wollastonblue Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 We had fantastic time in Switzerland on our European road trip to Italy. Celerina was gorgeous, as was the drive over the Albula Pass and then the Bernina Pass. We stopped so Daddy could take photos of the Landwasser Viaduct, and then spent a wonderful day at Samedan celebrating the Railway Festival. Some Photos: 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Looks like fun - I like the lash-up of an Allegra unit + single old coach + new push-pull coach set, and also the level crossing scene. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbotjohn Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Great photos - good for modelling details. Some of the stock looks like it came straight out of the Bemo HOm catalogue. It all looks so clean! Glad you all had a great time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wollastonblue Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Looks like fun - I like the lash-up of an Allegra unit + single old coach + new push-pull coach set, and also the level crossing scene. That was our train back to Celerina, I had to sit in it, rather than the old one. Mrs Wollastonblue has said she would like to go back and tour Switzerland a bit further (even thought about doing it by train)! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingUnderground Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 If you do, try to visit the museum of Swiss Model Railway Foundation at Crans Montana. It has static displays of many of the Swiss rolling stock released over the years in model form, of course, mostly HO. There's also some Maerklin O gauge dating back to the 1920s to ehich Meccano/Hornby tinplate O gsuge bears a remarkable similarity. It's well worth the visit, IMHO. To get there, take a train to Sierre/Siders and follow the markers to the SMC funi(cular). At the funi top station come out and turn left, and it's a short walk to the museum, IIRC. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2018 Lovely pics and yes the older coaches are the best for enjoying the scenery Glad you had fun Look at Swiss passes, they cover the trains, lake steamers and postbuses and even bits of some cable cars that serve villages up the mountain. One of the few places you can get away with no car for a two week holiday and just sit back and enjoy the scenery. In addition to the RhB the Zentralbahn from Luzern to Interlaken is rather nice too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Good stuff! off to the same area in July, hopefully the weather stays just as nice for us. Where was the LGB layout? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wollastonblue Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Good stuff! off to the same area in July, hopefully the weather stays just as nice for us. Where was the LGB layout? The LGB layout was part of a display by them in the engine house at Samedan. There was a set for Little Wollastonblue to have a go with, other children were running them at high speed, but my little man said it was too fast, and started to shunt the siding. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2018 The LGB layout was part of a display by them in the engine house at Samedan. There was a set for Little Wollastonblue to have a go with, other children were running them at high speed, but my little man said it was too fast, and started to shunt the siding.Looks like the Marklin display layout as I've seen one like that in other pics of new releases. Top lad on the shunting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kettlewell Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Great photos, thanks for posting them up. Off down those parts myself next week .. Cheers ... Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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