The 44 Intercity tilting trains ICN RABDe 500 # 001 to # 044 of the SBB were built in two series between 1999 and 2005. In February 2020, it was decided that the trains would be overhauled at the ... (more)
Just a few meters: I think this is the shortest railway tunnel of the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways): ICN (InterCityNeigezug) from Biel toward Basel between Moutier and Delémont
RegioExpress toward Delémont leaves the station Moutier, seen from the viewpoint 'Pavillon'
Just a few meters: I think this is the shortest railway tunnel of the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways). RegioExpress toward Delémont near the station Moutier
1997 - the year, where "150 Years of Railways" was celebrated all over Switzerland. All the historic locomitives were put in shape, that includes the steam engines as well - of course! C... (more)
Squeezing through: The Birs river, a road and a railway line share the space in the Moutier Gorge. The line is served hourly by RABDe 500 tilting trains, hourly RegioExpress services and occasiona... (more)
The line from Moutier up to Court in the Jura mountain range has a grade of up to 3.2 %, more then the Gotthard ramps, for which the "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 was built in 1917 by SLM Winterthur. Th... (more)
Tilting train RABDe 500 006 "Johanna Spyri" in the new paint scheme after revision on a test run entering moutier station. The signal box isn't active anymore.
Tilting train RABDe 500 as train 614 from Basel to Geneva is running through the narrow gorge of Moutier in the Jura mountain range.
In the gorge of Moutier electric TRANS EUROP EXPRESS trainset RAe TEE II # 1053 passes through the tunnel 7 and 6, which are 54 and 23 meter long only.