At the Winterthur locomotive depot, a "Toggenburger" truck-mounted crane is used to lift the approx. 25-ton boiler off the chassis of steam locomotive 141 R # 73. The 2-8-2 "Mikado&... (more)

This year, when the Rigi Bahnen, or more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, are celebrating 150 years of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe (1871 to 2021), the famous steamlocomotive H 1/... (more)

"Traverso" train RABe 526 # 106/206 of the Südostbahn (SOB), built by StadlerRail, is running the "Treno Gottardo" Interregio 2430 of the line IR 46 from Locarno via Bellinzona... (more)

"Traverso" train RABe 526 # 201/101 of the Südostbahn (SOB), built by StadlerRail, is running the "Treno Gottardo" Interregio 2323 of the line IR 26 from Basel via Olten-Lucern... (more)

"Traverso" train RABe 526 # 210/110 of the Südostbahn (SOB), built by StadlerRail, is running the "Treno Gottardo" Interregio 2328 of the line IR 26 from Locarno via Bellinzona... (more)

"Traverso" train RABe 526 # 211/111 of the Südostbahn (SOB), built by StadlerRail, is running the "Treno Gottardo" Interregio 2315 of the line IR 26 from Basel via Olten-Lucern... (more)

"Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14253 of SBB Historic, built in 1919 and based in Erstfeld, is leaving the 1084 meter long Wattinger loop tunnel and crossing the 40 meter long lower Wattinger b... (more)

"Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14253 of SBB Historic, built in 1919 and based in Erstfeld, is leaving the Artoito tunnel in the Piottino gorge on the Gotthard south ramp between Rodi-Fiesso and Faido, pu... (more)

In front of the old sheds in Winterthur standing side by side from left: Bm 840 # 411 of the BRM, former Bm 4/4 18411 of the SBB built in 1964, in the blue paint scheme of the Schweizerische Speis... (more)

This are the driving wheels, frame with cylinders of the Lima built 2-8-2 steamlocomotive 141 R # 73, former french SNCF, loaded on a freight car of the SBB. This parts, including boiler and tende... (more)

Ge 4/4 II # 624 of the Rhaetian Railway is pulling freighttrain 5732 from Ilanz to Landquart along the Vorderrhein through the Ruinaulta between Trin and Reichenau-Tamins. The train is transportin... (more)

Now there is another gem of a beautifully refurbished operational steam locomotive in Switzerland, the E 3/3 # 41 of the former Schweizerische Centralbahn (SCB), built in 1901 by SLM Winterthur as... (more)

Now there is another gem of a beautifully refurbished operational steam locomotive in Switzerland, the E 3/3 # 41 of the former Schweizerische Centralbahn (SCB), built in 1901 by SLM Winterthur as... (more)

Testrun on a grade of about 17.0 % on the Rigi Bahnen, between Arth-Goldau and Kräbel. Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this factor... (more)

Ge 6/6 II # 706 "Disentis/Mustér" of the Rhaetian Railway is pulling the freight train 5236 from Disentis to Landquart through the gorge of the Vorderrhein, called Ruinaulta, between Tri... (more)