Two trains pulled by cogwheel steam locomotives HG 3/4 #4 and HG 3/4 #9 are awaiting departure clearance at Gletsch station on the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke.

Cogwheel steam locomotive HG 3/4 #4 from 1913 is pulling a freight train towards Gletsch. A reenactment scene with some old-timers on the street.

Blue hour at Gletsch station on the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) with HG 3/4 #9 "Gletschhorn" from 1914, HG 3/4 #4 from 1913, HG 4/4 #704 from 1923 originally built for Vietnam.

For some years now, the Dampfbahn-Furka-Bergstecke (DFB) has been using centre-entry carriages and a cogwheel diesel locomotive hired from the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn as a hiking express. In the ... (more)

Car trains have been driving through the tunnel since the Furka Base Tunnel opened in 1982. In winter, when the Furka Pass is closed, these form the only connection from the canton of Uri to the c... (more)

Last day of the 2020 season on the Furka mountain line. Steamtrain 133 from Realp to Oberwald is near destination. The heavy 0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, built by SLM Winterthur ... (more)

The 0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is entering Oberwald DFB station with train 133 from Realp. Because of the boiler construction, this loco... (more)

Engineer of the most powerful one meter gauge cogwheel steamlocomotive of Europe, the 0-8-0 T HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), when running around the train in Oberwald.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 7 "Breithorn" of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn, loaned to the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is leaving Oberwald with a train up to Gletsch. Since 2001, this lo... (more)

A steamtrain of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke with cogwheel locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 from 1913 is tackling the grade above the Räterichsbach bridge towards Gletsch and the Furka pass.

A unique sight during the "Furka III" photo event, organised by Peter Minder. Two steamtrains of the Furka Mountain steam railway (Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke) are following each other u... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is pulling a photo charter train through the forest between Oberwald and Gletsch, near km 43. The gradient is 9.0 % here.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is pulling a photo charter train between Obwerwald and Gletsch through the forest

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 is passing the famous hanging rock in the Rotten gorge between Oberwald and Gletsch.

With the impressive 4506 meter high Weisshorn in the background, a steamtrain of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke with cogwheel locomotive HG 4/4 # 704 is running between Oberwald and Gletsch.