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Good question… any Gklm in departmental use would have been redesignated as X, so would presumably not feature in the numbers I have quoted above. There‘s a video on youtube titled „Zurich HB 1990“ where a single K2 is being shunted at the end of the film.

Hello Nicholas I can‘t give you an exact date for the last withdrawals, but one source states 18 Gklm (K2) by 1994 (down from 374 in 1988 and 1798 wagons in 1978). In the early nineties they could still be found in parcel trains, or in normal goods trains on rare occasions. Best regards Christian

Authentic buffer stops can either be sourced from Roland Born or Dachslenberg, the latter being significantly cheaper: https://www.modellbaustudio.ch/Born_Lagerliste/Produktliste_3_Ausstattungen_und_Zubehor.pdf https://shop.dachslenberg.ch/ki/Spur-H0.html Thanks to your query I‘ve stumbled across the Zangger waiting halls!

The left hand model looks like a normal EW III in original condition. After gaining new aircon, a new logo and a driving trailer, they served the Bern - Langnau - Luzern line (among others). That puts them just inside the Aare valley!

I seem to recall a picture of a Zürich - Stuttgart train made up of green/grey EW IVs and two all over green UIC-X or Z2 second class coaches. As Gordon states, they were not typical international coaches, but may have slipped in on the above service once the non aircon UIC-X & UIC Z2 were considered sub-par. That would have been in the early nineties before the arrival of the EC coaches.

I'll try to answer some of the above questions: - DB Produktfarben (i.e. Red, pastell violet and white for IC) started to appear in late 1986, with plenty of overlap. There would also have been first class coaches in TEE-livery. - The silver stripe on those Eurofima coaches should really be white - There were complete sets of BLS EW IVs & MC76 & Re 465, running with an SBB IC Bt. In fact two of those were rented to BLS, keeping their SBB livery.

Hello Keith Modellbaustudio Born offers a range of water-soluble paints: https://www.modellbaustudio.ch/Flyers/Flyer_Modellfarben_1.pdf As I see it, Blue would be RAL 5013, Yellow RAL 1004, Red (possibly) RAL 3000, lower bodyside Grey NCS 2000. Depending on your Arnold models you may need to adjust the tone of one or more colours. Best regards Christian

Those look fantastic! Personally I‘d be tempted to colour the gasket between each wing of the doors, and around their respective windows.

Question 1: Prior to the FO/BVZ Breda cars, there was an order for Ramseier & Jenzer bodied panorama cars. Wikipedia has an entry on panorama coaches which may prove useful: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramawagen_(Schweiz,_Schmalspur) Question 2: According to my understanding, the 2006 Bernina Express sets were the first panorama coaches delivered to the RhB. SBB Brünig reveived the (only) two EW IV panorma coaches to be built. Edit: Typo…

Talking of detail differences (and you may want to check with a reliable source), but there is a fair chance the BT AB gangway/communication doors were made up of two leaves each.

There seems to be a current document from the BAV (Department for Transport) that stipulates a minimum of 1m50 of space from the security markings inwards, which may be reduced to 90cm along platform shelters, stairs and similar (on a maximum length of 10m). A general minimum of 90cm is allowed for tramways, as they are running on sight. https://www.bav.admin.ch/dam/bav/de/dokumente/aktuell-startseite/berichte/bericht_abstaendeaufperrons.pdf.download.pdf/bericht_abstaendeaufperrons.pdf In places where those 90cm can‘t be met, the security markings will be drawn towards the edge of the obstacle at an angle, with the space along the obstacle marked off in yellow, meaning that passengers may not wait in that area. Similar for any catenary posts that stand within those 90cm, without the yellow markings though. Hope this makes sense…!

There was one „like eurofima“ coach that carried an early version of the eurocity livery on one side, nicknamed the Chamäleon. The other two tone grey coaches are the newer eurocity coaches and should be available from Minitrix in two tone grey, Cisalpino grey or ICN-livery. The still in your post from the 2/7/2021 shows a Eurocity next to a „like eurofima“ coach. Apart from the livery, you can distinguish the coaches by the lower skirting on the ECs, among other things.

The Ibertren model looks like a re-branded Eurofima 2nd corridor. As Gordonwis has hinted earlier, the Swiss Bpm Z1 were not part of the Eurofima programme (and were 2nd opens with 10 window bays). But there‘s a chance that a model will materialise some day.

Hello John Modellbaustudio Born offers both an MOB blue and cream (RAL 5004 and RAL 1013). You may want to check if those exact colours are suitable for your models: https://www.modellbaustudio.ch/Flyers/Flyer_Modellfarben_1.pdf As to the decals, you could contact Friho on the off chance that he can supply decals from his various MOB offerings. Best regards Christian

From looking at the preview I‘d say that the town names use the base colour of the model and would need to be retained (?). Monthey certainly has the largest time frame, being the earliest Re 6/6 to gain blue/red Cargo livery. Edit: You‘ve brought up an interesting point: Upon repainting the names have of course been printed and, in the case of longer names, take up more space than the cast letters. However 620 047 seems to have been outshopped as „Bex“, whereas later pictures show the name capitalised as per the cast lettering before. There is no shortage of variation here…

About decals, a quick search at Modellbahn-Decals brought up 11642 Monthey and 11647 Bex, however with original numbers rather than as Re 620. https://www.modellbahndecals.de/Decals-Loks/sonstige-Lokanschriften/Taufnamen/Schweiz--Re-6-6-/-Nass-Schiebebilder--Zusatzbeschriftung-mit-Wappen-Lok-11642-Monthey-fuer-Re-6-6-der-SBB--ab-Epoche-3--Artikel-Nummer--11642-.html https://www.modellbahndecals.de/Decals-Loks/sonstige-Lokanschriften/Taufnamen/Schweiz--Re-6-6-/-Nass-Schiebebilder--Zusatzbeschriftung-mit-Wappen-Lok-11647-Bex-fuer-Re-6-6-der-SBB--ab-Epoche-3--Artikel-Nummer--11647-.html

The RIC AB4ü and B4ü I referred to with the link seem indeed to have been rebuilt by the HW, as stated on the page linked. They roughly followed the floor plan of the newly built Schlieren RIC Type BLS. You may have been thinking of the older RIC corridor coaches as per the Roco model, which I daresay were new builds (at the time...).

The composite in your picture was part of the UIC X fleet, they were quite useful for smaller „through portions“. The second corridors from the UIC Z2 fleet (11 compartments, as against 12 for the UIC X) were converted to second open and are finally being phased out (that being the Kato models). The rebuilt RIC B and AB looked like this: http://www.nostalgie-rhein-express.ch/wagen/ab-wagen/ A handful of composite corridors survive, but no second corridor as far as I‘m aware.

@MOB 2002: You‘re quite right, during the 60s the then-called Hauptwerkstätte (HW) built numerous coaches on old underframes, some with balconies (driving trailers as well as normal coaches), coaches with closed entrances as per the Fleischmann model and even RIC corridor seconds and corridor composites (available in N gauge unless I‘m mistaken).

You may have been thinking of this, although there are no container cars in there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AoFZhjHiSA The Arnold model is somewhat freelance like the old HAG luggage/post car, they are losely based on the five Leichtstahl DZ that used to run until the mid-90‘s.

Intrigued by this I went to search google. It appears that Litzirüti is Oberried on the shores of Lake Brienz without the goods shed and the khazi...

Once on the subject of Zug, I’d recommend looking up the different junctions that once were. If you go to map.geo.admin.ch and choose the Zeitreise map, you will find the different alingments over time, along with the provisional terminus at Lucerne Wesemlin.

SB-Modellbau will re-use the old axles, however they state „only in conjunction with 21028 or 21015“, both being complete motorising sets with a new motor. I‘ve tried Google once more and found that Wemoba of Pieterlen make their own replacement gear, which should be available independently: https://www.wemoba.ch/?srv=shop&pg=det&sarId=28510&rub=2 They also supply symetric gears for other Lima models.

Hello Neill, sb-modellbau seem to offer a replacement service with brass gears: https://www.sb-modellbau.com/details/4-Stueck-Messing-Zahnraeder-Lima-H0-SBB-RAe-TEE-II_Berliner-S-Bahn_Ersatzzahnraeder According to the small print, the offer seems only to be valid together with a replacement motor, although you may want to check that for yourself. I vaguely remember that we had a set of TEE axles fixed by Eberhard Stauss of Birr (AG), but that must have been at least ten years ago. He used to run an add in the Eisenbahn Amateur, if I find a current one I can relate the details to you. Alternatively you could try Ricardo and Ebay for "Lima" "ersatzteil" "zahnräder". Best wishes Christian

Clearly the après-ski hut is to blame. They plugged in the deep-fryer and the stroboscope at the same time. Yokels! Joking aside, as a last resort could you use a British controller from a trainset?