Swiss Association of Railway Amateurs

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Logo of the Swiss Association of Railway Amateurs and the magazine Railway Amateur .

The Swiss Association of Railway Amateur , abbreviated SVEA , French: Association Suisse Railway Amateur , abbreviated ASEA , is an association active in Switzerland and has its seat as an association at the respective place of residence of the association president. As of 2019, this is Ollon in French-speaking western Switzerland. The association is a member of the continental European umbrella organization Association of Model Railroaders and Railway Friends of Europe , MOROP for short.

Goal setting

The objective is to publish the magazine Eisenbahn Amateur and to hold the annual general meeting. The organization of the annual general meeting of the Association of Model Railroaders and Railway Friends of Europe , MOROP for short , is the responsibility of the association if it takes place in Switzerland, as happens occasionally.

Members

According to his information, the association comprises almost 90 hobby railroad and model railroad associations , including the Furka-Bergstrecke association with over 7,600 members, a group of private individuals with their hobby room and the Swiss Railways Society, which operates in Great Britain, and the English-language Swiss-related magazine SWISS EXPRESS issues.

As of 2019, the association only binds a minority of the Swiss railway and model railway associations. In the case of the railway associations, the associations of the so-called major traction , it is no longer even 20% of the associations.

See also

Web links
Commons : Swiss Association of Railway Amateurs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ President of the association: Urban Rüegger, 1867 Ollon , accessed on March 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Swiss Association of Railway Amateurs, homepage , accessed on February 22, 2019
  3. ↑ Eisenbahn Amateur (magazine) February 2019, page 94, club announcements, Furka mountain route association.
  4. ↑ Eisenbahn Amateur (magazine) February 2019, page 94, club announcements, Modulatelier Burgdorf.
  5. ↑ Comparison of the membership list of the SVEA (club addresses) and the HECH (our members) , accessed on March 16, 2019.