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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 3 (July 1, 1932)
For the Benefit of the Tourist
For the Benefit of the Tourist.
A feature of the current European passenger time-tables is the augmentation of fast train services in Switzerland and Central Europe for the benefit of the
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tourist. One of the most interesting Swiss summer trains is the “Golden Mountain Pullman Express,” running between Montreux and Interlaken. This train de luxe claims to be the most luxurious Pullman train in Europe, and also the first mountain Pullman train in the world. It operates over the metre-gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway, a difficult mountain line embracing many stiff gradients. Four long zig-zags carry the track out of Montreux, and in the first eight miles the train climbs 2,500ft. Summit level is 4,173ft. above sea level, and the line passes through some of the most picturesque alpine scenery.
A Great Home Railway Terminus.
Waterloo station, London, headquarters of the Southern Railway
Two eight-wheeled electric locomotives haul the “Golden Mountain Pullman Express,” and the train normally is composed of two or three Pullman cars, a restaurant car and a luggage van. The car windows are carried right up to the roof, with the object of affording passengers an unrestricted view of the scenery passed through. The whole train is really a wonderful palace on wheels.