RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 20/05/2020 at 19:41, David Bell said: One or two of the chalets in Wengen are about 250 years old, maybe more The Bären Hotel in Wilderswil is a traditional inn built in 1706 We stayed there in 1990 which was during the centenary celebrations of the BOB (purely co-incidental!) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 This is not one of mine, but I think it is worthy of a wider audience. A reminder of a time when the Brunigbahn transported standard gauge wagons on metre gauge transporter wagons. It would make an interesting model, no doubt 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB FAN Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 I stayed at Hotel Baren during a Ffestiniog Travel Holiday trip in December 2016. Thanks for the SBB zebra and PE pics. I’d forgotten about the freight shed at OST. This is a very enlightening thread. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, MOB FAN said: I stayed at Hotel Baren during a Ffestiniog Travel Holiday trip in December 2016. Thanks for the SBB zebra and PE pics. I’d forgotten about the freight shed at OST. This is a very enlightening thread. David I am glad you are enjoying it. Most of the pictures posted so far are from the period 2013-2020. All I need to do now is find the pictures from 2004 - 2012. They are here somewhere! The danger for me is I get distracted from my current project to make a model of Glasgow Queen Street and revert to modelling Swiss. Something I did for years. I am already thinking I would love to produce that Brunigbahn train with the standard gauge wagons in O/Om. I already have enough Fama UTZ stock to use to produce the metre gauge stock so a couple of O gauge wagons and scratchbuilding the transporter wagons would do the trick. I can feel myself wavering already! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2020 2 hours ago, MOB FAN said: I stayed at Hotel Baren during a Ffestiniog Travel Holiday trip in December 2016. Thanks for the SBB zebra and PE pics. I’d forgotten about the freight shed at OST. This is a very enlightening thread. David The SG line originally went past the works down to a pier on Brienzersee at Böningen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2020 I've posted these before but maybe time for a refresher: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2020 The station at Wilderswil complete with poster for the 100th anniversary and man gazing up Schynige Platte: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, melmerby said: I've posted these before but maybe time for a refresher: Absolutely superb! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantam61668 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Re6/6 said: Lovely stuff David. Many thanks. Do you perchance have any of Göschenen? My most favourite train watching location. All those lengthy freights disappearing into the tunnel! Not so many at Göschenen itself but I have plenty taken on the Gotthard nordramp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bantam61668/albums/72157627026682925 How I miss those Summer days at Wassen watching the seemingly endless procession of freights climbing up the valley across the 3 levels 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2020 58 minutes ago, David Bell said: Absolutely superb! SWMBO took those, I was videoing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 6 hours ago, bantam61668 said: Not so many at Göschenen itself but I have plenty taken on the Gotthard nordramp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bantam61668/albums/72157627026682925 How I miss those Summer days at Wassen watching the seemingly endless procession of freights climbing up the valley across the 3 levels These are brilliant. Some high quality photos here. The panning shot and the nightime shots are particularly good. Very atmospheric too.Puts my rather ordinary efforts to shame. Thanks for posting those. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantam61668 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 4 hours ago, David Bell said: These are brilliant. Some high quality photos here. The panning shot and the nightime shots are particularly good. Very atmospheric too.Puts my rather ordinary efforts to shame. Thanks for posting those. David Thank you, I was lucky enough to live in Bern 2009-2012 so have a pretty extensive collection of Swiss pictures from this time. I still visit 2 or 3 times a year and get out lineside with my camera as much as possible, it’s that or spend time with the in-laws so the slightest hint of sun and I’m away in the car..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 31 minutes ago, bantam61668 said: Thank you, I was lucky enough to live in Bern 2009-2012 so have a pretty extensive collection of Swiss pictures from this time. I still visit 2 or 3 times a year and get out lineside with my camera as much as possible, it’s that or spend time with the in-laws so the slightest hint of sun and I’m away in the car..... Well done you! Your layout is coming on a treat too Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 17 hours ago, MOB FAN said: I stayed at Hotel Baren during a Ffestiniog Travel Holiday trip in December 2016. Thanks for the SBB zebra and PE pics. I’d forgotten about the freight shed at OST. This is a very enlightening thread. David One of the aforementioned shed 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB FAN Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 25/05/2020 at 14:58, melmerby said: The SG line originally went past the works down to a pier on Brienzersee at Böningen. What was the pier used for? Did they transfer goods to the lake boats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Today a photo from Wilderswil 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 27, 2020 9 hours ago, MOB FAN said: What was the pier used for? Did they transfer goods to the lake boats? The original railway was built to transfer boat passengers and goods from Thunersee at Därligen to Brienzersee at Böningen. The railway was isolated from any other. Eventually it became part of the BLS and remained open to Böningen until 1969 when it was cut back to the works. The terminus was here somewhere: https://goo.gl/maps/sHi5sbWNVMfpYxdo9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 One of the JB at Kleine Scheidegg 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 And another. These modern trains really lack the character of the older trains I feel 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Now a very recent (jan 2020)photo in Lauterbrunnen 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 And one to remind us why we love the mountains 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted May 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 28, 2020 ^^Where's the 'Jealous' icon? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted May 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 29, 2020 Stunning pictures David . Hope the Swiss Tourist Board got you on commission because after this thread I'm definitely in the mood to re visit Interlaken once this current misery is over . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2020 Ah the joys of skiing! I skied in Switzerland once at Disentis and once at Andermatt both these resorts arrived at by RhB and the FO of course! In Disentis we stayed at a pension run by a little sweet old lady who spoke no Swiss German only Romansh! It was a lot of fun communicating. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Two of my passions in life are trains , obviously, and skiing. That is why we bought the house in Wengen. So the attached has everything! (And the tent is a bar) What's not to like! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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