Virtual Railfan Tour of Switzerland - Wednesday - DVZO Bauma Steam Railway
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The Bauma Steam Railway ( Dampfverein Zurcher Oberland - DVZO) only normally runs on the first and third Sundays of the summer months. However, for our virtual tour it will be running for us today. It runs over the normally SBB freight lines between Bauma and Hinwil. The DVZO depot is at Uster on the line from Zurich to Rapperswil and locomotives are based at Bauma as required. Bauma is at the end of a SBB branch from Winterthur. The line has some seven steam, one electric, one electro-diesel and three diesel locomotives.
The beautifully restored Bauma depot is situated right next to the SBB terminus
Portable ticket holder used by the conductor to issue tickets.
Having purchased our genuine Edmondson style card ticket we can proceed to buy snacks and admire the train
One can eat well here
2-6-0T #2 "Hinwil" is a tank engine built in 1903
This lever indicated the amount of water in the tank
Amply supplied with snacks we find a seat in the train
At Hinwil the locomotive runs around its train to return to Bauma
Taking water at Hinwil
The conductor talks to the driver
Running round at Hinwil
With direct access to the Zurich suburban network we decide not to return to Bauma but continue on our way.
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