Interesting Small Railway

[Roger B]

Pauline and I have been visiting the Grand Tour Photospots around Switzerland since Covid time. We keep nearly finishing and then they add a few more 
At Stein am Rein we found and interesting dual gauge park railway. The running stock was on 7 1/4 inch gauge however it was built with 15 inch gauge as well to allow the stock from a closed railway near Luzern to be run. There was a battery electric model of an RhB baby crocodile with a driving trailer and a 0 8 0 steam loco based on an O&K prototype.
The system was fully signalled and operated according to the Swiss system with wheel detectors to confirm the track circuiting.

[Roger B]

The valve gear on the O&K was quite interesting in the way the reverser was linked to the valve rod. They also had a special carriage for wheelchairs.
The joys of dual gauge points and turntables 

[Michael S.]

 
Beautiful pictures.
The Swiss crocodile is my favorite electric locomotive.

Michael

[tghs]

this post made me think of the Milwaukee county zoo train,, also a 15" guage train,, I road on it 55 years back.. looking  online to find that they are retiring the steam locos this year and they will go to a railway museum..

[PJPickard]

I made my first trip to Switzerland in May. My traveling companion is my new GF, half Swiss(her dad) and half Mexican. Yes an odd mix but it works!
I LOVED everything about the trip and the country. One of the things that will have to wait for the next trip is a visit to a club like you show. The Swiss Steam Park looks amazing!
Thanks for posting this!

[Roger B]

Thank you all 

We visited the Swiss Steam Park a couple of years ago:

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