On Fathers Day evening, I took my dad down to West Haven Station in hopes of catching Providence & Worcester train CHFP, as sometimes they run to New York on Sundays. We struck out on the freight,... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "WEISSHORN" moved into the Furka summit tunnel in Furka DFB station, when running from the turntable back to the cars of train 139, which where standi... (more)
What a splendid sight! Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "WEISSHORN" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke on the turntable of Furka DFB station on 2160 meter a.s.l, ready to be turned. The locomot... (more)
Woman power for turning the cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "WEISSHORN" on the turntable of Furka DFB. This locomotive was built in 1902 by the SLM for the Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ) and... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "WEISSHORN" in Furka DFB station, on the way from Realp to Gletsch for the celebration of retirement of two engineers. The locomotive is adorned with ... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "WEISSHORN", built by SLM in 1902 for the Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ), got above the name plate another shield with the inscription "Système Wädi" (the original sh... (more)
For the last duty before retirement as a engineer of Reto Burri, the steamtrain 139 from Realp to Gletsch circulated this day. The train is near Furka DFB station, after taking water from the Side... (more)
The "Gletscher Zug" train 139 from Realp to Gletsch with cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" is reaching Furka DFB station on 2160 meter a.s.l. in a few seconds.
The cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), built in 1902 by SLM Winterthur, reached Furka DFB with train 139 from Realp. The locomotive... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is pulling the "Glacier train" 139 from Realp to Gletsch, on the 11.0 % grade below Fur... (more)
Wild, open mountain panorama of the Furkareuss valley, with the Galengrat, Gross (3210) and Chli (2940) Bielenhorn, and a tiny cogwheel steamtrain of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) running ... (more)