Two systems trainset (EMU) ALLEGRA for the RhB in different phase of construction in Stadler Altenrhein works on the occasion of the open doors day. RhB gets 15 of this powerfull trains.
New Allegra trainset is pulling train 1636 from Tirano to St.Moritz over the famous spiral viaduct of Brusio, lifting the train about 20 metre in a grade of 7.0 %.
New ALLEGRA trainset ABe 8/12 3502 is crossing Wiesener viaduct, which is the highest (89 metre) of Rhaetian Railway (the main span is 55 metre, built between 1906 and 1909)
The first of the new ALLEGRA trainsets is now in regular service on the Bernina line St.Moritz-Tirano. ABe 8/12 3502 is nearing Poschiavo on the 7.0 % grade down from Bernina, in the background th... (more)