A week of hiking high up above #Piemonte’s 🇮🇹 Valle Vigezzo, plus the occasional “trenino” running down in the valley on the #Vigezzina #Centovalli narrow gauge line.

Several through trains between #Domodossola 🇮🇹 and #Locarno🇨🇭 on the 100 year old #Vigezzina #Centovalli narrow-gauge line are currently being worked by lovely #SSIF class ABe8/8 units from the late 1950s. This is due to equipment shortages: the “Panoramic“ units aren’t operating right now because of some technical issues.

In #Piemonte’s Valle Vigezzo for a few days (of hiking basically). Since there is also a railway line (🤓), a visit to S. Maria Maggiore train station is almost compulsory. This is the highest point on the narrow gauge #Vigezzina #Centovalli line from #Domodossola 🇮🇹 to #Locarno🇨🇭. And there is a nice station café right by the platform edge with photos of the early years of this railway line on display.

#Intragna🇨🇭 on the narrow gauge #Centovalli railway line earlier today. This is the terminus station for this lunchtime regional service from #Locarno.

Colourful #Re station on the #Vigezzina 🇮🇹 #Centovalli🇨🇭narrow gauge line earlier today. The train on the pictures is a #Domodossola to #Locarno “diretto” service.

There are direct trains and then there are *direct* trains. Next stop Milano Centrale and then on to #centovalli and #Switzerland #interrail #traintravel #frecciarossa

The evening service on the #Locarno🇨🇭 to #Domodossola 🇮🇹 narrow gauge #Centovalli #Vigezzina line is usually worked by a lovely 1950s unit. Tonight #SSIF ABe8/8 #21 “Roma” is doing the honours. It comes with opening windows, obviously a mixed bag on a rainy day like today. 😉

Morning at S. Maria Maggiore 🇮🇹, the highest point on the #Vigezzina #Centovalli narrow gauge line. The first eastbound services of the day from #Domodossola - a local to #Re and the international to #Locarno🇨🇭- are worked by units built in the 1950s and the 1960s. ❤️

Evening on the #Centovalli 🇨🇭#Vigezzina 🇮🇹 line, west of #Locarno: the last through service of the day with destination #Domodossola is usually being worked by an #SSIF ABe8/8 unit, built in 1959. And: this train comes with opening windows!

The main access to #Locarno’s🇨🇭#Centovalli railway terminus is currently closed for upgrading works. Passengers can reach the platforms via an underpass at the far end of the station: some nice museum stock, like the lovely Be2/2 7 "Tramin" tramcar built in 1908, is parked here.

Going through the pictures taken earlier this week along the #Centovalli🇨🇭 line between #Intragna and #Locarno: a lovely little railway with an impressive variety of trainsets operating in a beautiful area.

Pictures taken at the #SSIF workshops in #Domodossola 🇮🇹 in January 2013: two #ValleVigezzo #Centovalli ABDe4/4 units, built in 1923 - 100 years ago. (Their car bodies had since been modernised though.) They had last been used for working museum specials (#17) or track maintenance.
#PastTrainTrips

The lovely #Centovalli🇨🇭 Railway line outside #Locarno is very scenic and the 1960s unit ABDe6/6 31 - this is the trainset we are travelling on - comes with plenty of old railway charm: opening windows and wood panelling included.

A day out at the #Centovalli🇨🇭 railway in southern #Switzerland. My favourite trainset in operation today: the ABDe6/6 unit, built in 1963 - 60 years ago.

Going through the pictures taken yesterday in #Ticino’s🇨🇭 #Centovalli area. A wonderful place for hikes on a day like this (and probably any time of the year). And the #trenino, the little train, is never far away.

Back from a day out in #Centovalli #Ticino - with some pictures of the lovely little trains seen on the #Locarno🇨🇭 to #Domodossola 🇮🇹 narrow-gauge railway line earlier today

Earlier this afternoon: a really enjoyable train ride from #Locarno🇨🇭 to #Domodossola 🇮🇹 over the lovely #Centovalli #ValleVigezzo narrow gauge line in beautiful weather.

A very quiet atmosphere at #Re 🇮🇹 station on the #Vigezzina #Centovalli line tonight as the last service of the day with destination #Domodossola prepares for departure. This train is usually worked by and elderly #SSIF ABe8/8 unit, built in 1959.