Official presentation of the new FLEXITYBasel at the Wiesenplatz Workshops. While the second unit of the serie (5002), wearing a special scheme with children drawings, is shown to the public, hist... (more)

10 years ago: Ae 6/6 # 11414 with name and blazon of canton Berne is entering Basel shunting yard with a train from Basel Kleinhüningen. The former Gotthard locomotive, built in 1956, was scrappe... (more)

Yesterday in the "Au harbor" of Muttenz near Basel, the first six cars of the first doubledeck trainset for Aeroexpress (Moscow), built by Stadler Rail in Altenrhein/Switzerland, were lo... (more)

Yesterday in the "Au harbor" of Muttenz near Basel, the first six cars of the first doubledeck trainset for Aeroexpress (Moscow), built by Stadler Rail in Altenrhein/Switzerland, were lo... (more)

Today in the "Au harbor" of Muttenz near Basel, the first six cars of the first doubledeck trainset for Aeroexpress (Moscow), built by Stadler Rail in Altenrhein/Switzerland, were loaded... (more)

Today in the "Au harbor" of Muttenz near Basel, the first six cars of the first doubledeck trainset for Aeroexpress (Moscow), built by Stadler Rail in Altenrhein/Switzerland, were loaded to the Rh... (more)

Two identical 'sisters' in the evening sun: The left loc runs with a yellow special car, the right one is waiting for work. In the background you see a part of the yard at Basel SBB RB (=Rangierba... (more)

Early morning departure to Milano.

When the Engineer of the ETR 610 saw that I was taking pictures of his train (refer to photo ID 431705) he very kindly invited me to have a look at the cab. Of course, I promptly accepted his invi... (more)

The Eurocity train #51 running from Basel SBB to Milano Centrale is operated by a Pendolino high speed trainst of the class ETR 610 (nicknamed duck nose). The name, Pendolino, is used to identify ... (more)

TGV 9205 coming from Paris Gare de Lyon has just arrived at the Basel SBB station. After a brief stop, this train will continue its route to Zurich, the final destination.

The IC 771 running from Basel SBB to Zurich is composed by a former SNCF POS TGV. At the end of 2012, several TGV's have been purchased second hand by Lyria. The POS TGV's used to run from Paris t... (more)

TGV 9205 is departing the Basel SBB station. In less than an hour he will reach Zurich.

An InterRegio train to Chur hauled by an Re 4/4 II and an InterCity to Interlaken hauled by an Re 460 are ready to leave the Basel SBB station.