The Allegra

The Rhätische Bahn in Switzerland took delivery of a new electric unit from Stadler a couple of weeks ago (RHB Press release). It’s being tested at the moment with a view to introduction in the May 2010 timetable change. I’ve not been able to glean a lot of information except that it’s an (/12 wheel [...]

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What Narrow Gauge could be -4

The last films on this theme were in Switzerland or east Germany: finally I’ve found a very brief glimpse of a freight carrying line in the ‘Old’ Federal Republic, today, and not far from one Bonn. No-one on the Brockenbahn seems to think narrow gauge is just for tourist railways as [...]

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What narrow gauge could be -3

As you read this I’ll be in a cramped sardine can with little legroom and less air, trying to keep the boys occupied and waiting for the next installment of plastic food to break the monotony. Such is modern air transport. I’ll be posting from Japan as soon as I’ve recovered [...]

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What NG Could be -2

Posting is a bit sporadic at the moment because I’m still trying to get everything sorted for the move, and there isn’t enough banmdwidth in the world to detail the trials and tribulations of dealing with utilities companies.
In the hope of switching off, I had a brief look at YouTube and found this gem of [...]

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To change a light bulb

Germany may be missing basic elements of civilisation (Marmite for example), but it does seem to retain a sense of proportion. A week or two ago I was in Vaihingen, and while waiting for my tram I saw these gentlemen squeeze through a gap in the hedge, call the control box on a cell phone, [...]

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What NG could be

Okay so this is a bit of a cop-out instead of writing a real entry, but it’s a good video nonetheless showing a variety of freight trains in Filisur, on the RHB system in Switzerland.
If they can run a modern narrow gauge freight system, why can’t we?

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How time flies…

I don’t know, a whole week and no railway related content posted. I have been working, but unfortunately I haven’t made much progress, and what I’ve done isn’t that photogenic as yet.
So to avoid losing both of the people who read this blog, here’s a railway video to make up for it. This features a [...]

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Swiss Micro

A quick video post for the weekend. This one shows some intertesting shunting operations on the preserved Dampfbahn Furkabergstrecke (DFB) near to their junction with the Matterhorn Gotthardbahn at Realp. According to the commentary the MGB have no turntable on their system, so when this white van needed turning they had [...]

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Zillertalbahn Linesiding

I’ve been doing a bit of ‘research’ on YouTube (I’m getting precious little done on the model so have to stop the withdrawal symptoms somehow). I’ve found some great videos of the Zillertalbahn, a modern 760mm gauge line in Austria. The first is a general line-siding video, just under six minutes long, and shows roughly [...]

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Dagebüll-Langeneß

(That’s Langeness, if you’re wondering)
Every now and again I put a couple of words into the search box on YouTube to see what comes up. Usually it doesn’t, the words being pretty obscure, but lately I came across some short videos of the Hallig lines and as an added bonus they are of two places [...]

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