Hi Larry,

Who does not like Swiss trains? Virtually everyone i met in this hobby has at least
a few Swiss items.
Here are some links:

Gotthard 125 years: http://www.john.p.whitby....uk/Gotthard125_2007.htm

Seetalbahn: http://www.vcs-ag.ch/seetalbahn/

SOB (South East Railroad): http://www.suedostbahn.ch/sw4441.asp

Hi Larry,
Some pics here :
http://www.photos-trains...y.php?cat=2&expand=2
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix_frameset.html

Regards,
Marc

Hi Larry,

Here are a few links which might be interesting,although most of them in German only.

http://www.gotthardbahn.ch/:
Extensive information on the Gothardbahn including history and trackplans.

http://www.lokifahrer.ch/
Site written by a Swiss "Lokführer",very informative on the various Swiss locomotives for instance.

http://www.eurolok.ch/
Another Swiss Lokführer.

http://www.pulsar.ch/swissmodel...lectric/ce_68__be_68.htm
Very nice site for Croc lovers.

http://www.seetalkroki.ch/4607.html
Seetalcroc and related items.

http://www.srpc.ch/index.php?action=0
Swiss rollingstock.

http://www.locosuisse.ch/
Another one on rollingstock,in French,but pictures tell a thousand words I think.

http://www.eisenbahn-nostalgie.ch/
One of my favourites,regretably in German only.Partly still under construction with very nice technical details of(old) locos.

http://www.tee-classics.ch/
Beautiful websit layout.

http://www.rail-info.ch/
Rhätische Bahn etc.

http://www.sbbhistoric.ch/index...C9BC5CAF&o_lang_id=1
Has a large choice of books on Swiss railways.

http://www.barinmodell.com/en/default.htm
Swiss catenary,extremely nice!

http://www.microscale.ch/
Another manufacturer of Swiss-and Union Pacific- signals.

http://www.mschroeder.info/
Private site on modelling part of the BLS track for instance.

Hope this helps a little.

Kind regards
Guus

My next layout expansion is planned to be a Swiss section. Got to ride some swiss rail along the south shore of the Bodensee a few weeks ago.

Hi: I lived in Zürich for a year, and enjoyed all aspects of public transit in Switzerland, especially the services of the ZVV and SBB. We would go to the HBf quite often, and really liked all the trains. But the thing I admire most about the Swiss public transit system is the fact that they have a superbly integrated ticketing system. I had the SBB Halbtax (half price) Abo, and it was honored all across Switzerland. Also, two of my kids had the Kinderpass, and they rode free with either parent ANYWHERE ON ANYTHING, because as they say in Switzerland that "this train is a ship." A colleague at ETHZ/Google in Züri explained to me the careful way the revenue is divided up to assure that ticketing for services can be done everywhere, and that the providers are fairly compensated: this is a marvel of organization. Also, a ticket in Switzerland specifies the class of service and no supplement is needed to take a train that other places requires one. I have taken many a train to and from Züri/Bülach, and have been on ICEs and the Cisalpino with my Anschlussbillett adding Canton Zürich S-Bahn zones!!--MM

you should check youtube too. I've come across some nice footage recently (I think it was from someone's posting about the new marklin gothard railcar set that isn't released yet) - and that lead to many other train videos. but I'm no expert on navigating or searching youtube - "train sbb" will get you a selection of about 100 videos.

Larry: One other piece of advice about Swiss railroads. Next time you are der Schweiz, I suggest you go the Verkehrshaus in Luzern. Even though it is a museum dedicated to all types of transport, it really focuses on the Swiss electric train. There are many examples, and they have lots of information on the development of the technology. They have real trains, prototypes in large scales, and they deal with both normal gauge and 1m guge. They also have a large collection of old Modeleisenbahn in the basement, and a huge, Roco, layout. If you plan to be in Switzerland for a bit remember that you can buy both the Halbtax Abo for a month for visitors, and you can buy the Schweitzermuseumspass, which gets you into the best Swiss museums for free (including the Verkehrshaus!).

Have fun.--MM

Larry: BTW, the picture (that didn't show above) is that of an Re 460 Werblok that is advertising for the...Verkehrshaus!! Cut and paste the link to see it, sorry.--MM

Danke, Michael and Mike!

some belgian link with pics from Switzerland:

http://users.skynet.be/z...setreinclub/gottardo.htm

Cool site.

PS what is the red cover the large building up there?