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This was the 25th Zurich
Get-Together organised by Jean-Patrick Enz.
This special badge was awarded to everyone that attended the event.
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ZURICH
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Organizer J.P. Enz
welcomes 70 visitors, including members and Trix enthusiasts from
Switzerland (49), Great Britain (8), the Netherlands (2) and Germany
(11).
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TTRCA
Secretary, David Holmes, thanked Patrick for all his hard work, and
presented him with with two personalised Pullman coaches mounted on a
display track.
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"PATRICK"
"BARBARA"
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David Holmes, Patrick and
Barbara Enz, with the presentation coaches displayed on the table.
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Uwe Ifflaender
delights Patrick with some non-Trix gifts while Norbert Gerharz peeks to
see what's going on.
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Peter Anderegg thanks Patrick for all the
good times at Zurich, but what might be in the box?
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The mystery box:
post-war
French tinplate Renault lorries and trailers presumably made by the famous
Maison Gobin-Daudé in Paris, the company that represented Trix in France in
pre-war years.
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Patrick thanked Penny and Martin
Drayson (TTRCA spare parts service) for their attendance at 20 of the Zurich
events.
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Swiss visitors, Richard
Aerne, Beat Schmid and Peter Anderegg..
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Martin (in blue shirt) and
Penny managing the spares table
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Zurich wasn't all Trix
talk (Jacqui with Judith Holmes).
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The 'Zurich Express' TTR
Compound wearing its celebratory badge.
As usual, there were Trix rarities on show ...
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Trix Express coach, look
carefully for the unusual printed number ...
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Rare
21/152 TRIX EXPRESS 1st class passenger coach for export to UK
and USA, with white window frames, grey roof and 1939/40 couplings. It's
rare because 21/152 coaches appeared in 1936/37 in this livery with cream
roofs, whereas coaches of 1939/40 with grey roofs should have the number
21/160 (courtesy of J.P. Enz).
Note: 21/151 and 21/159 were the corresponding baggage cars.
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Rare 1935 TRIX EXPRESS 20/51 loco with disc
wheels, restored by Ueli Leibacher. Also 20/155 CIWL baggage car of 1936
with yellow window frames.
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Organizer J.P. Enz talking Trix with Werner
Bregenzer, René Glatz and Peter Hildebrand.
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TRIX HO tender
loco class Eb 3/5 (2-6-2) and long wheelbase 4-wheeler baggage and
passenger coaches made by Lilliput. Converted to the TRIX EXPRESS system
by René Glatz (courtesy of Werner Bregenzer)
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TRIX
EXPRESS DB class 92 tender loco 0-8-0 with a historic passenger train of
4-wheel baggage and passenger coaches made by RöWa for TRIX EXPRESS
(courtesy of Werner Bregenzer).
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Rare 20/52 TRIX EXPRESS electric loco of
1935 with disc wheels, with an original box for the later 20/55 version
(by courtesy of Norbert Gerharz).
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An amusing
'special' made from a TRIX EXPRESS BLS electric loco mounted on a single
motorized 6-wheel bogie from DB class E50 electric loco (courtesy of
Norbert Gerharz).
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Hand-made
32-wheel weltrol with brakeman’s hut made by Swiss model maker H. Thommen,
in approx. 1951. H. Thommen is also well known as a model maker for the
Swiss brand JUNIOR, gauge 00/H0 (from the late Cuno Clénin collection).
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Rare post-war 29/56 TRIX EXPRESS 2-4-2
tank AC, made for the USA market. The loco has the 'spoon' auto-uncoupling
to fit the hooks on the TTR PECO-style couplings.
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In the evening
some of the attendees met at a nearby restaurant. The picture shows from
left to the right: Rudi Witschi (our Grill-Master), JPE, Renate
Scherberich, Bruno Fischer and Peter Anderegg.
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ZURICH 2017
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