Gordonwis

I'm not so sure, knowing Geneve - Lausanne as I do like the back of my hand I have always considered (Vallorbe ) - Lausanne - Brig to have more 'international variety. Geneve - Lausanne really only had the TEE Rheingold and the international trains that also traversed Lausanne - Brig.

Indeed. Notably Simplon Express and Parthenon in the 1989/90 timetable

Southbound Lausanne - Brig trains from my 1983 Swiss Kursbuch: Departing Lausanne in the small hours: Simplon Express Paris - Beograd; Galilei Paris - Venezia / Firenze; Parthenon Paris - Brindisi; Departing Lausanne 06.30: [unnamed] Paris - Venezia train 225 During the day: International: ordinary Geneve - Milano; Lutetia Paris -Milano; Lemano (by this time 'Inter City' IC423 - ie post TEE, pre Eurocity!) Geneve - Milano; TEE Cisalpin Paris - Milano Swiss internal: Geneve - Brig trains plus trains to Brig with various origins (eg Romanshorn and Solothurn) all via Biel - Lausanne Departing Lausanne 19.28: 325 Geneve - Roma sleeper Depart Lausanne 21.28: 947 Geneve - Pescara / Pesaro Depart Lausanne 23.55: 1221 Geneve - Trieste I used to note complete train formations. I will try and look out some note books, as I used to often train watch at Geneve Cornavin in the evening (for the incoming TEEs / Talgo and outgoing sleepers before going back to the family place over the French border for dinner .

Despite looking on here most days, I seem to have missed this thread but I can see that the first post was the day before my wife and I flew to Vancouver for a cruise to Alaska an California! As such I hope this response doesn't steal any thunder from other peoples' contributions so far, but Geneve - Lausanne - Brig is one of my most travelled lines over nigh on 60 years. I don't think you have to break the bank. Essentially if you want to represent passenger workings on the Lausanne - Brig line covering anytime from the late 1970s - early 2000s, you need a mix of 'standard' SBB and FS UIC coaches of all the 'mainstream' types, plus FS TEE stock (Lemano) and Mistral 69 (Cisalpin). The Lemano shouldn't need a huge amount of expense, as it often ran in fairly short formation. Stock from 'further afield' that ran regularly would include: SNCF UIC day, UIC couchette, WLAB T2 sleepers (on Paris - Italy via Vallorbe - Simplon night trains such as the Simplon Express and Parthenon SNCF TGV (ski season Paris - Brig or Paris - Aigle SNCB I4 or I5 (agency trains Brussels - Brig eg ski season specials) JZ (Yugoslavia) couchettes and sleepers. Although some of these ran at night, you can plausibly run the trains when your railway room light is on, as trains from Italy and as far away as Beograd (the Simplon Express with its JZ stock) often ran hours late so especially in mid summer they could be seen in daylight around Montreux .

Peco 'original and best' Streamline code 100 works just fine for European HO stock. Personally if I were you I wouldn't bother with anything else for the following reasons: 1) universal (in more ways than one! Peco use the phrase for the track range but it is also almost universally available in all UK models shops. 2) remember that Peco streamline is actually HO scale track not OO scale! 3) Code 100 accepts almost all rolling stock from all eras 4) Some even fairly recent European models (eg 1990s Lima) have flanges that are too deep for code 75. .

Yes, the 3D model and the Piko BDt have the prominent louvre, the Eriam DZt doesn't .

And the other pictures:

I am reposting my 2021 post showing my Eriam Dzt with its modified LIma chassis because the pictures were lost on the RM Web crash last year. This is as a precursor to showing what I've now done using the Piko body: Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) o.l.d. modeles - a relatively recent French artisan with whom I have been corresponding since he started creating some interesting 3D loco and unit models, originally SNCF. Some items are curiously odd scale and size - wise, others are spot on so, take care when looking to purchase. He (now they, since there is more than one person involved) has branched out from SNCF, and has produced some SBB stuff, including the much discussed BDt driving trailers. I bought one 'blind' as there was no picture on the website. I was initially super pleased as the cab end is a good representation of the rebuilt Dts. Unfortunately this did not last as I discovered that as others have done before, they have made a mistake and produced a mishmash of EWI and EWII. This is presumably due to using outdated drawings. As such although the cab is brilliant, the sides are inaccurate. It has the vent in the cantrail above one window and a small vestibule window so is presumably intended to be an EWII. However these two features do not go together. A rebuilt EWI BDt has a different window arrangement, no vent and retains a passenger type folding door near the cab. A rebuilt EWII BDt has the vent but only six passenger windows not seven, plus a driver's cab door on the 'right hand' side when the cab is running forwards. Neither EWI nor EWII rebuilds have the old style luggage compartment doors. The grey one is as received. The colour one is my first draft paint job. I have covered the incorrect window but I have not attempted to alter the luggage compartment doors

I know more about French N than HO - some members on here know why that is... It takes a very long time for models of SNCF stock to appear in N gauge (I've been waiting for some things since I started doing French N circa 1977!) Nevertheless there is a 3D printed Regiolis 'kit' available: https://old-modeles.mozello.com/store/item/echelle-n-1160eme/rames-completes-1160/rame-z51500--z54900-regiolis-1160/

Original release date was supposed to be 2022 ! (according to an old French forum post I saw ...)

The Eriam Dzt might be a better starting point as it is a bit rough and ready in contrast to this body...

Had hoped to get to Fareham show - wish I had now! Any future shows?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Régiolis The de facto current 'standard' French railcar series No models AFAIK

Well the good news is it was test track night at my MR club tonight and I took my chassis conversion out of the Eriam body, and tested it with one Lima/Arnold bogie replaced with a Piko EW bogie borrowed from one of my Piko blue and white EW coaches. Despite a huge difference in the size of the lug and hole between old Lima tooling (chassis) and up to date Piko tooling (bogie), the Piko bogie just about stayed in place and successfully ran round our ageing test track being pushed. The results will be 'published' in my revived driving trailer thread

In the early days of Kato RhB stuff I repainted a red Ge4/4III into plain white as I kept seeing 'Ems' on the main line on our frequent visits to RhB land. When Kato brought their version out I resisted buying one at full price, but the other day I noticed TrainTrax had discounted their stock to £132 so I indulged

Reviving this thread because I will be putting my work on my newly acquired Piko spare part BDt here.

Not sure yet. I also ordered bogie sideframes, buffers etc. Ireally wanted the blue / white body but those spare bodies sold out long ago . However this body is a cut above my two existing Eriam versions. It will be very interesting to see if the narrow (realistic) Piko body takes any Lime/Arnold gear as did my Eriam body! Also, I managed to get windows etc from the blue modernised Bt so I am hoping they will help make my modernised Bt look better.

A slightly unconventional 'your latest purchase' is a few spare parts from Piko ordered through Gaugemaster. Piko don't sell direct from the factory to outside the EU (thanks Boris et al...) so you have to go through Gaugemaster. However the service was efficient - and all the spares I ordered arrived in the same shipment within about 1 month of placing the order. The most significant purchase is a SBB EWII driving trailer body and seating insert This will replace my kitbashing efforts using old Lima /Arnold EW bodies

Technically speaking no Minitrix Swiss coaches are EWIV, so the bogies Minitrix put on their BPm EC type are not EWIV bogies. 'Pure EWIV' bogies would be the ones off the Roco / Fleischmann EWIV. I dug out an excellent detailed article on Swiss coaches that French railway club AFAC did in the mid 1980s. Sadly the vehicles under discussion didn't exist at that time!

By implication the use of passenger bogies on a vehicle that is more like a 'wagon' than a 'coach' was presumably to facilitate operation at 'passenger' speeds

Superb!

Three of my photos from the same wet day at Darligen on an Easter holiday trip in 2004 257 avoiding the platform with a Golden Pass service, followed by 176 on a Zweisimmen local then 177 on an inter city (with Pano coach visible)

I didn't recognise the bogie type (and I've done quite a lot of research on bogie types over the years). I don't think you'll find a bogie wagon to suit your plan as they don't look like 'standard' freight bogies to me. Could be passenger bogies Edited: just re-read the Lokeli article - they are EWIV bogies .

Is Lokeli Journal what is now Loki?

To clarify: Ae4/4 - the first 'lightweight' non rod driven/buchli type introduced in Switzerland - was considered ground breaking design at the time. numbered 251 - 258. entered service 1944 (251) - 1955 Ae4/4 251, 257 and 258 ran in regular service until circa 2005 259 and 260 never entered service as Ae4/4, because... Ae8/8 The last two Ae4/4 (259, 260) under construction were 'finished' as the double loco Ae8/8 271 in 1959. Four more bodyshells emerged from works as new Ae8/8 272 (1962) and 273 (1963) Subsequently four Ae4/4s were converted into two more Ae8/8: 253 + 254 = Ae8/8 274 (1965) 255 + 256 = Ae8/8 275 (1966) Thus, the derailed loco, 253 ran as an Ae4/4 for around 12 years (1953 - 1965) Re4/4 161 - 195 (1964 - 1983)