David Bell

54 minutes ago, DGO said:

Many years ago one summer I went up the Schynige Platte, when we came back down they had the steam train out ready to go up with a wedding party, the whole train had been beautifully prepared with flowers attached inside and out, I suspect they were going up to the top restaurant for a fabulous meal 

Wedding trains seems to be a thing in Switzerland. I saw something similar on the Jungfraubahn, all garlanded in flowers and all the guests in Edwardian costume. It's a fabulous tradition. 

Nothing very remarkable about this picture. It was taken from  a BOB service to Interlaken. Those that know the station will note we appear to be in the road outside. We were on a replacement bus service! Not a common occurrence in my experience in Switzerland. The bus stopped at all the intermediate stations including a run round the back of the BOB works at Zweilutchinen. In the second picture we are just about to cross the tracks at Zweilutschinen.

Something a bit different today. A wee taste of the mayhem that is Lauberhorn race day in Wengen

I have mocked up the remaining buildings at the George Square end of the layout. It gives a good indication of how things will look at this end.

1 hour ago, Legend said:

 

Yep me too.  Davids thread really putting me in notion . The last time I was in Switzerland was 1990!

And me, and I was there in January!

Today's photo

On 02/07/2020 at 07:56, DGO said:

Theres another thing that bothers me... how do you use an overhead crane to load trains under a catenary ? 

Found a closer up picture of the crane at Lauterbrunnen

Just come across this thread. Very impressive modelling. I spent 30 years in Aberdeenshire so am very familiar with the prototype. You are capturing it brilliantly.

Cheers

David

On 01/07/2020 at 11:09, DGO said:

Allmend tiny station building with massive platforms, this is the other problem about modelling the WAB not only is the track just 800mm gauge with a rack rail but you have little stations with huge platforms, Wengernalp station serves the hotel, a total of 3 buildings and a shed but the platform is 181 meters long, Allmend is only really there to let people get to the top of the Lauberhorn Slalom course and to take skiers back down the mountain when there's not enough snow to ski back to the village but again platforms well over 100M long LOL  Don't mind me I'm just fed up because I found a better pic online and realise I've made a mistake with my 3d model. I 'd been looking everywhere for a pic of the interior of the station ticket office at Wengen as I was sure I'd seen one, there is a full 360 one as well, it's just that google has labeled it as the post office !  Unfortunately it shows the floor beams in glorious detail, enough for me to instantly go, oh ...

 

So I'm going to simplify the roof detail of the model, because there's no 3d printer on the market right now that can resolve the level of detail I can show, instead I'm going to lazer cut the tiles in strips and stick them on the top, the bright side of this is that it makes the models significantly smaller 

 

When I've finished would anyone be interested in essentially a kit of parts to build Wengen station, including the station building, the goods transfer shed and the smaller shed on the other side of the tracks  Plus the canopy ? It's likely to be a mix of 3d printed resin parts and laser cut details in wood and .

This passing loop above Allmend might be an alternative to a station with long platforms. It is on a curve too which helps

On 02/06/2020 at 20:52, David Bell said:

Lots of old and to my mind good looking ships on this thread but here is something newer. This is Prince of Wales making its maiden port call at Invergordon

Having posted this last month I found a photo I took of its sister, also at its maiden port call to Invergordon

Today's picture

12 hours ago, DIW said:

I've had a look at my stuff, and it seems that there is no longer any sign of Bemo Straub - not even in the instructions for converting my Brunig locos from (factory supplied) Abt to Straub (gears for which are included with discrete locos).

 

I'll look out his detai8ls and PM them.

 

I can see that with the quantities that you envisage, it certainly becomes worth your while to take the bespoke route!

 

Would you be better with the Peco 009 track as far as gauging is concerned?  Although there of course is the drawback that SL404 (009) is code 80 against the SL1400 (H0m) which is code 75.

 

My apologies to David Bell for the drift from his thread!

No apologies necessary. I am sure there are others interested in this discussion.

Murren in the snow

On 24/05/2020 at 11:50, PaulRhB said:

My last trip was back in 2008 although I went up the other side of the valley. I haven’t been to Wengen since the early 80’s. 
This I caught back in 83 at Wilderswil, Heidi now back to its original home on the RhB

 

 

Anyway 2008

 

 

Lauterbrunnen

 

Murren

From the Schilthorn

back down from Murren

 

and back to Interlaken 

This post from PaulRhb earlier in the thread has a picture of the Lauterbrunnen crane. After staring at it for 20 minutes I have come to the conclusion that there is a bit of catenary on the crane supported by the grey horizontal bar that folds up out the way 

I could be wrong though!

Photos at Lauterbrunnen in January 2020

1 hour ago, Re6/6 said:

David, did you manage to get to grips with Schweizerdeutsch?

No I never did!

Maybe they chose the wrong one. Actually I don't like any of these. What I would love to see is one modern unit painted in the old livery

1 hour ago, DGO said:

Well just the station to start off with LOL 

 

Once I have done the design I'll post an exploded pdf so you will be able to see exactly whats involved but the idea will be to bring the costs down a bit as I won't be using full sheets of thin plywood so better to make several kits to use up all the material and split the base costs 

Also let me know if you are missing photos of anything. 15 years of part time living in Wengen, I must have photographed most things at one time or another!

7 hours ago, DGO said:

Allmend tiny station building with massive platforms, this is the other problem about modelling the WAB not only is the track just 800mm gauge with a rack rail but you have little stations with huge platforms, Wengernalp station serves the hotel, a total of 3 buildings and a shed but the platform is 181 meters long, Allmend is only really there to let people get to the top of the Lauberhorn Slalom course and to take skiers back down the mountain when there's not enough snow to ski back to the village but again platforms well over 100M long LOL  Don't mind me I'm just fed up because I found a better pic online and realise I've made a mistake with my 3d model. I 'd been looking everywhere for a pic of the interior of the station ticket office at Wengen as I was sure I'd seen one, there is a full 360 one as well, it's just that google has labeled it as the post office !  Unfortunately it shows the floor beams in glorious detail, enough for me to instantly go, oh ...

 

So I'm going to simplify the roof detail of the model, because there's no 3d printer on the market right now that can resolve the level of detail I can show, instead I'm going to lazer cut the tiles in strips and stick them on the top, the bright side of this is that it makes the models significantly smaller 

 

When I've finished would anyone be interested in essentially a kit of parts to build Wengen station, including the station building, the goods transfer shed and the smaller shed on the other side of the tracks  Plus the canopy ? It's likely to be a mix of 3d printed resin parts and laser cut details in wood and paper/card  

I wonder whether the stations on the Grindelwald side would be easier to shorten, Brandegg and Alpiglen perhaps. The modern trains now are six coaches long, so there is no getting away from loops long enough to accommodate these at the very least. The track below Brandegg is double now so that might be the easiest to have a shorter platform.

39 minutes ago, DGO said:

Well just the station to start off with LOL 

 

Once I have done the design I'll post an exploded pdf so you will be able to see exactly whats involved but the idea will be to bring the costs down a bit as I won't be using full sheets of thin plywood so better to make several kits to use up all the material and split the base costs 

Fantastic. Would be happy to split the costs with you.

Cheers

David

Absolutely I would buy a kit of Wengen!

This is Allmend, the first station above Wengen, in the snow.

When we see what happens to our railways when it snows , it is amazing how they cope in Switzerland. There are some days when you are thankful to have a train to run to!

2 hours ago, DGO said:

 

Yup there's also windows in the first and second floor, windows and doors to go in various openings, internal walls a roof over the canopy frame and the ground floor extension, snow rails round the edge of the roof plus two chimneys and various metalwork including a huge skylight over the ground floor extension.... Like I said work in progress ;-) I have no plans or elevations so I'm working off a map to get the rough foot print plus overhead pics and some hi resolution photographs from a number of sources including my memory, I don't think I'm doing too badly 

 

I think you are doing great

Cheers David

Today's picture. The BLM at Murren,taken in February 2017.