The End is near! 120 units of the famous Ae 6/6 were built between 1955 and 1966. But in 2009 many are withdrawn already, and a lot more should follow. In the shunting yards of Biel, 19 engines ... (more)

Former Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11407 with name and blazon of canton "Aargau", with around 6000 Hp, built in 1956 by SLM, BBC and MFO for the SBB and now running for association Mika... (more)

Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" of association Mikado 1244 (long term loan from SBB Historic) on the way back from the exhibition in Geneva (see pictures from Jean-Marc Frybourg) in Biel RB (shu... (more)

The very powerfull tank steamlocomotive Ec 4/5 (2-8-0, built by SLM in 1911, 1050 HP) of the former Solothurn-Münster-Bahn (SMB), now operated by Association Dampfbahn Bern, is leaving Taubenloch... (more)

Replica steamlocomotive D 1/3 1 "Limmat", built in 1947 by SLM and SBB works Zürich. Original first swiss locomotive from 1847 was built by Emil Kessler, Esslingen/Germany. On the occasion of the... (more)

Built in 1977, the powerfull (10600 HP) Bo'Bo'Bo' Re 6/6 11649 with name and blazon of "Aarberg" is one of 88 of the classic "Gotthard locomotives", but they are running for SBB Cargo with heavy t... (more)

The Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC2 was built in 2006 for Angel Trains Cargo and is hired since then to BLS Cargo. The 5600 kW locomotive is pulling a short freight from Spiez to Cornaux along Lake Biel... (more)

Ae 6/6 11405, built in 1955, is the oldest of the series in almost unchanged appearance. With a parcel mail train from Härkingen to Daillens she is on the way along Lake Biel.

You need a fast and accurate finger to catch an ICN going round the curve with 140 kph....(24 mm/ 1/4000 sec.). The train is linking St.Gallen with Geneva Airport via Zürich-Biel-Neuchâtel.

New tilt train for Cisalpino on a test run through the vineyards along Lake Biel, where he will not run regularly. The trainset is capable for 250 kph on appropiate lines.

On a cold, but wonderful winter morning, "elefant" C 5/6 2978 and A 3/5 705 (running tender forward) are pulling a charter special of the german IGE through the vineyards along lake Biel, towards ... (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)

European steam locomotives are in general much lighter than american, axleload is only about 2/3. This french 4-cylinder-compound "Mountain" has an extremly elegant running gear. The 1931 built 24... (more)

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