Cable car with special machine for blowing the snow out of the cog wheel behind the snow canone between the stations Höhenweg (2219m asl) and Weissfluhjoch (2662m asl). In the background the subt... (more)

Chair lift and cable car between Höhenweg (2219m asl) and Weissfluhjoch (2662m asl)

With the demise of the Paris-South-East TGVs I thought I would dig into the past to see if I had photographed No 1 'Patrick' but alas no. (see Jean-Marc Frybourg's excellent photos of No1 making i... (more)

Cogwheel locomotive HGe 4/4 II # 4 "Täschhorn" of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGBahn) in "Glacier Express"-paint scheme is pulling regional train 848 from Andermatt over the... (more)

Snowplow in the small station Jaman (1742m asl) between Montreux and Rochers de Naye

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4, built in 1913 by the SLM for the Brigue-Furka-Disentis Railway (BFD) left the 1874 metre long Furka summit tunnel and reached Muttbach-Bélvedère station with... (more)

Snow, workers and snowplow seen through the cab at the rear of the train Montreux - Rochers de Naye. Left the small station building from the station Jaman (1742m asl)

0-4-2 ST saddle tank steamlocomotive # 4 "EDWARD THOMAS" of the Talyllyn Railway (gauge of 2 ft 3 in/ 686 mm) is pulling 4 empty slate transport wagons through the valley near Brynglas. ... (more)

Snowplow seen through the cab at the rear of the train Montreux - Rochers de Naye. Left the small station building from the station Jaman (1742m asl)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 4, painted in the publicity paint scheme of the retail company Migros, on the way from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau.

Steam loc runs from the depot to the rear of the train for to push the cars uphill toward Achensee

Third and second class railcar BCe 4/4 # 4 of the Bernina Bahn is running through the Brusio spiral viaduct some decades ago, pulling a covered and a gondola freight car. This is a commemorative p... (more)

2-6-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), built in 1913 by the SLM for the Brig-Furka-Disentis Railway and later running for the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO)... (more)

A steamtrain of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke with cogwheel locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 from 1913 is tackling the 11.0 % grade up the Rotten gorge towards Gletsch. The cars in the consist are: second ... (more)

A steamtrain of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke with cogwheel locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 from 1913 is tackling the grade above the Räterichsbach bridge towards Gletsch and the Furka pass.