Birds eye view of the new ETR 610 for Cisalpino, built by Alstom in Savigliano/Italy. The high speed tilt train sits in the freight yard of Brig after a test run in the Rhone valley. The river Rho... (more)
The first of the 9 "Pendolino" ETR 470 of Cisalpino got a new design in silver and blue shortly. Exceptionally the EC 132 Geneva-Milan was a ETR 470 this day instead of locomotive and cars. ETR ... (more)
Former Furka Oberalp #36, built in 1948, basks in the sun at Brig.
The day before, Good Friday, brought about 20 inches of snow to the Valais. Regional Express (RE), also mocked as "Recycling Express" because of the very mixed compositions, with a hired Re 4/4 II... (more)
The small swiss freight operator "Rail Traction Services" (RTS) with the train carrying food containers from Brig to Niederbottigen, on the Luogelkinn viaduct near Hohtenn, southern ascent to the ... (more)
This winter the City Night Line "Komet" from Amsterdam and Hamburg is prolonged from Zurich to Brig on Saturdays. The photographer walked half an hour through knee deep fresh snow for this picture... (more)
Two of the classic brown Re 4/4 (or Re 425) of the BLS with a intermodal train on the southern ascent to the Lötschberg tunnel, near Lalden. The BLS has 35 of this powerful (6770 HP) and handsome... (more)
Intermodal train Italy-Germany with trailers and swap bodies of Hangartner (forwarding company, a subsidiary of German Railways) on the ascent from Brig to the Lötschberg tunnel, pulling are two ... (more)
Re 6/6 11662 "Reuchenette-Péry" in the classic green paint scheme is leading a consist of two Re 4/4 II and another Re 6/6 in the new blue/red-Cargo paint scheme with a container train down the s... (more)
Re 465 011 "Wisenberg" and 465 005 "Niesen" (built by SLM/ABB, 7000 kW) with a train of the "Rollende Autobahn" (rolling highway) from Novara/Italy to Freiburg im Breisgau/Germany, on the southern... (more)
1940s vintage electric locomotive 36 shunts the MGB platforms at Brig.
SBB Re460 022 brings an Intercity Express down the Lotschberg Ramp and into Brig late on an autumn afternoon.
Matterhorn Gornergrat Bahn Deh 4/4 type electric locomotive No.21 prepares to depart Brig with an evening passenger service to Andermatt.
MGB HGe4/4 II 103 is seen at Morel working a Glacier Express bound for Zermatt downgrade towards Brig where a loco change and a reverse will take place before the train leaves for Zermatt
Electric shunter 16368 sits on coaching stock in Brig station.