Hi all,
To answer the question “Why would anyone want to model RhB?”
Ahhhhh, now there is a long story!
My connection with the RhB goes back to 1952/53 (additional details at http://www.rhb-grischun.ca/E/html/history.html ). Today the RhB is one of the Swiss railways that still preserves old rolling stock and motive power (with the help of the clubs in RhB Historic) while running a very modern operation to transport both people and freight.
The era I model is '69 through '75, what I refer to as the “good old RhB”, with few of those “all look alike” engines, most of the passenger equipment still in green. Station trackage that hasn’t been modernized and rationalized yet, freight cars that in some cases date back to the early 1900s.
The line has hefty grades, pretty tight curves and “knock you dead” scenery, the station to station average distance is short, around 3 to 4 miles (5 to 7km).
One could think of it as a Colorado railway that was modernized, electrified and still operates today.
More later. 