RhB panorama (open) wagon lighting question

[HobbitFertang]

Hi folks, does the full-size RhB sightseeing (Panorama) wagon feature any lighting (e.g. ceiling)?? Is it even used at night?

 

[Nodrog1826]

It appears not,

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at least from these pictures, maybe above the door ends, if that is what those bulkhead fittings are, but the photos are old, and given how many tunnels RhB has, I would have thought some form of lighting was required.

 

[grizzmo]

Hi folks, does the full-size RhB sightseeing (Panorama) wagon feature any lighting (e.g. ceiling)?? Is it even used at night?

I just watched a video of someone filming from inside one. They panned around from one side to the other, the boxes on the bulkhead ends look junction boxes up close.
It doesn't look like there are lights, or if there are they are very unobtrusive.
I do not remember ever seeing the open wagons on a train at night, doesn't mean don't do that.

 

[Gizzy]

Hi folks, does the full-size RhB sightseeing (Panorama) wagon feature any lighting (e.g. ceiling)?? Is it even used at night?

Yes it does.

As Nod says, lots of tunnels on the RhB, and also on the MGB where the GEX coaches run from Disentis to Zermatt.

A later evening GEX service runs to St Moritz from Chur, comprising of just 4 GEX coaches attached to an Alvra train.

The BEX coaches that run from Chur to Tirano also have lights.

The light units are in the ceiling space, obviously a narrower space than a standard EW coach. Air Con and other services are also in the roof area....

 

[grizzmo]

Disregard everything I said previously, I thought you meant the yellow open no windows/low wall wagon , not the GEX or BEX panorama coaches