Cogwheel push-pull train of the Rigibahnen from Vitznau between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm, with cab car Bt # 31 and railcar BDhe 4/4 # 21 from 1986. The pantograph on the cab car serves for ice s... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen (more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB) will celebrate 150 years of operation. The VRB was the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, built by Niklaus Riggenbach. To... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 2/4 # 3 from 1937 and steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 from 1923 in Rigi Staffel.

Cogwheel push pull train of the Rigibahnen (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn ARB) with cab car Bt # 22 and BDeh 2/4 # 12, built in 1949, between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm.

Cogwheel push pull trains of the Rigibahnen (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn ARB) with cab car Bt # 21 and railcar BDeh 2/4 # 11 and Bt # 22 with BDeh 2/4 # 12, all built in 1949, in Rigi Kulm

450 Hp electric cogwheel railcar BDeh 2/4 # 1 of the Rigibahnen was built in 1937 by SLM and BBC. The vehicle is running down between Kulm and Staffel with car B # 1 from 1871.

Electric cogwheel push pull train with BDhe 2/4 # 14 and cab car Bt # 24 of the Rigibahnen between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm with the Pilatus in the background.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigibahnen reached the top of the mountain, Rigi Kulm, with the winter steamtrain from Vitznau. The locomotive was built by SLM Winterthur in 1923. The c... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigibahnen is pushing the winter steamtrain 1223 from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm up the mountain below Kulm. The locomotive was built by SLM Winterthur in 1923... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigibahnen is pushing the winter steamtrain 1223 from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm up the mountain below Kulm. The locomotive was built by SLM Winterthur in 1923... (more)

A few seconds before cogwheel train with the small car for sleds has left the station Rigi Staffel (1604m asl) on the left side for the run uphill toward Rigi Kulm. In the background the mountain ... (more)

Two cogwheel oldtimers in the station Rigi Staffel (1604m asl) in the normal service at this beautiful wintersday: Nr. 3 (built 1937) runs uphill from Vitznau toward Rigi Kulm and Nr. 7 (built 192... (more)

Oldtimer and modern rail car in the station Rigi Staffel (1604m asl) a few meters over the upper fog limit in the afternoon sun

Cogwheel steamlocomotive with vertical boiler H 1/2 7 on the Rigi waits for departure to Vitznau. The 1873 built locomotive returned in service for the summer season 2009.

View through the cab of the red railcar toward Vitznau to the blue train downhill toward Arth-Goldau arriving in the station Rigi Staffel