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Good Morning America! It is a sunny day, but we have strong easterly winds blowing cold air into our neck of the woods - from Russia with love. Sunday is the time for a big breakfast. Make that pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, OJ and lots of coffee for me, Zoe, dear. Will be doing some w*rk on that track plan today. Pascal, my Swiss friend, and I want this layout to be a good representation of the original location, so there are lots of nitty-gritties to be considered. Planning a fairly simple layout can be a tremendous task, if you want to stay as close as possible to real life. [quote user="Heartland Division CB&Q"] Ulrich ... Your photos of the Swiss trains are tempting to me. I'd still like to make a trip there just to ride the train in the Swiss Alps. Your track plan looks interesting. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] Garry - I´d be my pleasure to w*rk out a rewarding itinerary for you. Certainly a must-see is the Rhaetian Railway Albula and Bernina lines, combined with a trip on the famous Glacier Express down to Zermatt. A stopover at either Realp or Oberwald would yield a trip over the Furka Mountain line - a line reopened some years ago. It was closed when the tunnel connecting these two towns was finished in 1982, making the trip over the Furka Pass redundant. A bunch of really crazy people worked for years to reopen this spectacular line. They even went to Vietnam to buy back the original steam locos, which were sold to Vietnam in 1947, following electrification of the line. Look at their web page <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dfb.ch/index.php?id=4&L=3">here</a> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Mh_DFB_Dampfzug.jpeg/733px-Mh_DFB_Dampfzug.jpeg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /> Y´all have a good one!
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