RhB / Swiss Trains

415 failed at Filisur in a cloud of smoke yesterday I hear, that explains why 414 was out today. I hope it’s not too serious.

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RhB in Nm, HOm & Om
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Gneiss one, Paul!

I understand an RhB tradition is that drivers get to drive (more or less) whatever they fancy on their last day. So with some family to take along and some appropriate stock, a 'traditional' GmP Zug would be a fairly typical 'last run', I'd have thought.

Oh, and just to prove I've got as far as at least the start of your "modeller's dream" selection of masonic and scenic views and details, what was in the muffin?

Hope you're still enjoying your trip!

Andy

Strawberry cheesecake muffin

Well the trip home hasn’t been fast! Plane broke on the runway at Zurich, back to terminal and cancelled after 2 hours onboard. Then three hours queuing to rebook flights and a free hotel, the auto rebook did it for Monday including a ten hour stop in Brussels which meant I’d need a second hotel in the UK as it arrived as the last train left London for home!
So 7 this morning got on the rebooked flight to Brussels, delayed an hour as Belgian air traffic control went down, missed connection by three minutes and then walked the length of Brussels to rebook again and got a 11:20 flight. Now on the GWR out of Paddington then a direct train home from Reading as it’s Sunday and SWR have an hourly direct link!
Long journey 10am Filisur to 1600 Home, 29 hours!

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RhB in Nm, HOm & Om
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That'll teach you to go by rail next time...

Fortunately I wasn’t back to work today!
It knocks at least two days out of the RhB if I go by rail, still I got a hotel and food free so apart from time I didn’t lose anything It was also quite a bit more expensive than the flights last time I looked, I do t get any European discounts as I wasn’t BR staff.

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Yes, I can understand that. Plus there's the other advantage that the Alps look a lot better from above than from inside 30+Km of tunnel...

Looking forward to scrolling through the rest of your excellent photos over the next few days...

Super photos - much admired, wish I had a chance to get over there this year.

[quote="Andy McM"]Gneiss one, Paul!


Oh, and just to prove I've got as far as at least the start of your "modeller's dream" selection of masonic and scenic views and details, what was in the muffin?

hmmmm...what do you mean, "masonic.....views"? mysterious ;-)

John

Muffin was just a vanilla marbled cake

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Steam personnel training runs planned over the next few days, worth checking the webcam 12.39 tomorrow, passengers only being carried on services on the 24th. As these are training runs, subject to change at short notice. G 4/5 107 in service.

21.11.19 Landquart - Filisur

21.11.19 Filisur - Davos Platz

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22.11.19 Filisur - Davos Platz

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23.11.19 Filisur - Landquart

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24.11.19 Davos Platz - Landquart

Thanks for the info Jim,

On a different subject:

https://www.schmalspurbahn.ch/filisur/w ... 1083116799

Are tractors now going to be yellow instead of Traffic Orange?

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Are tractors now going to be yellow instead of Traffic Orange?

No idea Mike but that certainly is different and very shiny! Looks like it just came out of the works.

107 made it to Filisur earlier today.

https://www.schmalspurbahn.ch/filisur/w ... 1131844390

Indeed, found on Bahnbilder:

https://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/schweiz~ ... t-der.html

Nice new paint, what looks like a new intake system for the diesel, LED worklights, a rotating beacon on the front and more brake hoses than you can shake a stick at!

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I wonder if some are going to works traffic, it’ll be interesting to see if they all slowly go yellow.

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This suggests they are allocated to infrastructure
https://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/schweiz~ ... mf-22.html

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