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Viewing Album:  2011 Trip to Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany
 
By:Jay Epstein
Dates:5/31/2011 - 6/12/2011
Album Info:Train pictures from a 2011 family vacation to Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany.
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Thurbo Stadler GTW EMU at the Rheinfall station.
Title:  Thurbo Stadler GTW EMU at the Rheinfall station.
Description:  Thurbo is a train operator in eastern Switzerland, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.
Photo Date:  5/31/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:40 PM
Location:  Rheinfall, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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A 1960s RBe 540 Set on a local train in the puring rain at Schaffhausen.
Title:  A 1960s RBe 540 Set on a local train in the puring rain at Schaffhausen.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:41 PM
Location:  Schaffhausen, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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TGV about to leave for Paris at Zurich Main Station.
Title:  TGV about to leave for Paris at Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:42 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Control car of an Intercity at SBB.
Title:  Control car of an Intercity at SBB.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:42 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Control car of a double-decker Intercity or InterRegio.
Title:  Control car of a double-decker Intercity or InterRegio.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:43 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re460 pusing a double-decker set out of Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Re460 pusing a double-decker set out of Zurich Main Station.
Description:  My favorite type of electrics.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:44 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Railjet Set watiting to leave Zurich, bound for Vienna.
Title:  Railjet Set watiting to leave Zurich, bound for Vienna.
Description:  Railjet is a semi high-speed service of the Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), replacing traditional intercity trains. Railjet sets have one Class 1116 powering, 6 coaches and a control car.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:44 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Platforms of Zurich Main Station looking back towards the city.
Title:  Platforms of Zurich Main Station looking back towards the city.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:46 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Railjet Set leaving Zurich.
Title:  Railjet Set leaving Zurich.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:47 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re460 leading a double-decker set into Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Re460 leading a double-decker set into Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:48 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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ICE train weaving its way into Zurich Main Station.
Title:  ICE train weaving its way into Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:48 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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The amazingly complex throat of Zurich Main Station.
Title:  The amazingly complex throat of Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:49 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re460 coming into Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Re460 coming into Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:50 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re4/4 heading a train out of Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Re4/4 heading a train out of Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:51 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re460 in the middle of a consist.
Title:  Re460 in the middle of a consist.
Description:  This is a fairly typical scene in Switzerland.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:52 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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SBB dining car.
Title:  SBB dining car.
Description:  The pantograph is to keep the elctrical systems going when not coupled to an engine.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:54 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re 4/4 in the cargo scheme heading a train out of Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Re 4/4 in the cargo scheme heading a train out of Zurich Main Station.
Description:  Since the engine is in the cargo scheme and is thus equipped for voltages in Austria and Germany, it is more than likely leading the Munich bound Euro City train.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:54 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Two SBB trains heading out with an ICE train coming in.
Title:  Two SBB trains heading out with an ICE train coming in.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:55 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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RABDe 500 intericity tilting train in a special scheme coming into Zurich Main Station.
Title:  RABDe 500 intericity tilting train in a special scheme coming into Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:08:56 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re 460 on a traditional intercity consist heading out of Zurich Main Station while a newer RABDe 500 Intercity Tilting Train comes in.
Title:  Re 460 on a traditional intercity consist heading out of Zurich Main Station while a newer RABDe 500 Intercity Tilting Train comes in.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:32 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re 4/4 coming into Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Re 4/4 coming into Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:33 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Railjet Set weaving its way into Zurich Main Station.
Title:  Railjet Set weaving its way into Zurich Main Station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:34 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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The engine of the Railjet Set (a class 1116) with some of the only sun the whole day.
Title:  The engine of the Railjet Set (a class 1116) with some of the only sun the whole day.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:35 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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RBDe 560 on a Glarner Sprinter RegioExpress Service.
Title:  RBDe 560 on a Glarner Sprinter RegioExpress Service.
Description:  Glarner Sprinter is the name of the serive that runs from Zurich south into the canton of Glarus.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:36 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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SBB Zurich commuter train.
Title:  SBB Zurich commuter train.
Description:  Most Zurich commuter trains look like this, an Re450 as the power and then double deck coaches.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:37 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Re460 on an Intercity or InterRegio Train
Title:  Re460 on an Intercity or InterRegio Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:38 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Tight wedge shot of an Re460.
Title:  Tight wedge shot of an Re460.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:39 PM
Location:  Zurich, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Meter gauge Ge4/4 II (bascially a miniature version of a standard gauge Re 4/4) in the station of Landquart.
Title:  Meter gauge Ge4/4 II (bascially a miniature version of a standard gauge Re 4/4) in the station of Landquart.
Description:  The livery commerates the RhB's partenrership with the Japanese Hakone Tozan Railway.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:41 PM
Location:  Landquart, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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A train window view of the bridge/ tunnel portal at Klosters.
Title:  A train window view of the bridge/ tunnel portal at Klosters.
Description:  We are waiting for the incoming train to clear before proceeding to Davos. Inside the tunnel is a junction where the Davos and Scuol lines split.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:42 PM
Location:  Klosters, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Making our way into the strange bridge/ tunnel portal combination.
Title:  Making our way into the strange bridge/ tunnel portal combination.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:42 PM
Location:  Klosters, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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One of the new RhB "Allegra" ABe 8/12 EMU's at Davos-Platz Station.
Title:  One of the new RhB "Allegra" ABe 8/12 EMU's at Davos-Platz Station.
Description:  This would be our train to Filisur where the branch to Filisur and the RhB "main" from Chru to St. Mortiz meet.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:43 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Railfan view in an Allegra ABe 8/12 EMU.
Title:  Railfan view in an Allegra ABe 8/12 EMU.
Description:  Partially makes up for the lack of opening windows on these new EMU's.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:44 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Going over a large viaduct.
Title:  Going over a large viaduct.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:45 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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A Chur bound Regio Express coming into Filisur behind a Ge 4/4 III in an advertising livery for COOP, a Swiss supermarket chain.
Title:  A Chur bound Regio Express coming into Filisur behind a Ge 4/4 III in an advertising livery for COOP, a Swiss supermarket chain.
Description:  In typical Swiss fashion, within minutes of my train from Davos coming in, a Chur bound train and a St Moritz bound train both arrived at Filisur. Gotta love Swiss efficiency!
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:46 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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Chur bound traimn behind a Ge 4/4 III arriving at Filisur.
Title:  Chur bound traimn behind a Ge 4/4 III arriving at Filisur.
Description:  The color scheme promotes a local hockey team.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:47 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Line-up of trains at Filisur.
Title:  Line-up of trains at Filisur.
Description:  From left to right: the train to Davos behind an" Allegra" ABe 8/12, the St Moritz bound train (with a boxcar on the back, not uncommon on the RhB) and finally the engine of the Chur bond train can just barely be seen.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:47 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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The Chur bound train is first out.
Title:  The Chur bound train is first out.
Description:  Note the snow-capped peaks just to the right of the windshield.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:09:48 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Steam
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The famed and very long Glacier Express passes through Filisur without stopping behind a Ge 4/4 III.
Title:  The famed and very long Glacier Express passes through Filisur without stopping behind a Ge 4/4 III.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:29 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Push-pull train to Davos with a Ge 4/4 II as power.
Title:  Push-pull train to Davos with a Ge 4/4 II as power.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:30 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Another meeting of trains coming from three separate directions at Filisur.
Title:  Another meeting of trains coming from three separate directions at Filisur.
Description:  In the center is a St. Moritz bound train behind a Ge 4/4 III advertising Graubündner Kantonalbank (Bank of Graubunden Canton).
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:30 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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View between the first coach and a Ge 4/4 II.
Title:  View between the first coach and a Ge 4/4 II.
Description:  Note that instead of the usual European set up of a hook and chain in between two buffers there is one big buffer with a hook and chain on either side.
Photo Date:  6/2/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:31 PM
Location:  Landquart, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Ge 4/4 III ready to push a train to Landquart.
Title:  Ge 4/4 III ready to push a train to Landquart.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:32 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Coupling some extra cars to the Landquart bound train.
Title:  Coupling some extra cars to the Landquart bound train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:34 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Cab car of the Landquart bound train.
Title:  Cab car of the Landquart bound train.
Description:  I would take this train on a short day trip to Klosters.
Photo Date:  6/3/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:35 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Yes Virginia, there is still narrow gauge freight in Switzerland!
Title:  Yes Virginia, there is still narrow gauge freight in Switzerland!
Description:  Some nice logs waiting to be shipped out. I would see the engine that picked these cars up a little later but I do not have a decent shot of it.
Photo Date:  6/3/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:36 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Diminutive Class Tm2/2 diesel switcher and the cab car of the Landquart bound train.
Title:  Diminutive Class Tm2/2 diesel switcher and the cab car of the Landquart bound train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:37 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Head on shot of the Ge 4/4 II powering my train to Brig, the famed Glacier Express.
Title:  Head on shot of the Ge 4/4 II powering my train to Brig, the famed Glacier Express.
Description:  The Davos branch of the Glacier Express no longer operates as of late-2013. It has been replaced with a bus, something almost unheard of in Switzerland.
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:37 PM
Location:  Davos, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Interior of the vintage dining car on the Glacier Express.
Title:  Interior of the vintage dining car on the Glacier Express.
Description:  When I last rode the Glacier Express in 2000 these vintage diners were the standard, now they have been almost entirely replaced by Panorama diners that match the rest of the consist. .
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:38 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Looking out the back of the Glacier Express at the legendary Landwasser viaduct.
Title:  Looking out the back of the Glacier Express at the legendary Landwasser viaduct.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:39 PM
Location:  Filisur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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Exterior view of the Glacier Express diner.
Title:  Exterior view of the Glacier Express diner.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2011  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 6:10:41 PM
Location:  Chur, CH
Author:  Jay Epstein
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