Electric cogwheel railcar BDhe 2/4 # 3 from 1937 is shoving car B 16 up the 25.0 % grade below Staffelhöhe towards Rigi Kulm, with railcar # 4 following on sight distance.

BDhe 4/4 # 5 is a unique cogwheel railcar of the Rigibahnen, built in 1965 with 752 kW. With two aditional cars the railcar just left Rigi Staffel in direction of Vitznau, with Rigi Kulm in the ba... (more)

The worldwide oldest electric cogwheel railcar, BDhe 2/3 # 6 from 1911 of the former Arth-Rigi Bahn (ARB) in regular service on this beautiful autumn day when everybody wished to enjoy the sun and... (more)

Drivers view from the electric cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 of the Rigibahnen when riding down from Rigi Kulm to Rigi Staffel, with the sea of fog and Pilatus mountain in the background.

On this beautiful autumn sunday, with fog in the valley, even the oldest rolling stock of the Rigibahnen was needed for regular service. In the foreground electric gogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 wi... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 4 from 1953 just left Rigi Staffelhöhe station for Vitznau, down in the fog, followed on sight distance by Bhe 2/4 # 3 from 1937.

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 4 from 1953 below Rigi Staffelhöhe station with "the sea of fog" and the alps in the background.

Antique carriage of Vitznau-Rigi Bahn on turntable at equipment shed at Vitznau.

Vitznau-Rigi cograil.

Parallel traffic on the "Vitznau track" (right) with H 1/2 number 7 from 1873 with car B 5 and on the "Goldau track" (left) with electric motorcar BDhe 4/4 15, cab car Bt 25 and passenger car B 33... (more)

H 2/3 17 with the steamtrain from Arth Goldau is leaving Rigi Staffel for Rigi Kulm, followed on sight distance by H 1/2 7 from 1873, which is on the mountain for the last days, before she will re... (more)

It's very seldom to see one of the Rigibahnen steamlocomotives on the mountain without pushing a car! H 2/3 16 from 1923 is steaming in front of the old Felchlin hotel, which was built in 1875 an... (more)

Happy people enjoying the last weekend of unique cogwheel steamlocomotive with vertical boiler H 1/2 7 on the Rigi. The 1873 built locomotive returned to her home rails for this summer and will be... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar 5 with car 8 has just left the station of Rigi Kaltbad-First towards Vitznau and is on the doubletrack section till Freibergen station. The elegant rail car BDhe 4/4 5 h... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar 5 with two cars is slowly coming down the track (25 % grade) and crossing the Schnurtobel bridge, which is the largest of the Rigi Bahnen. The 80 m long concrete bridge w... (more)