Films

Presenter: Dave Doulton

The December meeting of the Solent Branch was the traditional evening of short DVDs which this year followed a continental theme. The first country visited was Switzerland for a tour through the new Gotthard base tunnel which opened in 2016. The next port of call was Italy to look at the narrow gauge Genoa – Casella line, before moving on to the German state of Saxony. Our chosen location was near the border with the Czech Republic so there was plenty of international traffic on view. A short hop to the Czech Republic to view freight and passenger traffic, including local services formed of a very basic 4-wheel railcar and push-pull locomotive operated trains was followed by visits to Slovenia and France and the classic Paris – Dijon line before we returned to north Switzerland.