The engineers of the SBB Historic steam locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 (built in 1917) are happy that the locomotive is back in Switzerland after a stay of more than 15 months at the steam locomotive wor... (more)

Fourcylinder compound 2-10-0 Gotthard freight train locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic is reaching Switzerland in Kreuzlingen after a 15 months stay in the steamlocomotive works Meiningen/Ger... (more)

Fourcylinder compound 2-10-0 freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic returned to Switzerland after a 15 months overhaul in the Meiningen steamlocomotive work in Germany. The loc... (more)

Fourcylinder compound 2-10-0 freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic returned to Switzerland after a 15 months overhaul in the Meiningen steamlocomotive work in Germany. The loc... (more)

Fourcylinder compound 2-10-0 freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic returned to Switzerland after a 15 months overhaul in the Meiningen steamlocomotive work in Germany. The loc... (more)

On this beautiful autumn day, the four cylinder compound 2-10-0 "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic pulled a 4 car train from Erstfeld to Göschenen on the Gotthard north ramp. The t... (more)

With 4 passenger cars (about 160 tons) on the drawbar the "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic is storming up the Areuse gorge (2.1 % grade). The train to Fleurier in the Travers vall... (more)

2-10-0 Gotthard freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 called "Elephant" of SBB Historic is just starting in the 2.5 % grade from Sonceboz up to the Pierre Pertuis in the Jura mountains. T... (more)

2-10-0 fourcylinder compound freight train steamlocomotive "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic is running from Olten to Brugg AG with the empty rolling stock (express train of the 19... (more)

A winter day on the Gotthard line: The charter train from Germany over the Gotthard line to the Ticino (Eisenbahn-Nostalgiefahrten Bebra e.V.) was split into 2 trains in Erstfeld. 2-10-0 four cyli... (more)

2-10-0 steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic is on the way from Brugg AG via Koblenz-Eglisau-Schaffhausen-Singen to Heilbronn, and the other day further to Meiningen. T... (more)

The 2-10-0 freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic is on the way from Brugg AG via Schaffhausen-Singen-Rottweil-Heilbronn-Würzburg to Meiningen, for a boil... (more)

The 2-10-0 freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic is on the way from Brugg AG via Schaffhausen-Singen-Rottweil-Heilbronn-Würzburg to Meiningen, for a boiler repair ... (more)

Former SBB freigth steam locomotive C 5/6 2969, built in 1916 by SLM (Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik) in Winterthur, is crossing the Rhine Bridge on the heritage railway Etzwilen - ... (more)

Former SBB freigth steam locomotive "Elephant" C 5/6 2969, built in 1916 by SLM (Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik) in Winterthur, is crossing the Rhine Bridge on the heritag... (more)