Re 4/4 II # 11244 and 11157 are pulling the heavy 17 cars of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) Calais-Paris-Basel-Chiasso-Venice over the 120 meter long Secken viaduct on the Gotthard north... (more)

Train 41022 of TX Logistics from Melzo Scalo/Italy to Venlo/Netherlands is crossing the 120 meter long Seckenviaduct with 10 bows of 10 meters. When built in 1882, the single track viaduct had 6 b... (more)

South bound freighttrain with Re 4/4 II # 11260 and Re 6/6 # 11610 "Spreitenbach" is crossing the 120 meter long Säcken viaduct between Amsteg and Gurtnellen on the Gotthard north ramp. This is t... (more)

North bound freighttrain with Re 620 # 065 "Ziegelbrücke" and Re 4/4 II # 11335 is crossing the 120 meter long Säcken viaduct between Gurtnellen and Amsteg on the Gotthard north ramp. This is th... (more)

My 100th photo on this site- RE 4/4 11199 with a southbound train at Gurtnellen. An hourly loco-hauled passenger train runs over the Gotthard pass in the hands of Re 4/4 locos between Lugano and Z... (more)

Southbound "Hupac" intermodal train on the Gotthard north ramp with Re 620 # 069 "Hägendorf" and Re 4/4 II # 11338, between the Muhren tunnel and Pfaffensprung.

Steamlocomotives A 3/5 # 705 (4-6-0, SLM 1904) and "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 (2-10-0) are leaving the only 23 meter long Muhren tunnel on the northern ramp to the Gotthard tunnel, between Gurtnellen... (more)

Intercity tilting train (ICN) RABDe 500 # 015 "Jean-Jaques Rousseau" is running as ICN 870 from Lugano to Zürich, passing the very small hamlet of Hägrigen, 827 meter a.s.l, on the nor... (more)

A 8 car steamtrain with 358 metric tons is pulled over the 2.6 % grade of the Gotthard north ramp by A 3/5 # 705 (4-6-0, SLM 1904) and C 5/6 # 2978 (2-10-0, SLM 1917). The train left Muhren tunnel... (more)

Steamtrain of SBB Historic over the Gotthard line, near Pfaffensprung on the north ramp in a grade of 2.6 %. Locomotives A 3/5 # 705 (SLM 1904) and "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 (SLM 1917) are... (more)

Steamtrain of SBB Historic over the Gotthard line, near Pfaffensprung on the north ramp in a grade of 2.6 %. Locomotives A 3/5 # 705 (SLM 1904) and "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 (SLM 1917) are... (more)

In a patch of sun, one of very few in our time on the Gotthard, an RE 10/10 combination with 11678 and 11280 climb the north ramp of the Gotthard pass at Gurtnellen.

Historic locomotive Ae 6/6 11402 passes Gurtnellen after being at the rear of a freight consist assisting on the Gotthard climb. On 21st April, 11411 was doing the same thing.

Highspeed tilting train ETR 610 # 008 of Trenitalia is running as Eurocity 17 from Zürich to Milan, on the Gotthard north ramp near Pfaffensprung.

Re 4/4 II # 11332, # 11335 and # 11349 between Gurtnellen and Wassen.