This is Switzerland on its National Day! Cows, a cogwheel steam locomotive, a beautiful train and a very happy locomotive driver!

The Rigibahnen operates a shuttle steam train between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm, the summit station of "the king of mountains" on the Swiss National Day, August 1st. The locomotive is a... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 (built by SLM in 1925) of the Rigibahnen with a charter train to Rigi Kulm in Arth Goldau.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 from 1925 with cars # 2 (original from 1871 when the line was built) and # 15 (from 1899, on the left), below Rigi Kaltbad.

Light oil fired cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 14 "Gemeinde Brienz" (SLM 1996) with a train to the Brienzer Rothorn between Schonegg tunnel I and II.

Steamtrain of the Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn slowly going down the rack track towards Oberstaffel. The steam comes from the Riggenbach counterpressure break. Locomotive is H 2/3 16, with BRB since 2005 a... (more)

Light oil fired cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16, built by SLM in 1992 for the Montreux-Glion-Rocher-de- Naye-Bahn, running for the BRB since 2005. The train is near the top of the mountain nea... (more)

Light oil fired cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 14 (built by SLM in 1996) of the Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn with a train with cars B 9 and B 3 (SIG) below the top of the Brienzer Rothorn. The train is g... (more)

80 cm gauge cogwheel steamlocomotive # 5 of the Schynige Platte Bahn (SPB), built by SLM in 1894, with passenger car 21 from 1929, on Breitlauenen.

Steam train of the Schynige Platte Bahn. In The Background the Lake of Thun.

Oil for the cogwheel steamloc at Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sea level) after the trip uphill from Vitznau with nice historic cars

Pisten Bully and steam train in the summer time: Steam train runs downhill from Brienzer Rothorn (2244 meters over sealevel) to Brienz (566 meters over sealevel), he left the upper station a few m... (more)

Some old ladies....
Only on several days the steam lady H 2/3 #5 - built 1894 - is used in passenger service. Here it brings up the freshly overhauled coach #21 (major 2 year overhaul ... (more)

Extensive maneuvers in Kräbel station with cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 of the Rigibahnen. Two of the total 5 service cars had to be brought down to Goldau, the other stayed in Kräbel for... (more)

For rock blasting operations in the Kräbelwand the catenary of the Rigibahn had to be dismantled. The work trains for transportation of the material were carried out with the steam locomotive H 2... (more)