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RhB (Rhätische Bahn) 2011

Monday 15th August 2011, 1st day

Our third visit of Swiss canton Graubünden was exclusively male domain. We was one week on travelling around Austrian and Swiss park railways besides other things. But about in the individual reportage sometime next time. Now, let´s go into half of the August 2011 into the height of the summer tourist season on the RhB.

Schematic map of the RhB.

Station Scuol-Tarasp

We started our visit of RhB in the easternmost placed station - Scuol-Tarasp:

Station Scuol-Tarasp after afternoon rain shower.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

The train RE1253 from station Disentis/Mustér arriwed at first.
Locomotive Ge 4/4 II No. 632 moved to opposite end of train immediately after the arrival:

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Number two was train R1956 from station Pontresina
with locomotive Ge 4/4 II No. 631 and control car ABt 175 at the end:

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Ge 4/4 II No. 632 "Zizers":

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Ge 4/4 II No. 631 "Untervaz":

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Train R1957 departure into Pontresina:

Train RE1256 departure into Disentis/Mustér:

Passenger car A 1234.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Stake car R-w 8375.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Stake car R-w 8215
with containers.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Buffer-block.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

We continued into Filisur after short stop in Scuol-Tarasp. There was a little sunny but during our cross over the Albula Pass was weather very badly. All mountaintop in 2315 meters above sea level was in the heavy rain cloud.

Mountains around Scuol.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

We are beginning to move up
to Albula Pass.
(photo © Tomas Randysek ml.)

Live barrier on the road.
(photo © Tomas Randysek ml.)

We are at the height
2315 metres above sea level.
(photo © Tomas Randysek ml.)

(photo © Tomas Randysek ml.)

This reportage is continuing - RhB (Rhätische Bahn) 2011, 2nd day