If you liked the mini-train pictures awhile ago, you'll really love these of Bouveret, a train amusement park at the east end of Lake Geneva. For a one price admission, you can take trips upon 10 or so different scaled replica trains that run through a real platform run by engineers (retired train workers who volunteer their time). About 1/3 were American (Amtrak, old 19th c. models, etc), as well as familiar local ones.
The rides are fairly long 10-15 minutes and run along a manicured park around ponds, bridges, and historically faithful replicas of key Swiss buildings, such as Aigle Castle and the church at Saanen (site of the Yehudi Menuhin classical music festival, thus mini-chamber orchestra within).
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The Swiss--masters of the miniature scale. Maybe it's a reflection of their own size among the empires of Europe past?
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