Steam snow blower R # 12 and cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) on the 46 meter long Wiler bridge, built in 1955, with a grade of 11.0 %.

Crew of the steam snow blower action on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke/steam railway Furka mountain line (DFB) above the Wiler bridge. From left: Martin Horath, head and initiator of ... (more)

Masterpiece from the SLM Winterthur. The cogwheel steamlocomotives of type HG 4/4 were procured in nine copies from 1923 onwards by the French colonial administration for use on the rack railroad ... (more)

Rotary steam snow blower brake testrun of R # 12 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (former Xrot d # 9212 of the Rhaetian Railway, built 1913), shoved by cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, on ... (more)

Rotary steam snow blower testrun of R # 12 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (former Xrot d # 9212 of the Rhaetian Railway, built 1913), shoved by cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, above the... (more)

Rotary steam snow blower testrun of R # 12 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (former Xrot d # 9212 of the Rhaetian Railway, built 1913), shoved by cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, above the... (more)

Rotary steam snow blower testrun of R # 12 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (former Xrot d # 9212 of the Rhaetian Railway, built 1913), shoved by cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, above the... (more)

Very first trial of the steam rotary snow blower R # 12 in the gorge of the Furkareuss near Realp, after a 18 year restoration by the "R 12 group" of Martin Horath in Goldau. Shoving is ... (more)

Very first trial of the steam rotary snow blower R 12 after a 18 year restoration by the "R 12 group" of Martin Horath in Goldau. Shoving is cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the DF... (more)

Scene in the deep winter on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, which is closed for traffic from october to june every year. But this day, the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913... (more)

Scene in the deep winter on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, which is closed for traffic from october to june every year. But this day, the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913... (more)

Diesel "tractor" Tm 2/2 # 91 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, built by RACO in 1959 for the Rhaetian Railway and sold to the DFB in 2006, pulled the tender of the steam rotary snow bl... (more)

This is the first test day for the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913 by the SLM Winterthur for the Rhaetian Railway, after a 18 year reconstruction by the "R 12 group" of Mart... (more)

First day operational and very first snow blowing after about 60 years! Snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network, is throwing t... (more)

First day operational and very first snow blowing after about 60 years! Snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network, is throwing t... (more)