Sunday 27 August - Travel to Zurich - and Two Steam Locomotives

Catch of the Day was the Churchill car in Zurich HB having returned from Olten where it attended the Depot Festival
We took a somewhat convoluted route to get to Zurich. We took a stopping train to Aarau where we transferred to the narrow gauge line to Shoffland. 
Our train at Aarau

Sample screen which is visible throughout the train. Note the Swiss railway clock in the bottom right. At larger stations the transfer connections by train, bus, tram, Post bus etc. are also shown. 

At Schoffland we transferred to a Post bus which took us to Triengen. The bus left precisely in time and arrived precisely on time. There were similar tv screens in the bus as well.
At Triengen a short walk brought us to the platform where the once a month steam train runs to Sursee.
The first order of business was to purchase a ticket. This is an Edmondson sized card complete with a consecutive number,

The engine is an interesting 0-6-0. It was actually converted to electricity during the coal shortage in the war. It is shown here at Sursee in the main station platform where it has just run around its train ready to return to Triengen.
We know nothing about this train which ran empty from platform three at Sursee presumably to Olten, I saw it there last evening.
From Sursee we took a local train back to Olten and then an SBB Twindex (Ugh) to Zurich. The train, although relatively new, was very rough riding.
At Zurich we went by tram to Zurich Wiedicon station to see the special steam train put on by the Sihlwald Steam group.
The engine was in steam but it arrived running backwards

Leading the train in was electric car no. 84 which was used for special groups. The train left with the steam locomotive leading thus saving the need to run round the train on a busy main line.











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