Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur for the Rigi-Bahn, part of the collection of the Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne since 1959, running on the Rigi near Staf... (more)

Steam specialist Martin Horath, engineer of the Rigi Bahnen, head of the Goldau workplace and ironically calling himself a precious scrap clotterer, is lubricating the running gear of the cogwheel... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration of the first cogwheel mountain railroad in Europe, the Rigi Railway from Vitznau on the shores of Lake Lucerne to the Rigi (initially to Rigi Staffelhöhe)... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, owned by the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne (VHS), is loaned to the Rigi Bahnen for the 150 years anniversary in 2021. The locomotive, built in 1873 by th... (more)

The two very experienced engineers of the cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7 of 1873 on Rigi Staffel. Paul Gwerder (left) and Martin Horath (right) were, together with other employees, involved du... (more)

This day, there was organized a large "parade" of 11 vintage trains between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm, to celebrate the 150 years anniversary of the Rigi Bahnen, or more precisely the first cogwh... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) in front of the ship station in Vitznau. This locomotive is exhibited in the Swiss Museum of... (more)

For celebration of 150 years of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, the worldwide unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boiler, the famous number seven, H 1/2 # 7 ... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur for the Rigi Bahn, usually exhibited in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, is on the rack tracks of the Rigi Bahn... (more)

This year, when the Rigi Bahnen, or more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, are celebrating 150 years of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe (1871 to 2021), the famous steamlocomotive H 1/... (more)

Testrun on a grade of about 17.0 % on the Rigi Bahnen, between Arth-Goldau and Kräbel. Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this facto... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this factory) for the Rigi Bahn from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm, on the first test run after 12 years ex... (more)