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24.08.10

SBB are holding an event based around Biel/Bienne & Neuchatel on Sept 25/26 to celebrate 150 years of the Arc jurassien rail links. SBB hiustoric steam engines A3/5 705 & C5/6 2978 will be in use, more details here.

SwissTrain are running a Raclette train on 26th Sept from Payerne to Lausanne & return, expected to be hauled by Ae4/7 10950 details here.

Verein 241.A.65 are running a tour from Basel to Schaffhausen on 19th Sept featuring 241.A.65 & 241.P.17 double headed, details here.

SOB are celebrating 100 years with a station festival at Wattwil on Sept 18th. Eb3/5 9 will be hauking trains between Wattwil & Nesslau, thre will also be a display of historic locos at Wattwil, details here.

BLS will be running an extra train hauled by an historic E-lok from Bern to Lagenthal as part of the Slow-Up Emmental event on Sept 12, details here.

TEE Classics are runnng a railtour from Schaffhausen to St Sulpice hauled by Re4/4i 10034 & a VVT steam loco on 11th Sept, details here.

Historische Setthalbahn are celebrating 100 years of railways to Hochdorf on 4/5 Sept. Steam trips will be hauled by Ed3/3 3 & E3/3 5712 further details here.

17.06.10

RBe4/4 1405 will be working Laufenburg-Koblenz this Sunday (20th June) as part of the Slow Up Hochrhein event details here.
1405 will also work a railtour on 26th June, Zurich-Bern-Vevey-Montreux-Brig-Lotschberg-Thun-Luzern-Zurich, details here.

16.06.10

01.202 will work 3 short trips from Lyss on 22nd Aug. Route: Lyss-Bern-Kerzers-Lyss, more details here.

12.06.10

Dates added to calender for LEB, Parc du Chatelard & SEFT this summer.

NRE tour to the Jura region on 21st Aug will now feature an Ae6/6 as well as 01.202 and ex CP mallets E206 & E164.

NRE tour on 14th Aug to Goschenen & Realp featurig 11407 has been cancelled.

Mikado 1244 are running a trip to on 26th June from Brugg to Mendrisio with 11407. Details here.

SwissTrain are operating a trip from Payerne to Lutry on 20th June hauled by an Ae4/7. More details here.

OeBB are running a train in cooperation with Mikado 1244 on 4th September. De6/6 15301 will haul the train from Brugg to Erstfeld and return. Further details here.

11.05.10

The Railaway tour to Domodossola on 22nd May will now be hauled by Ae6/6 11425.

Zermatt rail travel are operating a tour from Basel to Tirano on 18 & 19th September. The tour is planned to feature Ae4/7 10995, Ge4/4 182 and a RhB Ge6/6 krokodil. Further details can be found here.

Team 10439 are operateing a railtour from Olten to Mendrisio on 18th September hauled by Re4/4i 10001. Details can be found here.

20.04.10

SBB historic will be holding an openday at Olten depot on 7/8 May including a number of feeder trains using the SBB historic fleet. More details can be found here.

VES will be operating trains from Stein to Singen on 25 April and 12 Sept this year, details here.

17.03.10

Friday 19 March is the annual museumnacht in Bern. Roterpfeil will be working shuttle trains along with a number of heritage trams. More details here.

SOB are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Romanshorn – Wattwil – Uznach line. Events will take place at Wattwil & Uznach on 18th Sept 2010. More details here.

06.03.10

Swisstrain have acquired Be4/6 12339, it is planned to haul a train to Luino on 9/10 Oct. Other dates for Swisstrain tours added to calender.
20 June Payerene-Lutry
26 Sept to Chable
9/10 Oct 12339 to Luino
23/24 Oct RailExpo Nyon
11 Dec trip to Geneva

2010 dates added to the calender for VVT.
12-13/06, 10-11/07, 14-15/08, 11-12/09 & 9-10/10.

11.02.10

2010 dates added to the calender for CSG, La Traction, MG, MThB, SP, ST, TVB.

CSG will be using E3/3 8463 and diesel DE500 during the 2010 season.

TPF will be running historic trains with fondue on:
14, 21, 27, 28 Feb, 7, 13, 14, 21, 28 Mar, 11, 17, 18, 25 Apr
Bulle (11:25)-Montbovon (12:04-14:52)-Bulle (15:23)

12, 13, 16, 20 Feb, 6, 20, 26 Mar, 10, 16, 24 Apr
Bulle (18:30)-Montbovon (19:04-21:30)-Bulle (22:04)

Adult tickets cost Chf 43.

23.01.10

RigiBahn are operating steam trips on 30th Jan (Vitznau - Rigi Klum - Arth-Goldau) and 31st Jan (Arth-Goldau - Rigi Klum - Vitznau), more details here.

03.01.10

Dates added for RHB and Eurovapor (Lokremise Sulgen).

01.01.10

Dates added for Monte Generoso, Dampfbahn Bern and Blonay Chamby special events.

ABe4/8 1021 "Churchill Pfeil" will be operating free shuttles between Bern and Bern Brunnen on 20-24th Dec. More details here.

DFB will be holding a special event 13-15 Aug to celebrate the reopening of the line from Oberwald-Gletsch. Locos present should include HG3/4 1, HG3/4 3 (visiting from Blonay Chamby), HG3/4 4, HG2/3 6, HG2/3 7 (from MGB) and HGe4/4 16.

This weekend 12 & 13 Dec Railevent are running a tour Zurich-Bern (141 R568) - Brig (BLS 205), for details click here.

Rigibahn No. 7 has returned to Verkehshauses , Luzern after a season of running on the RigiBahn.

Dates for next years" Dampf und Schiff" between Burgdorf-Solothurn-Buren an der Aare operated by DBB are 6th June & 5th September.

VHE are running this Saturday (5th Dec). Hutwil (15:30)-Lagnau (16:15-17:40)-Hutwil (18:30).

Details of RhB Bernina line centenery trips are now online, including historic day trips (28/01, 28/02, 28/03 & 02/10) & Pullman trips (25/07 & 22/08) with Crocodile 182 click here for more details and a 4 day tour 16th-19th September, click here for details.

Ge4/4 182 is currently under overhaul and is expected to be complete in Spring 2010.

The site has recently undergone a major overhaul. The new gallery is not yet complete but should be online soon.