It's close quarters in downtown Carlisle as the Paris bound test run snakes through downtown.

Today the last of the series, dualpower electric/diesel locomotive Eem 923 030 "Chestenberg" from Stadler Rail Winterthur for SBB Cargo made its approval test run, pulling the very short freight 6... (more)

300 meter long test train with 4 RABe 526 "Flirt" articulated lowfloor trainsets of the Südostbahn is crossing the 97 meter high Sitter viaduct near St.Gallen.

Test run of the Rotrac E4 road/rail shunter for the planned RailCare container train from Oensingen to Elgg. This remote controlled powerful electric vehicle for shunting of up to 500 tons is driv... (more)

Tilting train RABDe 500 006 "Johanna Spyri" in the new paint scheme after revision on a test run entering moutier station. The signal box isn't active anymore.

Brandnew articulated lowfloor trainset Be 510 # 511 from Stadler Rail for the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU, Uetliberg line with grades up to 7.0 %) on a test run near Erlen. The vehicle is ... (more)

A first attempt to lift the "crocodile" at 10.30 AM failed, because the locomotive was moving around its longitudinal axis. The mounting on the crane had to be done in a different way and the acti... (more)

ETCS (European Train Control System/ATP) test run of an Austrian Rail "RailJet" push pull train with locomotive 1116 201 near Winterthur. This trains did't run regularly on this line.

Test run in multiple of doubledeck trainsets RABe 511 009 (six car ZVV version for S-Bahn Zürich) and 511 109 (4 car RegioExpress version for service in the Lausanne/Geneva region) in Weinfelden.

Brand new 7 car cogwheel trainset ADLER ABeh 150 001 (lettered 150 101 and 150 201) on a test run in the crossing station Käppeli between Lungern and Brünig-Hasliberg. The Zentralbahn ordered 4 ... (more)

Russian-Swiss-Austrian Teamwork in this test train. Sleeping cars for the russian RZD, built by Siemens in Austria, measured by the swiss Prose company from Winterthur, pulled by Re 460 108 of the... (more)

For the first time in double traction. Test run of the new doubledeck commuter trains RABe 515 002 and 003 of the BLS for the S-Bahn Bern. This new trainsets from Stadler Rail will run on this lin... (more)

Dual system (electric/diesel) locomotive Eem 923 001 from Stadler Rail for SBB Cargo on the joint track between Islikon and Frauenfeld Sugar Factory (ZFF) for test runs. The new Eem 923 got additi... (more)

Doubledeck commuter trainset RABe 511 010 from Stadler Rail for the SBB on a test run from Chur to Oberwinterthur along the fabric canal in Bürglen.

A very interesting meet of 3 generations of vehicles of Zentralbahn on the Brünig line. On the left brand new 3 car trainset ABeh 160 001 "FINK" on a test run, in the middle 70 years old railcar ... (more)