nathanurriani
Deh 4/4 23 / Sedrun (CH)
Description 📄:
A lot of snow covers the mountains of the Swiss Alps, snow that allows most of the ski resorts to open their lifts. One famous ski resort is Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, which attracts skiers from all over the world with its approximately 185 km of ski slopes. The ski area is very large, but all the lifts are interconnected with several slopes of varying difficulty. Only between Sedrun and Dieni are there no slopes connecting the Milez-Flyer ski lifts with the Strem platter or the Cuolm da Vi cable car. The only option for travelling between Dieni and Sedrun is therefore by train, thanks to the R45 Andermatt-Disentis/Mustér line, which, however, can only be taken once an hour. For this reason, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which operates the line between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér, has organised a special shuttle service between Dieni and Sedrun, also known as the ‘Sportzug’ (Sports Train). It operates every half-hour in both directions, and consists of a composition of two carriages plus a Bt-type pilot carriage, all pulled by the Deh 4/4 locomotive number 23. The locomotive is one of four in the MGB fleet, numbers 21 to 24. They were built by the cooperation of SLM (today Stadler) for the bogies, SIG (at the time Schweizerische Waggonfabrik) for the body and SAAS for the electrical equipment. The composition runs on MGB routes more and more rarely, as it is being replaced by the new Orions, which by around 2030 should replace all old compositions that are not yet compliant with European accessibility laws.
Information ℹ️:
Date 📅: 07.01.2025, 11:26
Place 📍: Sedrun
Train 🚄: Deh 4/4 23
Train Company 🏢: MGB
Line 🔢: R46 429 "Sportzug"
Start 🚩: Sedrun
Destination 🏁: Dieni
©️The photo was taken and edited by Nathan Urriani. Use of the image by others is only allowed with my permission.
Deh 4/4 23 / Sedrun (CH)
Description 📄:
A lot of snow covers the mountains of the Swiss Alps, snow that allows most of the ski resorts to open their lifts. One famous ski resort is Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, which attracts skiers from all over the world with its approximately 185 km of ski slopes. The ski area is very large, but all the lifts are interconnected with several slopes of varying difficulty. Only between Sedrun and Dieni are there no slopes connecting the Milez-Flyer ski lifts with the Strem platter or the Cuolm da Vi cable car. The only option for travelling between Dieni and Sedrun is therefore by train, thanks to the R45 Andermatt-Disentis/Mustér line, which, however, can only be taken once an hour. For this reason, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which operates the line between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér, has organised a special shuttle service between Dieni and Sedrun, also known as the ‘Sportzug’ (Sports Train). It operates every half-hour in both directions, and consists of a composition of two carriages plus a Bt-type pilot carriage, all pulled by the Deh 4/4 locomotive number 23. The locomotive is one of four in the MGB fleet, numbers 21 to 24. They were built by the cooperation of SLM (today Stadler) for the bogies, SIG (at the time Schweizerische Waggonfabrik) for the body and SAAS for the electrical equipment. The composition runs on MGB routes more and more rarely, as it is being replaced by the new Orions, which by around 2030 should replace all old compositions that are not yet compliant with European accessibility laws.
Information ℹ️:
Date 📅: 07.01.2025, 11:26
Place 📍: Sedrun
Train 🚄: Deh 4/4 23
Train Company 🏢: MGB
Line 🔢: R46 429 "Sportzug"
Start 🚩: Sedrun
Destination 🏁: Dieni
©️The photo was taken and edited by Nathan Urriani. Use of the image by others is only allowed with my permission.