It is now exactly one year since the steam snow blower R # 12 (Xrot d # 9212) was back in service for the first time after 60 years. It had been built in 1913 by SLM Winterthur for the Rhaetian Ra... (more)

It is now exactly one year since the steam snow blower R # 12 (Xrot d # 9212) was back in service for the first time after 60 years. It had been built in 1913 by SLM Winterthur for the Rhaetian Ra... (more)

It is now exactly one year since the steam snow blower R # 12 (Xrot d # 9212) was back in service for the first time after 60 years. It had been built in 1913 by SLM Winterthur for the Rhaetian Ra... (more)

It is now exactly one year since the steam snow blower R # 12 (Xrot d # 9212) was back in service for the first time after 60 years. It had been built in 1913 by SLM Winterthur for the Rhaetian Ra... (more)

Very first trial of the steam rotary snow blower R 12 after a 18 year restoration by the "R 12 group" of Martin Horath in Goldau. Shoving is cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the DF... (more)

Scene in the deep winter on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, which is closed for traffic from october to june every year. But this day, the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913... (more)

Scene in the deep winter on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, which is closed for traffic from october to june every year. But this day, the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913... (more)

First day operational and very first snow blowing after about 60 years! Snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network, is throwing t... (more)

First day operational and very first snow blowing after about 60 years! Snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network, is throwing t... (more)

The snow fighting crew of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is back in the depot area of Realp DFB, the tests were very sucessful. Head of the restoration, Martin Horath, is second from right with b... (more)

Snow fighting on the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke in the gorge of the Furka reuss. Steam rotary snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main... (more)

Snow fighting on the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke in the gorge of the Furka reuss. Steam rotary snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main... (more)

Snow blowing action in the gorge of the Furkareuss near Realp on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke. The steam rotary snow blower R # 12, built in 1913 by the SLM for the Rhaetian Railway... (more)

"Steam, smoke and powdersnow" (Rauch, Dampf und Pulverschnee) is the titel of a well known swiss book (standard reference), describing the steam rotary snow blowers of the swiss railways... (more)

"Steam, smoke and powdersnow" (Rauch, Dampf und Pulverschnee) is the titel of a well known swiss book (standard reference) describing the steam rotary snow blowers, written by Alfred Leu... (more)