Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Elite 200

This was after our arrival on the CityNightLine service in Praha Hlavni Nadrazi. Our sleeper was a first class one, operated by JLV, making it actually the only Czech sleeper on the train, as the rest were DB (and possibly SBB, I don't remember). The train was heavy enough to be double headed, although as usual it ran under 160Km/h (99 m.p.h.) on Ceske Drahy. The trailing unit was #371015-9. I noted that both units were named. #371004-3 was named "Otik," and #371015-9 had a common Czech woman's name, although I've forgotten it. Does anybody know it?

I think I've managed to identify this church on these websites: www.kirche-zh.ch/Reformiert/Kirchgemeinden/detail.html?cl... www.fraumuenster.ch/ If I have my description wrong please let me know!

This is a BVZ Tram 2000 Class. This one appears to carry road number #2109. Other than that, I haven't been able to track down easy information on this class.

Zurich (sometimes spelled "Zuerich")actually isn't the capital of Switzerland (Bern is) but it is the largest city, creating some confusion. There is an extensive tram system here, and the trams are varied in age and technological advancement. This tram appears to be a Bombardier Be 5/6 Cobra of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VZB), one of three tram operators, and the one that is owned by the city. Cobras were originally built by Schindler, being designed in 1996. There were years of production delays before Schindler was reorganized in 2001 and Cobra production was shifted to Bombardier. The order eventually grew to 88 units, which should all be delivered by now (I don't have a current roster). These are modern low-floor trams designed for easier handicap access, but other than that I've had a bit of trouble tracking down technical specifications.

This was the only photo that I took on the way to Zurich, as far as I know, as we were leaving Chur. There seems to be a train made up of various mismatched heritage equipment on the other side of the platform. Unfortunately, I don't know very much about it.

This is another building that is not well documented, as far as I can tell. I was able to find the name more easily, although obviously if I have it wrong please let me know.

The Hofkeller does indeed have walls and turrets, so you can see what I mean about it being more a castle than a house.

The Hof Keller appears to be not a house, but more of a castle. This tower makes that obvious, but you can also see what I mean on this Google Map: maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=46.847982,9.534996&... I don't know much about the background of this building, though, as I've had trouble finding it in any online guides for Chur. One thing I do know is that slightly inside this gate is a restaurant, as indicated in the photo title.

This is the Chur railway station. The tracks in the front are for the Bernina Line, while the other tracks are behind the station.

This is Rhaetian Railway #3505, one of the newer trains on the Bernina Express (and the Bernina Line generally), a Class ABe 8/12 Allegra EMU, built by Stadler Rail sometime between 2009 and 2011. These units were among those which replaced the ABe 4/4 II Class EMU's that had been in service when I rode the line in 1998. The Class ABe 4/4 III EMU's remain in service, being newer. There are also a few locomotive-hauled trains, using Gem 4/4 dual power locomotives (electric or diesel). This photo gives a hint, but doesn't show clearly that the Bernina Line leaves Chur via the streets, much like a tramway.

Here's another shot of a mountain in the clouds. I have no idea which one it is.

Here's another shot that I got of the train.

Being in the mountains on a day in which there was sporadic rain, we passed through a number of clouds. Some of these, of course, were not possible to photograph as they were simply grey haze, but this one was better.

This was one of the few towns on the Glacier Express route that I was able to identify. The reason was that we passed the station and I got a picture of the sign (the photo was a bit blurred to show here).

Actually, the "Visp District" is a bit of a guess, since film shots don't have EXIF data. This was one of the better shots that I got, showing the train on a curve. The Glacier Express is, of course, designed for photography, but a problem that I had for the whole trip was that the glass reflected too much, as you can sort of see on the right here. The previous shot of the bridges has a bit of a reflection in the middle, too, but I posted both of these anyway.

I think these are technically viaducts, given the arches, although at least the one in the foreground looks like it could be for a road. I really know nothing about these, other than that I took this photo from the Glacier Express shortly after leaving Zermatt.

While playing around with Elsemuko's Technicolor script in Gimp (still unsuccessfully, unfortunately, although not due to the script not working), I accidentally discovered that if I used Gimp's standard auto-equalize feature, I would get this, which rather than looking Technicolor, looks more like a bad Autochrome. Oh well....I still like it. It looks kind of like an old postcard, I think.

Here's my alternate shot of Hrad Kotnov. The foreground is a bit dark, I know, but I wanted to show the variation of architectural styles.