BMW Munich 2015
BMW factory & museum Oct2015 Quite unbelievable that most images from our 2015 visit to BMW Munich lay dormant until 2024 except for the kinetic display video — raw…
Transport museum 2024
2012, 2020, 2024 follow the evolution. Music by Bensound.com (elevate) Photography by marcomathieumedia During six months, the Swiss Museum of Transport shows the special exhibition “Chinese Spaceflight”. On display…
UKE80-Churchill Land Rover
From Chartwell England to Safenwil Switzerland. Emil Frey has been importing motorcycles from Britain since before the Second World War and cars since 1945. They are Switzerland’s largest importer…
Salon de l’auto 2024
Optimism, anticipation, reality . . . LAST DANCE Geneva, 28April – 6May 1906 Geneva, 26 February – 3 March 2024 Palexpo, Geneva The dates are set, the room is…
Auto Zurich 2023
35th annual autumn salon — We are following the plans for the GIMS (Geneva International Motor Show). To date many German car makers have said “no”, but they are…
Transport perspectives (7)
Model railways, CH & D. Kaeserberg, Fribourg Switzerland [sept 2011] website. Kaeserberg official videos from their YouTube channel. Modellbahnwelt Odenwald Germany [sept 2014] website. Fine detail shown of Odenwald…
Albula rail tunnel
Replacing the 100 year old Albula tunnel — of the Rhaetian Railway. Spinas station is at the south portal of the Albula Tunnel [municipality of Bever, in canton Graubünden].…
Plateforme 10 – Part 2
Second building with two museums — Photo Elysée and Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts. Opened in June 2022. [Plateforme 10 – Part1] Click any image for full…
Geneva Salon de l’auto
“A bird in the hand” — five years of video impressions + 2024 News about plans and future of the show 2020 – 2023 at the bottom of this…
Penny Farthing & Two Pence
Bicycle & Georges III of England — & Swiss 5.- In German speaking countries, the penny farthing bicycle is simply known as a “Hochrad” or high wheel or high…
Transport Museum
2020 post-confinement visit to the Verkehrshaus. https://vimeo.com/431624766 Our previous visit was in 2012 later in 2024. Stamps showing the Luzern railway station:
Salon de l’auto 2020
2020, the 90th edition is cancelled A new federal decision to ban events of more than 1000 people (because of the Corona virus) has meant the cancellation of the…
Plateforme 10 – Part 1
A brand new building for the “Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne” is now open for business – first part of a greater cultural project named “Plateforme 10”.…
Brienz Rothorn Bahn
A rack rail steam train from Brienz to the Brienz Rothorn. In service since 1892. Brienz Rothorn at 2351m altitude The journey to the top takes one hour; average…
Piano moving essentials
Following the last piano concert of summer lunchtime series . . . . https://vimeo.com/352603948
Salon de l’auto 2019
Seven areas covered in a new feature video: The dimensions of: Tradition – Extravagance – Performance – Conceptual – Reality – Emergence – and New Dimensions. For the segments…
CFF visible changes
Technology shift for departure boards. The Swiss railways departure boards in railway stations are undergoing an update from electro-mechanical to electronic displays. Not sure of the type yet and…
Steel Cables
We have oft times wondered at how a steel cable for a cable car or gondola is transported, lifted up and joined with strength to hold tonnes of weight…
Auto Salon 2018 – brief look
Our rather brief record of the 2018 Geneva auto salon this year had no ‘visitor’ to follow looking to replace his Volvo ! And to cap that, we have…
Swiss Railways (5)
Setting up, fixed & aerial, the “ripple” problem.Setting up the Mavic Pro, shooting fixed and aerial, the “ripple” problem. Some detective work needed to establish the cause, and why…
Swiss Railways (4)
Landwasser viaduct from the “back” side. The curved nature of the viaduct is more evident from here – trains turn almost 90 degrees between the North bridge track and…
Swiss Railways (3)
Continuing our fascination for the Rhätische Bahn (Rhaetian Railways), and with René’s acquisition of a MavicPro quad-copter, here is a combination of aerial and ground video capture of our…
No more car – change of life
After many years of car ownership, and of driving everywhere for everything, our fourth BMW finally gave up under pressure of an ailing catalyser — a decision was taken…
Swiss Railways (2)
The Rhätische Bahn (Rhaetian Railways) is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage and comprises an incredible number of amazing tunnels, bridges, viaducts and earthworks. Probably the most iconic is…
Swiss Railways (1)
Over several years of visiting central and Eastern Switzerland – we have captured images from the home of the Rhätische Bahn and many other iconic regional railways. Most recently…
Transport perspectives (6)
BROCKEN STEAM – as part of a 2017 “kultour” in the land of Martin Luther, we ventured westwards to the Brocken (Brocken mountain) which is a steam train lover’s…
Auto Salon Trends 2017
In 2014 & 2015 we published Geneva Auto Salon documentaries in the form of “following our visitor” who is looking (but not too urgently) to replace his Volvo. In…
Transport perspectives (5)
Analog video example (2) from our digital archive project — the Vallée de Joux steam train — filmed in 1992 on Sony Hi8 analog tape – one of the…
Transport perspectives (4)
Construction videos: by AlpTransit Gotthard base tunnel: videos by AlpTransit Gotthard AG (Official AlpTransit website in 4 languages)Exceptional videos from an exceptional project. PROJECT HISTORY DRILLING BLASTING LAYING SLAB…
Transport perspectives (3)
Official opening Gotthard tunnels . . Official opening of the Gotthard base rail tunnels (2 x 57 kms – 1st June 2016) — this guided visit 15th June 2016. …
Gotthard rail tunnel
First posting: more links below . . . Gotthard base tunnel official opening – June 2016, operational – December 2016. Longest rail tunnel 57 kms long twin tunnels, four…
Auto salon (2015)
Second “documentary” of the Geneva motor show (salon de l’auto) – following a good friend in his genuine, but not really urgent, search for the next car. This year,…
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