RMweb Premium DIW Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2011 Please add your Swiss-interest website links in this thread - it keeps them all in one place. Don't stop adding the links in other threads too where the context makes sense! Here to start off: Railways: SBB-CFF-FFS (Swiss Federal Railways) Swiss Railways booking site BLS Loetschbergbahn Jungfraubahnen (BOB, WAB, JB, SPB, HB, BLM etc) Jungfraubahnen (English language tourism sub-site) Bruenig bahn preservation Coni-fer (French preservation Pontarlier to Les Hopiteaux-Neufs with some Swiss rolling stock) Baie de Somme (French preservation Saint-Valery-sur-Somme with some BOB coaches) Narrow gauge Krokodiles (thanks Going Underground) Model Manufacturers Friho HAG HRF EMB SIGG Microscale (Signalling Supplier) (thanks Horsetan) Model Retailers Roundhouse Buehler Miscellaneous Brass model enthusiasts with some sales Ernst Furrer - Brunig and SPB models (thanks Dutch Master) Narrow Gauge Forum, central Switzerland and Berner Oberland (thanks Dutch Master) Old postcards of Swiss Narrow Gauge railways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Boot Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hi all, Here's another link for you. Most will recall the excellent Swiss Railway films shown on Sky/cable tv a few years ago. Follow the link to a little bit of fun found on YouTube: Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 13, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2011 The truly wonderful reference for everything RhB by Rudi Haribu Contains stocklists as well as hundreds of reference photos. http://www.haribu.ch/ The SBB online timetable, covers SBB, BLS, all the narrow gauge, Lake Steamers and cable cars! http://www.haribu.ch/ The official RhB site and the club1889 site which runs the historic trains http://www.rhb.ch/ http://www.club1889.ch/ Rail maps of Switzerland http://www.sporenplan.nl/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingUnderground Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 There is a Swiss Model Railway Museum in Crans Montana. Lotso of statoc displays. There are some layouts. On the lower level there is a large US Western themed layout, nice, but in Switzerland I'd have preferred one wit ha Swiss theme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted June 28, 2011 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2011 Here's another French preserved railway operating with some ex-Swiss stock. (Thanks Oldddudders) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Canada Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Here's my favorite Swiss railway: http://www.appenzellerbahn.ch/ Used to travel on it quite regularly at one time when I was living in Herisau. A mixture of metre-gauge adhesion and rack railways with some street-running sections for the line from Gossau to St. Gallen via Herisau and Appenzell, another rack section from Gais to Altstatten, plus a couple of stand-alone rack lines in both standard-gauge (Rorschach - Heiden) and metre-gauge (Rheineck - Walzenhausen) - and even a bus-line thrown in for good measure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 22, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2011 I used to follow this site regularly but unfortunately it stopped updating some years ago: http://www.rail-info.ch/ Still plenty of info there though. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcycle Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Rail maps of Switzerland http://www.sporenplan.nl/ I have been looking for a detailed map of Switzerland, so thanks very much for this. Is a similar one in printed form that is available for purchase anywhere do you know please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 9, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2011 There is a book "Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz" first published 2004 by Schweer & Wall which covers the whole country at 1:150,000 with enlargements at busy centres typically 1:50,000. It is in German with some English translation. It is very detailed and includes long closed lines, electrification, gradients/racks, tramways, funiculars etc. It is much better than M.G. Ball's European Rail Atlas but it does cost more! You can get it in the UK from Ian Allan amongst others. There are also volumes on Osterreich, Deutschland, & Italien/Slowenien. (All in German) Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcycle Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Thanks very much for the information (: Do you know if it gives details such as train yards etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 11, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 11, 2011 Thanks very much for the information (: Do you know if it gives details such as train yards etc? It shows on the mainline where the yards are located and a name and the operator of the yard, however the track layouts are not shown in any detail. Also differentiated are passenger stations, freight only stations, freight only lines, MPDs etc. Plus mines, power stations and other businesses where they have a rail connection. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcycle Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 It shows on the mainline where the yards are located and a name and the operator of the yard, however the track layouts are not shown in any detail. Also differentiated are passenger stations, freight only stations, freight only lines, MPDs etc. Plus mines, power stations and other businesses where they have a rail connection. Keith Thanks. I think the best thing for me to do is to buy the Eisenbahn atlas you mentioned (a new updated edition is out in November I think) and combine that with the sporenplan website. I can always print off the sprorenplan pages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 11, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 11, 2011 Thanks. I think the best thing for me to do is to buy the Eisenbahn atlas you mentioned (a new updated edition is out in November I think) and combine that with the sporenplan website. I can always print off the sprorenplan pages. I've found it extremely useful when looking at Swiss railways (and also the others in the series) . It would have been even better if it had the total detail of Quail/Trackmaps, which show all individual running lines. As far as I know there aren't/haven't been any Trackmaps for outside Britain apart from a New York map I have had for years! Edit: plus China & Tasmania! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 And for those who like the Zurich trams and Zurich area transport: http://www.zvv.ch/en/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Frutigen Posted May 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2012 Not forgetting the very addictive interactive map of all swiss railways at http://www.swisstrains.ch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Frutigen Posted May 18, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2012 Diagrams showing the formations of current SBB passenger trains: you can click each variant to see which services it operates on. I think the Swiss run all these trains just so we don't have to worry about being too-far-fetched with our models. http://reisezuege.ch...x.php?action=12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Frutigen Posted May 18, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2012 SBB Youtube Channels Passenger http://www.youtube.com/user/unterwegszuhause2012 SBBCargo http://www.youtube.com/user/sbbcargovideos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Frutigen Posted May 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2012 It's worth taking the time to dig around in the "Company" or "Media" or "Community" sections of railway operators' web sites, where you can sometimes find stunning photography and useful things like artwork for logos. Try these SBB Photo Gallery BLS Photo Gallery BLS Logos RhB Photo Gallery RhB Video RhB Webcams(includes one on Landwasser Viaduct) Zentralbahn Downloads MGB Picture Gallery and some quirky videos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Worth adding that a stretch of the RhB on the Bernina section is on Google Street View - they put a camera on a flat wagon! Here, Alp Grüm (ignore the search term in the box - Lago Bianco). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Maybe I'm just blind or thick but is the Swiss Railways Society link not in the list somewhere? www.swissrailsoc.org.uk www.eisenbahn-amateur.ch is the site of the SVEA (Swiss Association of Railway Amateurs and their clubs, prototype and model interests); and their magazine; mainly in German, partly in French, occasionally bits in Italian. They in turn have a link to MOROP www.morop.eu if you want to download all of NEM standards specs, applicable to all scales, as pdfs. (choice of German or French. A few of these have been translated into English.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2013 And the RhB's online magazine, you can subscribe to electronic or paper versions http://www.contura.rhb.ch/en/home.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lakeview770 Posted July 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2013 One of my favorites http://beta.railsuisse.ch/ Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I thought this might suit in here; http://www.stummiforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=73945 All about the central Basel station in H0 between 1860 & 1902, German language but google 'translate' helps. Some pretty amazing modelling going on there. Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I thought this might suit in here; http://www.stummiforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=73945 All about the central Basel station in H0 between 1860 & 1902, German language but google 'translate' helps. Some pretty amazing modelling going on there. Cheers, John E. Stunning work on that station building. Elfie and Dominic use that 'Pound shop' compass with blade to cut out those beautiful circles and semi-circular window tops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2015 Stunning work on that station building. Elfie and Dominic use that 'Pound shop' compass with blade to cut out those beautiful circles and semi-circular window tops And a plastic ruler with the knife! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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