The entire SGEG Board wishes our members and friends good luck and all the best for the new year 2025.
Now to today’s story: On 26 April 1981, the AGMT organised a photo trip on the MOB. Although a bad weather front was approaching, there was good reason to hope that the photo trip would still be able to benefit from sunny weather as desired. Unfortunately, the front was travelling a little faster than forecast, and on the return journey with a goods train consisting of the DZe 6/6 2001 + Bi 42 + Gk 558 + 553 + 563 + 515 + 529 + 560 + 526, cold rain set in at Montbovon. The higher we travelled up towards les Cases, the more the rain turned into snowflakes. Nevertheless, there were still photo stops, and a few brave souls actually got off the train. The result was the photos in this series, proving that the railway runs in all weathers, a fact that is (understandably) not very often documented photographically…
At the stopover in les Scièrnes, the heavy rain slowly began to turn to snow, and the dark clouds massively reduced the light… I think the photo has a special charm despite this, or perhaps because of it… 27 April 1981 Photo: Edi Meier, Bülach At the photo stop in Allières, the snow began to stick. Fortunately, we were able to get out on level ground and wait until the train was pushed backwards into position. It would hardly have been possible to return by way of the steep railway embankment… The old wooden masts are beautiful, similar to those we encountered in the last published story (GFM 106 with snow plough). 27 April 1981 Photo: Edi Meier, BülachAfter the Jaman Tunnel at Jor came the big surprise. We found ourselves in a winter wonderland. It was already quite dark and we had to fight on with slow shutter speeds and open apertures. In my opinion, it was worth it. I find the shot very atmospheric, which is why I have chosen this story to kick off the year and give you some advice for the new year: Never let adverse circumstances discourage you! 27 April 1981 Photo: Edi Meier, Bülach
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