Help!
Anyone know of a steam railway that runs outside of the Summer season? It's our girl's birthday tomorrow and she's mad about them (Thomas The Tank Engine's fault...). I've found a few lines, but the all seem to stop in October.
A long shot, I know, but if anyone knows of anything...
Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier.
Cheers!

Last Saturday when we were driving past Landquart, I noticed the plume of a steam engine over at the station. You might check the RhB's website and see if they've got something going on the weekends.

Thanks for the reply (that's super-quick!)
Found the website for the line:
http://www.dampfvereinrhb.ch/

Only thing is that it would take a fair bit of the day to get there...
Thanks, though!

Colonel, such a shame for you guys, there were some perfect trips on the 26th!!! and not too far away from Bern, see here

Nostalgiebahnen / Erlebnisbahnen / Dampfbahnen in der Schweiz

So many to choose from!!!

I know next year is too late, but if you guys are still about, take a gander at the one in Aaretal-Münsingen,, I live a couple of minutes away from there.

Not knowing how your German is, this site may be a bit nuisancey, some of the sites have English options, not all, happy to help out if you need some translation.

As well, I have a train freak buddy here, who knows all the timetables etc for the normal as well as all the special (steam) trains that are running.

So if you ever want to know whats going on (in the train world) for any other time coming up, give me a yell, he just looooves it when anyone wants to know something about trains....

They start up again 24th March (Easter Monday), we always used to do this with our kids when they were little (truth be told, they aren't above such things, even now ), we always liked Thomas the tank engine as well (well, me, more than the others!).

Very family friendly,,, you can also have a cuppa with our local "special" people

Of course, the one in Münsingen is not a "proper" big one,,, but when the kids were little, we liked it anyway, it was close by, an inexpensive day out in the fresh air and, well , we were supporting the (almost) local community with it... A nice day out all in all.

Ros

I have you an other addy too
www.dbb.ch

Another one to the list, in Germany though but quite close to Basel:

http://www.kandertalbahn.de/index.htm

Another good one in Germany:

http://www.sauschwaenzlebahn.de/ceas...sage.main.php5

Beautiful ride through the Black Forest.

Starts in Blumberg-Zollhaus.