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A passenger train rests at the buffer stops at Gare d'Austerlitz |
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The scaffolding above unfortunately hides a beautiful train shed. The station is being rebuilt new platforms are being constructed and all the existing tracks are being refurbished. The interior will be rebuilt in order to handle TGV Sud-Est and TGV Atlantique services, partially transferred from the Gare de Lyon and Gare Montparnasse, both of which are at maximum capacity. All the work is planned to be completed by 2020, and will double the activity at the station. |
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9/4/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:41 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A classic Paris Metro Station Entrance |
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9/4/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:47 PM |
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Paris, FR |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Close-up of a classic Paris Metro station sign |
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9/4/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:52 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
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Jay Epstein |
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Transit |
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A Line 6 Metro Train crosses the Pont de Bir-Hakeim (Bir-Hakeim Bridge) |
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9/4/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:57 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
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Jay Epstein |
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Bridge,Transit |
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| Title: |
TGV Lyria at the buffer stops at Gare du Lyon |
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TGV Lyria is the brand name used for TGV railway lines connecting France and Switzerland. Lyria is also a corporation that runs the service using the staff of SNCF in France and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) in Switzerland – the staff consists of one French and one Swiss train manager on the whole journey. (info from Wikipedia) |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:02 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A TGV rests at the buffer stops at Gare du Lyon |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:08 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Z 8800 rests at Gare de Versailles Château Rive Gauche |
| Description: |
This is the closest station to the Palace of Versailles which is well worth a visit. |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:13 PM |
| Location: |
Versailles, FR |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Line 6 Metro approaches Bir-Hakeim Station |
| Description: |
This is a rubber tired subway. |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:18 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Line 6 Metro arrives at Bir-Hakeim Station |
| Description: |
This is a rubber tired subway. |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:24 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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A brand new Bombardier Régio2N rests at Gare du Lyon |
| Description: |
These will be repclaing some of the older equipment in Paris commuter train service. |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:29 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Trains at Gare Du Lyon |
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In front is a Z2N doubel-deck commuter EMU. Just behind that is its replacement: a Bombardier Régio2N EMU. In the background a TGV can just barely be seen. |
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9/5/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:34 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Climbing the grade out of Lauterbrunnen |
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We are now on the Wengernalp Railway (German: Wengernalpbahn, WAB) which a 19.11 kilometer (11.87 mi) long, 800 mm (2.62 ft) gauge rack railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald via Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway. (info from Wikipedia) |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:39 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Signal,Passenger,Track,Action |
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| Title: |
Looking back down towards Lauterbrunnen |
| Description: |
We are on the Wengernalp Railway (German: Wengernalpbahn, WAB) which a 19.11 kilometer (11.87 mi) long, 800 mm (2.62 ft) gauge rack railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald via Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway. (info from Wikipedia) |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:44 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Meeting a down-bound train on the way to Wengen |
| Description: |
We are on the Wengernalp Railway (German: Wengernalpbahn, WAB) which a 19.11 kilometer (11.87 mi) long, 800 mm (2.62 ft) gauge rack railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald via Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway. (info from Wikipedia) |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:50 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Looking down into the valley |
| Description: |
Check out how steep the grade is! |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:26:56 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Scenic,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Wengen station |
| Description: |
Located at 4,180 ft, Wengen is a compltely car-free village besides a few service vehicles, local farm vehicles, electric vehicles for taxiing to and from the railway station. |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:03 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
As if a switch weren't complicated enough! |
| Description: |
Switches are already pretty complex and now you add the rack to it! |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:09 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Track |
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| Title: |
A Class BDhe4/8 waits to depart Wengen for Kleine Scheidegg |
| Description: |
These date from the late 1980s. |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:14 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
In case you wanted to know where we were... |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:20 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
People alight from the train after the short but steep trip from Lauterbrunnen |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:28 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Waiting for departure time |
| Description: |
A BDhe4/8 waits to continue up the mountain to Kleine Scheidegg. |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:34 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Departing for Kleine Scheidegg |
| Description: |
Note how steep the grade becomes even before the end of the platform. |
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9/6/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:40 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Passenger and freight at Wengen |
| Description: |
On top, an upgrade passenger train arrives from Wengen while on he bottom a freight works the compact freight terminal in Wengen. Wengen is completely car free so all freight is delivered by rail from Lauterbrunnen into a depot underneath the passenger station, and garbage is returned from the village also by rail. Every day one or two freight trains goes from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen and back carrying large items such as furniture. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:45 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A forklift unloads large cargo from the freight train |
| Description: |
Wengen is completely car free so the railway is the only to bring freight in and items like trash out. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:50 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Closer view of the forklift unloading the freight train |
| Description: |
Wengen is completely car free so the railway is the only to bring freight in and items like trash out. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:27:55 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Fresh from Ikea! |
| Description: |
Some furniture waits to be unloaded from the freight train at Wengen. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:28:01 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A forklift unloads a covered trailer from the freight train |
| Description: |
Wengen is completely car free so the railway is the only to bring freight in and items like trash out. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:18 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
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Jay Epstein |
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With unloading of bulky items complete, the train can now back into the covered portion of the freight depot |
| Description: |
The conductor is controlling the train via remote control on the rear car. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:26 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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The small loco shoves the freight into the garage-like portion of the Wengen freight depot |
| Description: |
Wengen is completely car free so the railway is the only to bring freight in and items like trash out. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:25:30 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Close-up of the freight train motive power |
| Description: |
A tiny, two axle unit built by Stadler in 1995. The railway owns two of them. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:09 PM |
| Location: |
Wengen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Action |
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| Title: |
Not a train, but it does haul freight |
| Description: |
The Murrenbahn cable car has a large "shelf" below the cable car used for hauling freight. Like Wengen, Murren where this goes has no cars or trucks. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:16 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Closer view of the freight "shelf" below the cable car |
| Description: |
Towards the bottom right you can see a container of a ballast which the next car will haul up to the summit station at Grütschalp. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:22 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Unloading freight at Grütschalp |
| Description: |
The summit station at Grütschalp has an interesting contraption used to transfer freight from the cable car to the BLM ( Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren)railway. You can see the ballast container from the previous picture below the cable car. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:30 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
The ballast container is now on the train for Murren |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:35 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
"Cab" of the one of the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren cars |
| Description: |
There was no separation between the cab and the passenger compartment on this car. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:41 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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InCab |
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| Title: |
Meeting a train at Winteregg |
| Description: |
The BLM railway is just 2.65 so this is the only passing siding. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:46 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Heading towards Grütschalp |
| Description: |
Our Murren bound train has just met the Grütschalp bound train. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:51 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Closer view of the ballast container our train hauled from Grütschalp |
| Description: |
We have arrived at the end station of Murren and the ballast will soon be unloaded. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:29:56 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station |
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Two of the BLM's identical motor-cars are seen at the Murren depot |
| Description: |
We had just arrived on the right hand train and left hand one is about to depart. They were built in the late 60s and modernized in the late 90s. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:01 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
A train departs Murren for Grütschalp |
| Description: |
The freight terminal is in the background. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:07 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Passenger,Action |
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The train for Grütschalp passes the Murren freight terminal |
| Description: |
The single car EMU is on the left. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:13 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Passenger,Action |
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The train for Grütschalp passes a snowplow waiting for winter |
| Description: |
It is only a 2.65 from here to the end of the line at Grütschalp. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:18 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Car #21 waits for its next trip to Grütschalp |
| Description: |
This car was built in the late sixties and modernized in the late nineties. On the right a crewman can be seen using a wheechair lift to unload a wheelchair bound passenger. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:24 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Overview of the compact freight terminal in Murren |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:29 PM |
| Location: |
Murren, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Bird's eye view of the Lauterbrunnen station |
| Description: |
Seen from the cable car descending from Grütschalp. In the middle picture is the terminal used for transferring freight from trucks to the trains going up to Wengen and Kleine Scheideg. The two green engines which can be seen to the left of the overhead crane date from the before 1930 and are still active. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:35 PM |
| Location: |
Lauterbrunnen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Yard,Station |
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| Title: |
The Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) train waits to depart for Interlaken |
| Description: |
The BOB is a 14.72 mi long meter gauge railway which connects Interlaken (end of standard gauge service from the rest of Switzerland) to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. This station is the junction where the lines to Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen diverge. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:40 PM |
| Location: |
Zweilutschinen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
The BOB train for Interlaken waits for departure time |
| Description: |
The BOB is a 14.72 mi long meter gauge railway which connects Interlaken (end of standard gauge service from the rest of Switzerland) to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. This station is the junction where the lines to Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen diverge. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:45 PM |
| Location: |
Zweilutschinen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Older Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) equipment sits on a siding |
| Description: |
When I was last here in 2001 this kind of equipment worked all the trains and were painted brown and yellow. This equipment dates from the mid-sixties. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:30:51 PM |
| Location: |
Zweilutschinen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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| Title: |
The train for Interlaken rounds the bend as it departs Zweilutschinen |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:31:02 PM |
| Location: |
Zweilutschinen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
The train from Interlaken arrives |
| Description: |
The train will actually split here with the front part going to Lauterbrunnen and the rear part going to Grindelwald. |
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9/7/2018 Upload Date: 9/18/2018 2:31:08 PM |
| Location: |
Zweilutschinen, CH |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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