Saturday, 30 August 2025 Excursion “The alternative Jura crossing” –
The Waldenburg Railway, the Wasserfallen Railway project and the OeBB
The programme was as varied as the weather and delighted all participants.
At the Waldenburg Railway, we were given a very informative presentation on the major renovation and shown the near future of railway technology with the brand-new train control system.
The traces of the unrealised Wasserfallen Railway and the interesting explanations by Elias Vogt took us deep into the past.
At the OeBB, we saw that even a very small railway can find niches in today’s world and operate them successfully.
Here you will find the report on the excursion of 30.08.2025.
Here you will find the invitation to the excursion as a pdf (in German).
Here you will find the accompanying letter for the invitation to the excursion as a pdf.
Saturday, 15 March 2025 AGM with accompanying programme “The Gateway to Switzerland: The Rhine Ports of Basel”
The morning was filled with a guided tour of the Basel Rhine ports and a visit to the harbour museum.
After a delicious meal and the general meeting in the Schiff restaurant, a harbour tour with two motorised harbour taxis with a view of Basel’s old town followed.
Here you will find the report on the tours on the occasion of the AGM in Basle.
Here you will find the invitation to the AGM 2025 and the supporting programme as a pdf (in German).
Here you can find the preliminary information for the AGM
Friday, 31 October 2025 Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern Short film evening ‘Pfiff’
Bar open from 7 p.m., films start at 8 p.m.
Film evening at Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern, Sandrainstrasse 3/7, 3007 Bern
As part of its monthly ‘Archive Treasures’ programme, Lichtspiel is presenting a short film evening on the railway in collaboration with the Bern Tram Association. The description reveals that some excerpts from films on loan from SGEG will also be shown. These include private recordings from the late 1920s from the estate of Caspar Brunner, former chairman of Wallisellen railway station.
We’ll be letting off quite a bit of steam at this short film evening. Steam trains arrive in Western-style settings, we accompany a family in an amateur film from the late 1920s to Lucerne, Milan’s North Station and Como, we assist steam-powered snow blowers of the SBB in the 1960s, and we trace the development of the railway against the backdrop of the industrial revolutions. The protagonist of the evening: a signalman’s hut. In collaboration with the Bern Tram Association.
The event is not organised by us, but our colleagues at Lichtspiel and the Tram Association are delighted to welcome guests from our society.
Collection with suggested donation, no registration required.
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