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Chur to Luzern and back |
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via Thalwil, Arth-Goldau and Pfaffikon |
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| Chur railway station (left) for an early morning departure to Luzern. Changing at Thalwil en route to Luzern (right). VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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The restored Chapel Bridge and Water Tower at Luzern. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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The Bridge was devastated by fire on August 18th, 1993. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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Trolley bus and trailer at the world famous Swiss Transport Museum. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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| Swiss Air Douglas DC3 (left) and Friesler Storch (right). VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Like most museums, it is difficult to photograph many of the most interesting exhibits - here a standard gauge Krokodile alongside a metre gauge version (above). Behind the locomotives is a superb model railway (right). VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Across from the Transport Museum you can take a train back into town or go on to Arth-Goldau (right). VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
| Rigi Bahnen | |
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| The Rigi Bahnen - climbing to the summit of the Rigi Mountain. In summer some of the trains may be steam hauled. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Views from a Rigi Bahnen train. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Rigi Kulm (Summit). VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Back at Arth-Goldau where there is ample opportunity for train spotting while awaiting the Voralpen Express (above) to Pfaffikon. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The panoramic windows of the Voralpen-Express en route to Pfaffikon (right) for a connecting service back to Chur. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Running alongside the shores of the Walen See en route to Landquart and Chur. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
| Brig to Luzern and back | |
| via Bern, Interlaken, Meiringen, Spiez and Kandersteg | |
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| Departing Brig (above) for Bern via the new Lötschberg Tunnel . A Deutsche Bahn ICE at Bern awaiting departure for Interlaken (right). There is no surcharge for travel on the ICE between Bern and Interlaken. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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Cake and coffee in the ICE buffet car. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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| The ICE at Interlaken (above). The weather was not conducive for a visit to the Jungfrau, so a quick decision was made to board an RNO local train which was about to depart for Meiringen. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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From Interlaken the train to Meiringen runs along the shore of the Brienzer See. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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Meiringen and Connon Doyle. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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| A Golden Pass Train for Luzern arriving Meiringen (left). Crossing the opposite working from Luzern to Meiringen at Brunig (above). VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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Poor weather, but interesting scenery on the way to Luzern. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow |
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| Only time on this visit to Luzern to change to a standard gauge train to Bern. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Bern and a visit to the bear pit. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Bern - VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Bern - VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Changing at Spiez en route back to Brig via the old Lötschberg Tunnel. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Spiez and the Thuner See. VIDEO CAPTURES - COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| VLS train at Spiez bound for Brig via the old Lötschberg route. VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| En route to Kandersteg VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Kandersteg, from where a car ferry operates through the old Lötschberg Tunnel to Goppenstein. VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Car ferry leaving Goppenstein (left); deserted platfoms at wayside station above Raron (right) VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Tunnels are numerous as the railway hugs the mountain sides (left); looking back above Raron (right) VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Looking towards Visp (left); tunnel entrance and Swiss architecture (right) VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Above Visp. The large black building (photo right) is Visp railway station VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Although the motive power is SBB, the train consisted entirely of VLS stock. It is seen here on arrival at Brig (left); an SBB train departing Brig on the Lötschberg route (right) VIDEO CAPTURES -COPYRIGHT - Malcolm McCrow | |
| Switzerland by train | |