2. Old Town ChurChur The Old Swiss Confederacy began as a late medieval alliance between the communities of the valleys in the Central Alps, at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire, to facilitate the management of common interests such as free trade and to ensure the peace along the important trade routes through the mountains. The Hohenstaufen emperors had granted these valleys reichsfrei status in the early 13th century. As reichsfrei regions, the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden were under the direct authority of the emperor without any intermediate liege lords and thus were largely autonomous. With the rise of the Habsburg dynasty, the kings and dukes of Habsburg sought to extend their influence over this region and to bring it under their rule; as a consequence, a conflict ensued between the Habs... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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RhB Winterdampf - Part 6 - Day 2 from Zernez to Samedan
The RhB Winterdampf Excursion is coming to an end. Part 6 shows scenes from March 19th. The day’s excursion continues from Zernez with a steam train pulled by G 4/5 #108 Engiadina upgrade to Samedan. At the same time, a mixed train pulled by G 3/4 Heidi is running to Samedan. Twice, the two trains overtake each other between Zernez and Samedan. The steam excursion concludes with a parallel entrance into Samedan station. The passengers are then brought back to Chur with a historic train pulled by an electric Ge 6/6' engine over the Albula line. The movie concludes with the scene when the train is passing Landwasser viaduct.
On March 18 and 19, 2017, Steam Adventure Tours and Club 1889 organized a two-day steam train excursion (“RhB Winterdampf”) to the Engadin. The excursion began on March 18 in Landquart where a doubleheader (2 G 4/5 narrow gauge steam engines) took our train to Thusis. In Thusis, a third engine joined the train (a G 3/4) and the tripleheader took our train over the Albula Line to Samedan. On March 19, we rode with a shorter train, pulled by just one G4/5 first to Pontresina to watch a presentation of historic and modern RhB (Rhätische Bahn) engines and snow removal equipment. Later that day, we run to Zernez and from their back to Samedan. Behind us, a short mixed train pulled by the G 3/4 followed us to Zernez and back. On the way back from Zernez to Samedan, the two steam trains passed each other several times. The trip concluded with our train running back to Chur, this time pulled by a historic Ge 6/6' and thereafter, with a standard gauge special train pulled by a BDe 4/4 historic motor coach to Zurich. Despite the not so great weather, it was a very enjoyable steam excursion which was perfectly organized by Club 1889, Steam Adventure Tours and RhB.
travel Switzerland - Männlichen - GGM -Europe 6
The cableway was proposed in order to provide direct access the snow-sure and wind-sheltered Männlichen ski region and thus extend the ski season into spring. It was also felt that it would create interesting new round-trips and hiking attractions. The company was founded in 1978, and the cableway opened in 1978. The cableway was constructed by Habegger Maschinenfabrik AG, at a cost of CHF 22 million. At the time of its building, it was world's longest aerial gondola cableway.