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The western terminus of the train is Montreux, on the shore of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud.Montreux is the terminus of the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line's 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line and is shared with the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Locomotive (Usually 6003 Saanen, in special Chocolate Train livery) / Belle Epoque Ars / Belle Epoque Ars / Golden Pass Panorama observation car (No. 116 or 117) operating in Push – Pull mode. Other trains Montreux–Zweisimmen may be pulled by a Ge 4/4, GDe 4/4 or an ABDe 8/8 and they can have up to five coaches.
The Golden Pass Panoramic Express near Gstaad (with seating on the front) The Golden Pass in Lucerne main station. The GoldenPass Line is a tourist-orientated train route in the Swiss Alps with its base in Montreux. It is not a legal entity but operates and manages the following companies: Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB)
The Belle Époque was so named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a continental European "Golden Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. The Belle Époque was a period in which, according to historian R. R. Palmer , " European civilisation achieved its greatest power in global politics, and also ...
A train in the Rochers-de-Naye platforms at Montreux station A Rochers-de-Naye train in a siding at Montreux; the running line enters the tunnel to the left of the train; the line on the right belongs to the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line MTGN No.4, the line's diesel locomotive at Glion The line between Glion and Caux A train on the Montreux-Rochers de Naye line at Caux Train approaching ...
In December 1883 the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) created its second luxury train after the Orient Express was introduced in June of that year. Due to contracts between CIWL's competitor, the Pullman Company, and the owner of the Mont Cenis Pass Railway, the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia, CIWL could not use the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, so CIWL was forced to use ...
A GoldenPass Line liveried train descending the rack section from the Brünig Pass towards Giswil. Brünig-Hasliberg station is the summit of the line, in the Brünig Pass. A train climbing the rack section from Meiringen to the Brünig Pass. Regio trains, made up of Stadler SPATZ units, passing at Brienz.
The planned destruction of Warsaw during the Second World War, Poland's national icon Frederic Chopin, the polonaise dance; Łódź – Poland's film industry; Poznań – the last steam-powered commuter train at Wolsztyn; Wrocław – Market Square, Wrocław's dwarfs, the National Rail Carriage Factory; Kraków – milk bar and the Trabant car.