Incredible to see a railway in these grounds. 3.9% steep the line to Potrerillos is somehow glued into the loose rock slopes of the Río Salado valley. Here GR12U #93 and a sister unit are hard wo... (more)

During the winter season the CityNightLine 479 was extended on saturdays from it's normal endpoint Zürich to Brig. Normally pulled by an Re 460 sometimes two Re 4/4 II were used instead such as o... (more)

Along the Río Salado Codelco owned and Ferronor leased GR12U #93 and a sister unit are hauling a mixed train with loaded copper ore cars and empty sulfuric acid tank cars up to Potrerillos.

Before getting to the steep grade between Montandon and Potrerillos, trains often make a cooling stop in the old Montandon station. Even if the steep 3.9% is still ahead, the previous section is n... (more)

Before getting to the steep grade between Montandon and Potrerillos, the Potrerillos railway is running through the valley of the Río Salado (Qebrada del Río Salado) - an impressive Cut in the m... (more)

The grade between Montandon and Potrerillos belongs to one of the most spectaculars lines of the Chilean Railways. 3.9% steep through the slopes of the mountains up to Potrerillos and this with fu... (more)

While chasing a train up to the Potrerillos copper refinery through the valley we have found some green flora in the middle of the desert. The horses were unaware of us and the train which was sho... (more)

Fleeing from the Fog is this RBDe 566 II trainset when it enters the pure sunshine on this pretty winter day. The house is a typical bernese farmer house.

Veterans in daily service... On a beautiful winter day with fog in the valleys the Rigi mountain has high season and every available wheel is running. Lots of skiers, sledge people, hikers and su... (more)

The iron trains in europe's far north between Kiruna and Narvik belong to the heaviest trains in Europe. Here the veteran Dm3 1208-1232-1207 "Sofia" is hauling an empty train back to Kiruna throug... (more)

The swedish capital Stockholm is crossed by many fjords which results in a bunch of bridges for the railways (and other traffic too). Here an X2000 tilting train is crossing the bridge over the Ar... (more)

Before its main revision during the last two years the famous 01 202 steam locomotive was running different special trains throughout Switzerland. On such an occasion the loco was photographed in ... (more)

On this sunny autumn afternoon the Re 460 010-2 is pulling in Interregio train completely in the new SBB design along the Lac Léman. The train is just passing the famous Château de Chillon on it... (more)

With a gauge of only 750mm the Waldenburgerbahn is the railway with the smallest gauge in Switzerland with regular traffic. The Line connects Waldenburg to Liestal and provides all half an hour a ... (more)

At -20° Celsius, fresh snow and the night rising a common photo spot looks quite different than normal. The Re 460 with its EW-IV intercity train is running from Thun (visible at the end of tha l... (more)