RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted April 16, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2014 A few snaps of the depot that I took in the nineties! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Great pictures, John. I first visited Landquart on a package tour in 1970. Through train from Boulogne via Reims, Nancy to Basle (change), thence via Zürich, changing at Landquart from SBB onto the Rhaetian to Davos-Platz. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this was the holiday (and the RhB itself) that rekindled an interest in railways that I've never shaken off. Subsequently I've made a couple of return visits, being granted access to the roundhouse by dint of asking permission at the office. It's the cleanliness that is so impressive - a working railway depot, but every surface clean enough to eat from (if you were so inclined). Everything beautifully maintained. Apart from being a running shed, Landquart also serves as the base for most of the RhB historic locomotives. Here's a couple of "old crocs" from my 2003 visit - a favourite class of mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted April 20, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2014 Loco 701 is almost certainly older then you, her first day in the job was 9 May 1958. I wish.....! Oh to be 60 again! Thanks for the correction Vincent. I was probably too lazy to put the dates on the back of the pictures! I guess that they were taken in the mid 1990s. I have a load more from that trip and I will scan the interesting ones soon. All the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing John. It was reported at the time that the remains of 412, chassis and bodywork, were scrapped once it had been stripped of spares to keep the other two going. When you see the capability of Landquart to rebuild metalwork you can see why they considered the body panels as non essential spares. The rebuild of one end of the 4/4 II crushed in a landslide was virtually a new half of the bodyshell! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2014 412 was broken up in 2008 according to the list on Wikipedia. Still 6 around though, half of which still on the RhB with 407 in the new museum at Bergün and 414 & 415 in use. 415 on engineers train back in 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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