Brandnew sixcar trainset FLIRT from StadlerRail on a test run from Bussnang to Sulgen. The dual system train (3000 V DC/15000 V 16,7 Hz AC) is for the daugther company TILO (Treni Regionali Ticino... (more)

The brand new double deck long distance train ("FV-Dosto") for the SBB, RABe 502, in the Bombardier works Villeneuve, pulled by road/rail Eurotract E2000 vehicle. Bombardier calls this 2... (more)

This is the south portal of the world's longest railway tunnel, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT), which will be inaugurated on first of june this year. The 125 meter long test trai... (more)

A line up of the famous Ae 6/6 Gotthard locomotive in Limmattal shunting yard (Rangierbahnhof Limmattal/RBL). From left 11507 "Wildegg", 11477 "Martigny", 11415 "Thurgau" and 11425 "Genève".

This picture could be taken about 75 years ago....HG 3/4 # 4 of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) is entering the cogwheel section below Gletsch down to Oberwald, while on the street a FIAT Balilla 508 ... (more)

Early on this sunday morning, the snow fighting composition from Poschiavo, with dual power (diesel/electric 1000 V DC) locomotive Gem 4/4 # 802 and snow blower X rotmt # 95404, is clearing track ... (more)

View of Brig, transport hub in the Upper Valais, at night, with the passenger station (left) and the freight yard (right). From the Lötschberg mountain route, the "Lötschberger" RegioE... (more)

Train IR 2165 from Zürich to Locarno with locomotive Re 460 118 is crossing the Ticino river on the lowest level of the "railway staircase" of the Gotthard line in the Biaschina, while train IR 2... (more)

I think it is unique in the whole world that a railway line (not a siding) crosses the runway of an airfield. This is (or was) the case in Gisborne in New Zealand. Today (since 2012) the route is ... (more)

The french 241 A 65, now based in Burgdorf/Switzerland, made a round journey for training the crew. This 4-cylinder-compound "Mountain" (system De Glehn) isn't easy to drive for the engineer. The ... (more)

Portrait of the "crocodile" Be 6/8 III 13302 of SBB Historic, operated by "Betriebsgruppe 13302" in Rapperswil, in front of the shed in Bauma. The locomotive was guest at the traditional vehicle m... (more)

The snow blower composition from Poschiavo with Gem 4/4 # 802 and X rot mt # 95403 is leaving Alp Grüm station in severe winter conditions. Both Bernina snow blower composition were at work all d... (more)

The brand new double deck long distance train ("FV-Dosto") for the SBB, RABe 502, in the Bombardier works Villeneuve during commissioning. Bombardier calls this 200 meter long 8 car trains for 200... (more)

For the first time an entire "Railjet" trainset of Austrian Railways (OeBB) came to Switzerland today. "Taurus" locomotive 1116 217 "Spirit of Switzerland" is leading the 7 car train (including a ... (more)

Big surprise for a croud of rafters on the Kicking Horse River, when Extra 2816 east came round the curve, on the way from Revelstoke over Rogers and Kicking Horse Pass to Calgary. Helper is a GP ... (more)