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Journal
Volume - (2015)
Issue 121 _
Front matter _
Advertising _
Rubric: [Impressum] 1
Preface: Editorial : 'The past is another country, they do things differently there' 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: The BTB in the front line 2
Article: 100 years Chur-Arosa : Mario Gavazzi reports on how the RhB went 'flyedelweiss'! 5
Article: Timeless time in Koblenz Dorf 7
Article: Memory lane - and beyond : Paul Jenkins reports on a marathon exploration with a Swiss Pass 8
Article: Puzzle picture 11
Article: Basel 'Standards' : Neil Wheelwright gives an update on these long-serving trams 12
Article: Going around in circles. Number 3, The third of Steve Buck's articles about his Ticino trips 13
Article: Brown bear hunting 14
Article: Station to station walking on the RhB : David and Elizabeth Carpenter recommend some easy walks for the less energetic 16
Article: The Black Forest, Basel, and all that jazz... 18
Article: Express parcels! : Keith Scotland recounts a student prank that went wrong 20
Article: A tunnel to nowhere : s´Murmeli explores the forgotten Wasserfallenbahn 21
Article: Mont Blanc Express restored 22
Rubric: Photo gallery 24
Article: Idiosyncrasies - and a No. 25 bus : Rob Morrey explores lesser-known parts of Switzerland and Germany 26
Rubric: Swiss news 28
Article: Centenary celebrations at Oberwald : Bryan Stone marks the 100th anniversary of the DFB's predecessor 34
Article: St. Gingolf 35
Article: The Simplon Tunnel. Part 1, The first bore 36
Article: The 'Odd Man Out' is not alone! : An intrigued Ron Smith has a question answered 39
Article: Shunting, Swiss style : Chris Chick looks at some Swiss shunting procedures 40
Rubric: Modelling news 41
Article: Railway modellers ...and a KISS! : Peter Marriott introduces new products specifically for modellers of the Swiss scene 41
Rubric: Society pages 42
Rubric: DVD review 43
Article: 50 years of the Luzern-Stans-Engelberg 44
Rubric: ...and finally : a line to nowhere 45
Rubric: Ivan Rodriguez from the STC writes 46
Advertising 47
Issue 122 _
Front matter _
Advertising _
Rubric: [Impressum] 1
Preface: Editorial 1
Obituary: Peter Dransfield : MBE. 21st April 1939 - 29th March 2015 1
Table of Contents 1
Rubric: Montreux musings : 4 articles about historic transport in this area of Switzerland 2
Article: Territet-Glion Funicular 2
Article: Territet-Mont Fleuri : Der Beobachter reports on the 'last chance' for this 'ghost' funicular 3
Article: Long lost line : Jakob Jäger recounts the short life of the unusual trait - planches line 5
Article: Crossed wires - and surviving the consequences : John Jesson is intrigued by some complex electrical engineering 6
Article: Barry Eastick postcard selection 8
Article: The Simplon Tunnel. Part 2, The second bore 10
Article: The oldest station building in the world? 12
Article: The Zentralbahn saves the day : Rosemary and Colin Stone recall an efficient Swiss incident response 13
Article: 100 years Chur-Arosa : Alan Conway and Tony Cutler give some further views of the anniversary weekend 14
Article: The end of the line. Part 1, Bryan Stone's look at the closing of railways in Switzerland 16
Article: Lost and found 17
Article: A special working : in memory of Alby Glatt 1933-2014, a man who loved luxury rail travel 18
Article: 'A ticket to slide' : the Bergün - Preda Sledge Train 19
Article: Back from Berlin 20
Article: Past times. Part 1, Trevor Bond recalls his first trip to Switzerland 21
Article: Baggage cars 22
Rubric: Photo gallery 24
Article: ETCS - European Train Control System : With the testing and commissioning of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel upon us, Boyd Misstear takes a brief look into this often referred to, but little understood, important railway development being deployed as part of this 'Neue Eisenbahn-Alpentransversale' (NEAT) 26
Rubric: Swiss news 28
Article: The journey to Davos 34
Article: Station to station walking on the RhB : a follow-up from Philip Nalpanis 36
Article: Albula Bahn Club 36
Article: Story of a survivor : Jean-François Andrist recounts the story of LEB loco No.5 37
Rubric: Modelling news 38
Article: Modelling Switzerland? : Michael Farr discovers that there is an alternative 38
Article: A glimpse of Nuremberg Toy Fair 2015 40
Rubric: Society pages 43
Book review: Swiss tram & trolleybus systems : past and present [Martin Fisher, Neil Wheelwright] 45
Rubric: And finally... the railway has gone, the lesson still works 45
Rubric: Ivan Rodriguez from the STC writes 46
Advertising 47
Issue 123 _
Front matter _
Advertising _
Rubric: [Impressum] 1
Preface: Editorial 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Switzerland with beginners : Tony Bagwell details how the most was made of a Swiss travel pass 2
Article: Düwags on Basel line 21 : Don Gatehouse rides a peak-hour 6
Article: Walking the Gemmi Pass 7
Rubric: "Where's Heidi?" 7
Article: Chair in the air 8
Article: The end of the line. Part 2, Of Bryan Stone's look at the closing of railways in Switzerland 10
Article: Watch out for the gradient 14
Article: Oldest station building? : Some follow-up from our members 15
Article: Postcards through the ages 16
Article: Happy birthday ZVV 18
Article: The Simplon Tunnel. Part 3, Electrification and operation 20
Rubric: Photo gallery 24
Rubric: Swiss news 26
Article: SwissPost - yellow in motion : Don Gatehouse provides an illustrated review 32
Article: Rigibahnen roundup 34
Article: Back in the baggage car : two members respond to s'Murmeli's earlier article 36
Article: Steam at Pentecost 38
Article: ps Simplon's centenary 38
Rubric: Modelling news 39
Article: Sta. Maria. Part 1, Martin Fisher desribes the construction of his RhB layout 39
Rubric: Society pages 42
Book review: Book reviews 44
Rubric: And finally... Bryan Stone introduces SBB's new self-propelled maintenance equipment 45
Advertising 46
Rubric: Ivan Rodriguez from the STC writes 47
Advertising 48
Issue 124 _
Front matter _
Advertising _
Rubric: [Impressum] 1
Preface: Chairman's notes 1
Table of Contents 1
Article: Conversion to a company limited by guarantee 2
Rubric: Swiss Railways Society Annual General Meeting 2016 2
Article: Genève rail projects - CEVA update 3
Article: 125 years of the Berner Oberland-Bahn : Glyn Jones reports on the celebrations 7
Rubric: Where's Heidi? 9
Article: 'Neuchâtel' - a superbly restored paddle-steamer 10
Article: Steamboat jubilees in Switzerland 2015 12
Article: 'Weschtfäscht' 13
Article: Zürich : Martin Fisher describes how its public transport network evolved up to around 1970 14
Article: Swiss invest in new equipment 17
Article: Closed stations of the Bözberg line 18
Article: A Swiss ferry story 20
Article: The NEAT is coming! : Bryan Stone looks at winter, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, and a little history 22
Rubric: Photo gallery 24
Article: Swiss steam adventure - A different aspect of Lake Luzern : Paul Russenberger achieves a life's ambition 26
Article: The Brunnen Cement Works Railway 28
Rubric: Swiss news 29
Article: Graubünden - a winter's tale 35
Article: Autoverlad Oberalp Services : Don Gatehouse provides an insight into this MGB service 38
Article: Sometimes not up to the usual standard! : Phil Weaver suffers a locomotive failure on the MGB 39
Rubric: Modelling news 40
Article: New Pendolino ETR 610 : a personal review by Boyd Misstear of the new Lima Expert HO Scale SBB Unit 40
Rubric: Society pages 42
Book review: Around Switzerland in 80 maps : a magical journey [Diccon Bewes] 44
Rubric: And finally... 44
Advertising 45
Rubric: Ivan Rogrigues from the STC writes 46
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