March Swiss Express Published
The Society's March A4 size magazine includes the following articles:
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Forchbahn
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Quinten-sential Switzerland
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Geneva - Where Two Nations Meet - Part 3
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Steam And Sausages to The Summit
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Spiez.... Again
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2011 Timetable And Rule Changes
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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
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Nostalgia Under The Wires
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Aeugstenbahn
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Searching For An Endangered Species
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Passes And Problems On The RhB
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Winter Woes
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Rigibahnen 2012
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Geneva News
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RVT ABm2/5
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Accommodation - With Trains
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Parliamentary Trains
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Swiss News
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Modelling News
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Photo Gallery
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Notepad
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Society Pages
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Book and DVD Reviews
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And Finally....
SRS News
A description and photographs of the 2011 tour to Switzerland are now online.
Swiss Travel Centre - Special Discount Offer for SRS members - Continued in 2012
Swiss Travel Guides - 3, The Glacier Express was published in December
Published in March, the second in our series of travel guides to
Switzerland with a railway and transport slant. Lots of new previously
unpublished pictures, available now from SRS Sales at £7.00 including postage
See sales page for ordering information.
ONLINE FORUM
Swiss Railways Society Online Forum
Access to the forum is for members only, if you would like to join
please email forum.admin@swissrailsoc.org.uk
Society Diary - Full list of SRS meetings around the country
Society Contacts - Names & Email addresses
List of events in Switzerland - as we hear of them - including MOB & Geneva events in June. If you hear of other events, please let us know so they can be included.
Website News
2012 Nuremburg Toy Fair Report
2012 Nuremburg To Fair Photographs
Payment for sales items now possible via PayPal - See sales page for details.
Swiss Model Shop list - see the Modelling page.
If you know of any updates, please email the webmaster who will pass on the updates to the list editor.
Also looking for volunteers to keep this information up to date.... - Apply to Webmaster!
SBB Stock
Changes ** Updated to October 2011 **
Note - No further updates will appear here, instead see
http://www.rollmaterial.ch/download/index.php
Bookshops
I would like to set up a list of (mainly!) Swiss bookshops that have a good supply of transport related literature. If you know of any good shops, please email the webmaster.
Swiss Travel System information including timetable info
SWISS EXPRESS - The journal of the Swiss Railways Society
The March 2012 issue of Swiss Express has been published and was mailed to all members around 24 February.
The following are in addition to the articles in Swiss Express:
Report & new Model List from 2012 Nuremburg Toy Fair - Photos
Target time & winning entry for SE Christmas 2011 competition
Warning - One of our members was the victim of pickpockets on Visp station. The local police commented that there are up to 6 such incidents there per day!
Updates to the book - The Essential Guide to Swiss Heritage and Tourist Railways