David Bell

Congratulations on the 4000 posts, quite a journey.

Cheers

David

I will vote for the Class 37 

11 hours ago, great northern said:

Another one on the very long "to do" list, Jonathan. Could I have your help please in selecting categories for a coaching stock poll?

We should start with favourite pre grouping carriage 

2 hours ago, westerner said:

does that have to be the class 37 Clive?

Or could that be a Class 20!

Some very interesting cars on this thread.

I was lucky enough to own this for nine years, til it formed part of the divorce settlement!

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

Chris,

We are so fortunate your Dad was using such a good quality camera. These prints are pin sharp. I have photos I took in the seventies and eighties that would leave you to think we must have lived in a world of fog and faded colour!

David

Brilliant Chris,

There is something very compelling about these older photos.

I am pretty sure that particular railcar did fairly recently carry a logo on it detailing how many miles it had done.

Thanks for posting

Cheers

David

Peppercorn A1 for me

A couple of Brunigbahn/Zb pictures 

55 minutes ago, Metropolitan H said:

David,

 

Later - probably weeks or months - I might find some more of interest from the early days, but to keep to the area of the BOB, I will mainly have to come more upto date - particularly to 19th January 2011, which started in Mulhouse. We then left Interlaken about 09.30 and a bit for the journey to Grindelwald for lunch.

 

The first picture is at the last water-stop on the way up - Schwendi -

 

 

Then we have a view of the BDB loco (Brunig Hg3/3 no 1067) propelling up the rack to Grindelwald -

 

 

and to finish the train at Grindelwald ready for the return trip after a very good lunch -

 

 

 

You will probably realise we were on one of the RTC's Swiss Steam trips - which was very good, if tiring at times. The next day the same train took us to Giswil for lunch and back and a few days later we went from Pontresina to Alp Grum and back with the RhB's steam rotary snow plough following to show-off - but that is a long way from Interlaken and Wengen.

 

Regards

Chris H

 

These are lovely photos Thanks for posting.

I am very familiar with the RhB. For 15 years before I discovered Wengen my holiday of choice was to St Moritz. The trip on the Bernina is a real treat as is the Glacier Express. I have been lucky enough to do both a number of times though not recently.

Cheers

David

26 minutes ago, Metropolitan H said:

As another under the spell of Swiss railway - particularly the narrow gauge lines, I thought you might be interested in the following pictures - one taken by Father on my parents first visit to Switzerland and the second taken by me on the first Swiss holiday enjoyed by my brother and me - with parents of course.

 

The first picture shows a BOB train and a WAB train at Lauterbrunnen station in August 1946 - my parents first trip to Switzerland, the first of quite a lot over the years. Dad wasn't demobbed till the very end of February 1946, they married on 9th March1946.

 

The second picture was taken by me in August 1963, during the course of my first trip on a WAB train - to change at Kleine Scheidegg for Jungfraujoch. It doesn't show a train or look very interesting till you realise you are looking at the tremendous damage done to the trees on the top of the valley sides, on the way up from Wengen, by the hurricane force (?) winds in November 1962.

 

Hope these are of interest.

 

I find the rest of this topic rather compelling - keep it going.

 

Regards

Chris H

Chris, These are brilliant

David

Got to be the BR 9F

On 29/05/2020 at 20:45, David Bell said:

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!

One of my other passions was this. Now sadly gone! My only regret is I never took it to Switzerland.

Some detail shots of WAB stock

GWR Hall is my vote.

Some BLS emus 

Not trains but ships, but railway owned nonetheless, all part of the BLS ship fleet plying the two lakes at Interlaken.

Blumisalp plies her trade on Lake Thun, the others on Lake Brienz.

Like other Swiss Railways, the WAB did succumb to advertising liveries on some of its stock, not extensively though. The first example I saw of this was advertising the 2008 European Football Championship, which was held in Austria and Switzerland that year. These are two more current examples. "Samsung" at Kleine Scheidegg and "Tissot" at Wengen both in 2013.

I will go with the J36

Congratulations on the 1000 pages and over 25000 replies. Truly inspirational thread, and the daily photos of the model are superb.

Cheers David 

A4 for the best. And that strange thing they did to the Schools class is the worst.

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 hours ago, mallaig1983 said:

My method for attaching the fishplates is reading glasses, a magnifying glass, one eye closed and lots of light. The first point I put six fishplates on in just under an hour. Trust me it gets easier once you develop a knack. For it's price it really is very nice track isn't it albeit very very delicate. I described it to a friend as trying to work with wet spaghetti. 

I'm really excited to watch this develop. 

 

Andy.

I did eventually get my eye in. It does look good track, but as you say, very delicate. Hopefully I will get more done this weekend

Cheers

David

4 hours ago, bigwordsmith said:

 

Well I don't mind supporting him  once more...

Me neither, we will get through this last page in no time! Here is a picture to take us further down the page, taken at Rogart in May 2019