Rhätische Bahn in 2003.

[45669]

Afternoon All,

The latest addition to my YouTube channel is a journey from Sagliains to Ospizio Bernina on the Rhätische Bahn. It was taken in April, 2003 when there was still plenty of snow at the higher altitudes.

Here's the link if you'd like to have a look:

Hope it's of interest.

 

[306024]

Thanks for posting. The Rhätische Bahn is a superb network, another visit is overdue.

 

[45669]

Glad it's of interest. A further instalment will be uploaded in due course.

 

[306024]

Look forward to it. Good to see Pontresina in your film, we once stayed in the Youth Hostel there but due to a miscommunication (pre email days) we arrived a day before they opened. Luckily they were preparing the place and made us most welcome, sharing their dinner with us.

The traction may have been modernised more recently, but the scenery will always be there.

 

[45669]

Another part on my video is now on YouTube. It covers the line from Alp Grüm to Sagliains:

More to follow in due course.

TTFN,

 

[45669]

The next installment is now on YouTube; it covers Sagliains, the Vereina Tunnel, Klosters and Davos. Hope you like it:

 

[45669]

Evening All,

I have now added a further part of my 2003 Rhätische Bahn video to my YouTube channel and this part covers the journey on the Arosa Line from Chur to Arosa. I hope you like it.

Follow this link if you'd like to have a look:

TTFN,

Ron.

 

[45669]

Evening All,

Another instalment of my 2003 RhB video is now on YouTube if anyone would like to have a look. Hope you like it:

TTFN,

Ron.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Nice. By the time I went to Arosa it was Allegra units rather than locos. But they still ran round at Arosa as they were carrying tail traffic - extra coaches, and in one case cement wagons.
I walked down from Arosa via Litzirüti (beer) to Langwies taking photos, including one at the crossing you show at 3:59 in the video.

 

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Nice. By the time I went to Arosa it was Allegra units rather than locos. But they still ran round at Arosa as they were carrying tail traffic - extra coaches, and in one case cement wagons.
I walked down from Arosa via Litzirüti (beer) to Langwies taking photos, including one at the crossing you show at 3:59 in the video.

Can you open the windows on the new trains? It's difficult to take photos or videos from trains with non-opening windows!

 

[eastwestdivide]

Can you open the windows on the new trains? It's difficult to take photos or videos from trains with non-opening windows!

Not on the Allegras I don't think. But on those new loco-hauled sets (on the St Moritz runs) there's one coach that's set up for photographers with opening windows. See the Alvra page at https://www.rhb.ch/en/company/projects-dossiers/the-articulated-alvra-trains

 

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Not on the Allegras I don't think. But on those new loco-hauled sets (on the St Moritz runs) there's one coach that's set up for photographers with opening windows. See the Alvra page at https://www.rhb.ch/en/company/projects-dossiers/the-articulated-alvra-trains

You can in the Allegras as well, at least in first you can.

 

[eastwestdivide]

You can in the Allegras as well, at least in first you can.

Ah that's handy. My budget didn't run to first class when I went!

 

[45669]

Looking at the RhB video about the new trains, it seems as though only three windows at one end of the 'photographers' carriage' are openable, so they might get quite crowded at busy times. It's not only trainspotters and gricers that like to take pictures and videos out of train windows - I've often seen 'ordinary' passengers take pictures of the views and mountains through open windows.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Looks like you'll have to scour the timetable for trains with these coaches (no glass at all!):

Open scenic carriages

Your group will have twice the fun travelling in the open scenic carriages: wind in your hair, fresh mountain air and pure enjoyment are all included in the RhB's open-topped trips.

www.rhb.ch

 

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Looks like you'll have to scour the timetable for trains with these coaches (no glass at all!):

Open scenic carriages

Your group will have twice the fun travelling in the open scenic carriages: wind in your hair, fresh mountain air and pure enjoyment are all included in the RhB's open-topped trips.

www.rhb.ch

Only in the summer months though, and even then not on the whole network.

 

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Afternoon All,

I'm still working through the video footage that I took on an April, 2003 visit to Switzerland and the most recent instalment is a ride over the Oberalppass from Disentis / Mustér to Andermatt. It's now on YouTube if anyone would like to have a look:

Hope it's of interest.

TTFN,

Ron.

 

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Afternoon All,

A further instalment of the VHS footage that I shot in April, 2003 is now on my YouTube channel. This time it's a ride from Andermatt to Disentis-Mustér on the then newly created Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn. However, the station and rolling stock was still branded FO as the merger with the Brigg-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn had only taken place a few months earlier.

Hope you like it:

TTFN,

Ron.

 

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If anyone would like to have a look, the latest addition to my YouTube channel is a train ride from Davos Platz to Klosters Dorf on the Rhätische Bahn. You won't see much though, it was all shot in the dark!

Uf Wiederlüege mitenand.

Ron.