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Swiss railway holiday

My wife and I are thinking of taki8ng a Swiss railway holiday. I don't want an organised tour (they're just not for us) but we're not familiar with the country - what do people recommend as the highlights for a week-long trip?

Forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways

60044 replied to the thread Severn Beach Miniature Railway.

And so ends another sorry saga> I'm sure it was a great project idea, but one has to wonder whether it was sufficiently thought through and organised. The same person had similar issues with his plans for a line at Tintern in Glos., before that...

60044 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

The Parish Council has very limited power. Your right though that maintaining local good will is very important. However, we are talking about a railway that doesn’t seem to want to communicate with its own volunteers and members most of the...

60044 liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

I'm sure everyone on Nat-Pres has sympathy with other businesses affected by the NYMR issues, that doesn't mean that the NYMR is liable for any of their losses. It's not a silly argument. If we take your viewpoint then I'm assuming you can prove...

60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Clwearly there will be an effect on Grosmont shops etc., but it is a small village and will probably be sustained to a degree by local users, as actually there aren't many shops there - A quick look on Google has revealed just two, the Coop and...

60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Andy.

60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

I didn't say that! I was repeating the management outlook, as quoted in their newsletter, but I think I'd agree that a four coach top & tailed service is going to incur relatively heavy costs in relation to the revenue it generates. What I...

60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

The answer is simply that even with the through services to Whitby, passenger numbers have fallen off in recent years, and a four-coach service to anywhere on the line, even if full, would not be financially worthwhile I'd say that the railway...

60044 replied to the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

Suburban coaches are very thin on the ground in terms of representation so I feel this one is worthier than most of saving. I hope someone, somewhere, agrees with me!

60044 replied to the thread 4270.

Didn't that used to be called a plank laid across the front buffers?

60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Short trains have been using Goathland and Levisham for years. Normally they have been stopping trains and so there tends to be pressure on people getting on and off, particularly on carriages that are stopped off the platform, but with a train...