In the morning at 7.26 AM the snow fighting crew from Pontresina is clearing track 1 of Alp Grüm station with the snow blower Xrot mt # 95404 and diesel locomotive Gmf # 23403 (D3 Albula).

Derailment on the 402 kilometer long 75 cm gauge "Trochita" (Ing. Jacobacci-Esquel) at Norquinco. Nobody was injured. Baldwin built 2-8-2 locomotives # 1 and # 16. Charter train of Train... (more)

Classic 6000 HP Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11411 "Zug" of SBB Historic from Erstfeld is pusher on train 43075 from Duisburg Ruhrort Hafen to Gallarate (Busto Arsizio) on the 2.6 % grad... (more)

Armored combat train "Štefánik" from World War II, built in september 1944 in a railway work in Zvolen, Slovakia, for the Slovak National Uprising against Germany. It is said to be the only mova... (more)

New Allegra trainset is pulling train 1636 from Tirano to St.Moritz over the famous spiral viaduct of Brusio, lifting the train about 20 metre in a grade of 7.0 %.

A view on the large BNSF freight yard from Barstow hill on a cold winter sunday morning. In the foreground the 48 classification tracks, behind the hump and the 10 recieving tracks. In the middle ... (more)

Re 4/4 II with Interregio train 2272 Locarno-Zürich is entering Muhren tunnel on northern side of Gotthard. It seems that the photographer was standing inside the tunnel, naturaly he was not, but... (more)

"Allegra" trainset ABe 8/12 # 3510 with spur plow Xk 9144 in front is leaving Alp Grüm station through the tight S-curve.

Brand new electric shunting locomotive for SBB Passenger Division, fresh from the Stadler works in Winterthur. 21 of this engines will replace the aged Ee 3/3.

"Big Boy" 4004 is not 4014, and will never get the chance to come alive. Since a few months, this "big brothers" are less than a mile apart, but 4004 we could see, while 4014 is hidden in the roun... (more)

Like fresh from the factory, locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" is standing on the turntable of the former Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik Winterthur (SLM), where she was b... (more)

Rail bicycle running on the about 14 kilometer long abandoned part of the Bergen line between Finse and Høgheller, on about 1250 meter a.s.l.. This section of the line over the Hardangervidda was... (more)

Long-term study of a good 3 1/2 minutes (218 seconds exposure) with the light traces on the cantonal road, the train 4645 on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway from St. Moritz to Tirano and ... (more)

Rhätische Bahn (1 m gauge) has the last, operational self-propelled steam rotary in the world. The 1910 built engine shows running the wheel for demonstration purposes during a fan trip over the ... (more)

On December 17th, the new funicular from Schlattli to the Stoos sun terrace began operation, the steepest in the world with public service and 2 cars. While the route lies horizontally in the vall... (more)