and is very expensive. Thus, there remains good old Mrs. Neisser. The lady is nearly 90 (!) years old and doesn't really want to sell everything that is on display in her shop. And if you ask her for Märklin HO scale and she doesn't have it in stock, she will desperately try to sell you an LGB Crocodile of the Rhätische Bahn... Please be careful there.

I made the trip to Adligenswil last summer. Pretty easy if you catch the Postbus (73) at Luzern HB. It drops you off a minute away from the shop (Adligenswil Sagi). I did not see Roger this trip. It seems like the business is now operated by his son Oliver, whom I met for the first time.
They have made a few changes to the website. It now is not as friendly to Auslaender. When you want to place an order and input your address outside of Switzerland, it seems to block up and state that they only ship to addresses inland. I have asked Oliver if he still welcomes my business, as I have been a client for over 20 years, after my last order would not go through.

I also visited Christian Eymann on the same trip and found a few goodies while there. I also visited Buehler, now upstairs from it's former location and accessible by the alley to the west of the old shop.

There is a shop called Hobby Huesli in Wetzikon ZH who seems to have some interesting items (limited AC) in his inventory, but he does not ship overseas. Stefan was nice enough to help me obtain a few long sought items and to forward them to me, but that is a place that I might check out if I am back in the country at some point. http://www.hobby-huesli.ch
I also would love to visit Bahnorama in Bern and Wemoba in Pieterlein. I also want to make another visit to Molard and Boller in Geneva. I was there in 1998 and tried to fit in a visit in 2004, but did not have the time due to travel constraints that day.

I rarely go to Swiss shops for Maerklin unless it is models that are either exclusive to Switzerland or hard to find outside Switzerland. I do keep an eye out for rare models or models that Swiss dealers might be likely to have greater stock than others, be it SBB, BLS, SOB, BT or other railways. When Hag was still Hag, Roco was still making the Schweizer Sonderserien (Roco CH) and Maerklin had the Exportmodelle, it was essential.

Today, I try to keep an eye on companies like Arwico (Piko, Liliput) which still commissions special editions for the Swiss market as well as KML (LSM, ACME, etc), which also releases special items with dealers (Eyro, etc). This year, I am waiting for the LSM Set of SBB Cisalpino livery coaches.

I remember when Roco put out the 44883/884/885 and 44962/963/964/965 EWIV, the only place to find the alternate coach numbered models was via Swiss dealers. The same was true for the EWII, the IC-2000 and Eurofima coaches (44655, 44650, 44669) and the 44770/771 EC coaches too.

Those were the days.

BTW, while in the Engadin, you can check with Herr Hui (huimodellbau.ch) (Ardez) if you can visit him. I don't know if he has a collection of his models, but you might find one rare (but pricey) souvenir to bring home from your trip, be it a SOB Pilot coach or...

Regards

Mike C

I don't know if they filmed any scenes/movies in the Engadine. OHMSS was filmed in the Bernese Alps (Shilthorn, Murren, Grindelwald, etc).
At one point, I had believed that the ski chase/snow blower scene was filmed on the RhB and the bob chase was St. Moritz, but I cannot confirm either.
It could have been Jungfraubahn or BOB.

The car chase (tailing) in Goldfinger was also filmed in Canton Bern (Grimselpass/Gletsch).

Last time I was in the Engadine, we skied at the top of Corvatsch. As a kid (1972) we skied at Lagalb and Diavolezza, both directly reachable by Bernina Bahn.
Looks like Diavolezza has expanded, but Lagalb still looks the same.

Make sure that you check with authorities re: CoVID. They have issued a travel advisory for Northern Italy, which includes the Tirano area and Swiss authorities reported some cases in the Engadine.

Regards

Mike C

Wow, really up-to-date: You are even mentioning the sad case of Train Store Wellig.

Thanks Stefan, very very useful !
You know I use to spend a lot of time in Ticino and I was always visiting Galleria Baumgartner in Mendrisio.
I know it's primarily an **incredible** Model RR museum , and worth a visit just for that, but it has an interesting store for 2- and 3-rail with also a good selection of books.
Cheers
Jacques