Partly refurbished material of one and a half 2-8-2 steamlocomotives type 141 R, built in Canada 1946/1947 for the french railway SNCF, privately owned and for sale, in Winterthur freight yard. Fr... (more)
Shot from the rear. Transfer train 38031 from Oensingen via Olten-Lenzburg-Wohlen-Arth Goldau-Erstfeld-Göschenen-Airolo-Biasca to Bellinzona Sao Paolo, between Claro and Castione-Arbedo. The Re 4... (more)
Ge 4/4 III # 648 of the Rhaetian Railway in the "watson" publicity paint scheme pulls the IR 1141 of the line IR38 from Chur to St.Moritz over the landmark of the UNESCO world heritage, ... (more)
Two very different rail vehicles built by StadlerRail in 2023, side by side in Landquart. The new sixaxle 9000 kW multisystem "EURO9000" (with aditional 1,9 MW diesel power) 2019 # 307 (90 80 2019... (more)
Interregio 1136 of the line IR38 from St.Moritz over the Albula line to Chur is crossing the 35 meter high Schmittentobel viaduct, with Landwasser viaduct in the background, between Filisur and Al... (more)
Ge 4/4 III # 646 of the Rhaetian Railway in the BÃœGA publicity paint scheme pulls the freight train 5152 from Samedan to Landquart freight yard over the 65 meter high Landwasser viaduct between F... (more)
View to Rigi Staffel station, with push-pull train BDhe 2/4 # 14 with cab car Bt # 24. In the background is red Bhe 2/4 # 1 coming from Rigi Kulm running to Vitznau.
Parallel run of Rigibahnen trains from Arth Goldau (left) and Vitznau (right) between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm. Cab car Bt # 24 is shoved by railcar BDhe 2/4 # 14 (left). On the right is BDhe 4/... (more)
In the last daylight the former Deutsche Bundesbahn express train steamlocomotive of association "Pacific 01 202" in Lyss leaves Schaffhausen with a charter train to Meiningen. The locom... (more)
Ge 4/4 II # 613 of the Rhaetian Railway pulls the PE 905 GLACIER EXPRESS St.Moritz-Zermatt on the section between Chur and Disentis/Mustér, through the gorge of the Vorderrhein, called Ruinaulta,... (more)
Ge 4/4 III # 644 "Savognin" of the Rhaetian Railway has a publicity paint scheme for the world record of the longest passenger train, and is pulling the IR 1153 from Chur to St.Moritz be... (more)
Ge 4/4 II # 626 of the Rhaetian Railway pulls the Regio Express 1737 from Chur to Disentis/Mustér through the gorge of the Vorderrhein, called Ruinaulta, between Versam-Safien and Valendas-Sagogn... (more)
Cogwheel baggage railcar Deh 4/4 I # 52 "Tujetsch/Sedrun" of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn, former Furka-Oberalp-Bahn and built in 1972, is shoving the regional train R 522 from Andermatt... (more)
In the timetable of the Gornergrat Bahn with trains every 24 minutes, the 4 compositions used meet/cross each other at Findelbach station, or on the double-track sections Riffelalp-Riffelboden and... (more)
The railway was opened on 17 June 1892, after a two years construction period. The two designers, engineer Alexander Lindner and contractor Theo Bertschinger were supported by the mountain railway... (more)
View from Riffelberg down to Riffelboden and in the background a part of Zermatt in the valley. The two Polaris cogwheel trains Bhe 4/6 # 3095 and # 3091 in multiple control are heading downhill a... (more)
View from the opposite slope (Penat, approx. 2260 m a.s.l.) to the line development of the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway in the area of Alp Grüm. From here, the line can be seen, with inte... (more)
Two young railroad photographers, one an occasional participant in Railpictures, take a picture of the "Red Arrow" RCe 2/4 # 607 of the Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn (OeBB, the Oensingen-Balst... (more)
The only 4 kilometers long Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn (OeBB) celebrated 80 years of electric operation, and let the "Red Arrow" RCe 2/4 # 607 run as scheduled regional train on October 4th ... (more)
SBB Historic's A 3/5 #705 was in operation on 1 October 2023 with the Suisse Train Bleu on the non-electrified line between Singen (Germany) and Etzwilen (Switzerland). On the way back, this photo... (more)
Locomotive Ge 4/4 III 641, built 1993 by SLM/ABB and painted in the publicity paint scheme for the retailer Coop, is pulling interregio train 1133 from Chur to St.Moritz over the 85 meter high Sol... (more)
"Red Arrow" RCe 2/4 # 607 of the Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn (OeBB) is on a private charter trip this day, now leaving Bollingen as train 31553 via Rapperswil-Pfäffikon SZ to Murg-Unterterz... (more)
Winter morning on the Rigi mountain, with view to Rigi Staffel station and the Pilatus. The red railcar Bhe 2/4 # 1 from 1937 just left Rigi Staffel for Rigi Kulm, running as relief train. In the ... (more)
Cogwheel train 243 of the line CC48 from Zermatt to the Gornergrat, with Bhe 4/6 # 3095 "Polaris" (StadlerRail 2022) and Bhe 4/6 # 3083 (StadlerRail 2006) in multiple control, below the ... (more)
When night falls over the mountains, the mighty Langwies viaduct on the Chur-Arosa line of the Rhaetian Railway is subtly illuminated. The "Allegra" ancestor train ABe 8/12 # 3514 crosses the viad... (more)
Regional train 1452 of the line R16 of the Rhaetian Railway from Arosa to Chur is crossing the large Langwies viaduct, with a height of 62 meter and a main span of 100 meter, between Litzirüti an... (more)
The SBB's red "Churchill Arrow" RAe 4/8 # 1021, decorated for Christmas, is on its traditional Christmas Eve excursion. The journey first led from Zurich via Bülach to Schaffhausen with... (more)
The very strong north wind, typical of the Bernina Pass, constantly blows fresh snow onto the route. On the journey along the Lago Bianco from Ospizio Bernina to Alp Grüm, the fixed plough on the... (more)
The "Capricorn" train ABe 4/16 # 3149 of the Rhaetian Railway runs the regional train 1936 from Pontresina via Samedan-Zernez to Scuol-Tarasp, between Cinuos-chel-Brail and Carolina.
When the north ramp of the railway line over the Hauenstein, from Sissach to Läufelfingen with a grade of 2.7 %, was inaugurated on may 1, 1857, there was double track. Later, in 1938 the line wa... (more)
The Chinese corporation Huawei has ordered 14 diesel-electric double railcars from StadlerRail for its huge new campus in Dongguan (north of Hongkong), which will have several kilometers of standa... (more)
In the cab of the ex french steamlocomotive 241 A 65 (4-8-2), which is the largest fired by hand in Europe (without stoker)
Brand new five car "Flirt" trainset 74 003 from Stadler Rail for the swedish MTR Express on a test run, destined for express train service with up to 200 km/h between Stockholm and Goth... (more)
The currently most powerful steam locomotives of the DFB, the HG 3/4, are at their limit. But those were the most powerful steam locomotives ever operating on this line, so there's no upgrade path... (more)
Heavy and wet snowfall the day before led to a landscape like in a fairy tale. A tilting EMU of type RABDe 500 is heading south over the Gotthard line to Chiasso. But first it has to pass twice m... (more)
The "Bernina Monster" is hungry... for more snow! It's always a great show when they take the steam-powered rotary Xrot d out of the shed and put it into action, typically together with ... (more)
Much of MOBs rolling stock already got the not-so-great (watch out for euphemisms) gold/white livery, but with a bit of luck some completely beige/blue trains could still be found. This one is cli... (more)
Cab view of a VRB train descending Rigi Mountain towards Vitznau, Switzerland.
A RABDe 500 "ICN" tilting train passes through the station of Wassen.
On a tour through the Jura mountains, A 3/5 705 has just left the tunnel underneath Angenstein Castle and is now headed for Delémont.
Good weekend weather in the mountains always attracts a lot of people living in the Swiss plateau (where the attributes of the winter weather are typically grey, overcast and ugly), so trains are ... (more)
The Langwies Viaduct is illuminated in winter, but this Arosa - Chur local train was clearly too early for that. But the ghostly scenery after sundown was still well worth a picture.
Forchbahn (Forch railway) 27 four car set descends from Hegibach towards the downtown of Zurich. Between Stadelhofen and Rehalp, the Forchbahn trains use the tracks of the tram system, owned by th... (more)
"Blue Arrow" BCFe 4/6 # 736 of the BLS on a journey over the Lötschberg mountain line for the Railway Touring Company from GB, leaving the short Schluchi tunnel near Hohtenn.
Shortly before 5 PM, the illumination of the Langwieser viaduct was switched on. Train 1456 from Arosa to Chur with railcar "Allegra" ABe 8/12 # 3511 is crossing the 284 meter long and 6... (more)
TRAXX AC3LM (LM= Last Mile) 187 006 from Bombardier, owned by Railpool but in service for the BLS, with two empty lowfloor car for transport of 1 meter gauge vehicles, and BLS Re 4/4 # 178, leavin... (more)
"Allegra" trainset ABe 8/12 # 3511 with RE 1036 from Davos Platz to Landquart in the Seehornwald near Davos Lake.
View to Brig station on a sunny winter day, with the roundhouse in the foreground, passenger cars yard and freight yard on the right and platforms in the background. You can see a Ee 922 switcher ... (more)
A Locarno-Basel Intercity train runs over the village of Wassen on the famous Gotthard line
41 018 is a former steamlocomotive of DB and operated today by Dampflok Gesellschaft München.
"Allegra" railcar ABe 8/12 # 3512 in the ABB publicity paint scheme is pulling the PE (Panorama Express) 951 BERNINA EXPRESS from Chur over the Albula and Bernina line to Tirano, through... (more)
Regional train 1625 from St.Moritz to Tirano is running down on the 7.0 % grade of the Bernina line in Brusio, pulled by railcars ABe 4/4 # 52 and # 54. In the rear are two panorama cars of the BE... (more)
Tramway line 7 meets tramway line 7 at the station Zürich HB/Bahnhofstrasse under the Christmas illumination. In the background the stationbuilding Zürich HB (Main Station) of the Swiss Federal ... (more)
460 113 passes Eglisau bridge with train 2586 Zurich - Schaffhausen
An Arosa - Chur local service crosses the Langwies Viaduct, while a Chur - Arosa special (Ge 4/4 II, Alpine Classic Pullman cars) waits for it to pass.
Two ABe 4/8 "Diamant" EMUs cross the Reuss as S17 service to Dietikon.
Tram on Route 7 arriving at the Löwenstrasse stop in front of Zurich HB (the main rail station) during a snow storm.
RhB's steam plow X9213 on a transfer run from Landquart via the Albula line storms out of the Passmal Tunnel at Solis in this exclusive photo while on its way to Pontresina for the night. Thick s... (more)
2-6-2 T steamlocomotive Eb 3/5 # 5819 of SBB Historic is leaving Arth Goldau for Brugg AG, pulling the steam rotary snow blower Xrot # 100, built in 1896 by Henschel/Cassel/Germany for the Gotthar... (more)
S12 service to Zurich rushing through Effretikon on this snowy morning.
Dirty and very worn, sixaxle diesel locomotive Bm 6/6 # 18505 from 1961 (SLM, BBC, Sulzer) is still in service in the passenger car yard of Brig. The old vehicle has two Sulzer 850 HP prime movers... (more)
It's wintertime on 2328müM high Berninapass. Due to the strong wind, beautiful drawings results in the snow.
07:00 AM, the snow blower from Pontresina arrived at Alp Grüm (2103müM). There isn't a lot of new snow on the tracks, since the last train is driven by the evening before, but there were strong... (more)
First train of the day arrived at Alp Grüm on his way from Poschiavo to St. Moritz. The snow blow arrived just a few minutes ago from Pontresina and cleaned the tracks over the Berninapass from t... (more)
Rotary snow plow X rote # 11 from 1928 and old green cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 53, built in 1909 ! by SLM and Alioth, in service on Kleine Scheidegg. This composition is based in Grindelwald Gr... (more)
Brand new lowfloor panorama cogwheel trainset Bhe 4/8 # 145 (in multiple with # 147) of Stadler Rail leaving Wengen for Kleine Scheidegg.
Double cogwheel trainset BDhe 4/8 # 131 with articulated cab car Bt # 251 in Wengen, ready for departure for Kleine Scheidegg.
Self propelled electric (1125 V 50 Hz three-phase current) rotary snow fighting locomotive Xhe rote 2/2 # 12 of the Jungfraubahn on Kleine Scheidegg. The vehicle was built by Stadler and Zaugg/Egg... (more)
Rotary snow plow X rote # 21 (Zaugg/Eggiswil 2008) and old green cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 52, built in 1909 ! by SLM and Alioth, in service on Kleine Scheidegg.
Self driving rotary snow blower Xhe rote 2/2 # 12 of the Jungfraubahn on Kleine Scheidegg. The powerful engine was built by Stadler and Zaugg/Eggiswil in 2012.
The classic winter train on the Wengernalpbahn for decades now: Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 110 from 1960 is shoving cab car Bt # 274 and short open freight car Kk 406 for the skis of the passenge... (more)
Brand new Traxx 487 triple-mode (electricity, diesel and battery) for Swiss Rail Traffic just arrived at Winterthur freight yard for her first steps. The locomotive were took over just a few hour... (more)
Mixed freighttrain crosses the river Ticino near Airolo in the morning sun. In the background the road over the Gotthardpass to Andermatt - Göschenen
Brand new Traxx 186 went for software tests to the Bombardier Engineering facility in Switzerland. Both Traxx 186 belong to the Dutch railway and are brand new. From the station Zürich Seebach, a... (more)
A local train from Poschiavo to Pontresina passes the scenic curve at Alp Grüm.
Cogwheel railcar from Montreux to Rochers de Naye (1970 meters over sealevel) at the station Jaman (1742 meters over sealevel). In front of the train you see two small cars for material. In the b... (more)
Into the light: RailCare's "Flash Fire" Re 465 is catching a glipse of sunshine. The amount of snow is rather unusual for the typically rather dry Wallis, unfortunately rendering some ni... (more)
BDe 576 059 and plow X240 are ready to clean the tracks from the snow.
2-6-0 T steamlocomotive Ed 3/4 # 11 of the former Langenthal-Huttwil-Bahn (LHB), built in 1908 by SLM Winterthur and now running for the association Historische Emmental Bahn (VHE) in Huttwil, wit... (more)
The Lötschberg Base Tunnel is a 34.577 km (21.5 mile) long new railway tunnel on the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway cutting through the Alps of Switzerland some 400 m below the existing Lötsch... (more)
01 202 and 01 1066 with a special train for 125 jears Gotthardbahn.
This might be the only rack railway in the world operating car shuttle trains: Since in winter there is no road alternative, there is a car shuttle train over the Oberalp Pass from Andermatt to Se... (more)
The new electric TRAXX AC3 LM # 487 001 of Swiss Rail Traffic (SRT) is pushing her container train in the loading site of the SMDK (Sondermülldeponie Kölliken/Hazardous waste deposite Kölliken)... (more)
Since change of timetable in december 2014, one pair of Eurocity between Zürich and Milan is run again with highspeed tilting train of the ETR 610 series. Train EC 17 with ETR 610 # 010 is passin... (more)
Re 474 002 and 015 with a Hupac train near Wassen on the Gotthard north ramp
I wanted to try a few things with the illuminated Langwies Viaduct. After the first attempt "failed" because the first train was too early and the second one too late, I gave it another ... (more)
