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Title: The Electric Simplon Line
Publisher: Swiss Federal Railways, Publicity Office Berne, with copyright page dated 1936.
Format: Softcover vintage railway travel booklet in English with stapled binding.
Contents include sections on The Simplon Electric Railway, Vallorbe to Lausanne, Lausanne to Brig(ue), branch lines and routes, and the electrification of the Simplon Line.
Illustrations: Numerous black-and-white photographs of Swiss scenery, viaducts, stations, and towns along the Simplon route (examples include the Matterhorn and Riffel Lake, the Viaduct over the Orbe, Lausanne and the Lake of Geneva, Near Rivaz on Lake Geneva, the Zinal Rothorn, and Montana).
Special feature: Large fold-out color "Map of the Simplon Line" attached at the rear, showing Swiss Federal Railways standard- and narrow-gauge lines, other Swiss and foreign railways, roads, footpaths, and other symbols; map legend notes "Published by the Publicity Office of the Swiss Federal Railways, Berne 1938" with scale 1:450,000.
Credits: Cover design by Atelier Häusler, Berne; printed by Otto Walter Ltd., Printers, Olten; printed in Switzerland.
Pagination: Last numbered page is 48, preceding the attached fold-out map.
Language: English.
Notes: Classic 1930s Swiss railway publicity booklet for the electrified Simplon Line, ideal for collectors of train ephemera, Swiss travel memorabilia, or historical railway maps.
