The swiss national circus KNIE returned this day from the 2019 season back to the home base Rapperswil. Most of the material was transported with two freight trains of the SBB from Lugano in the T... (more)

The canadian built, former french railway SNCF, heavy fuel oil fired, 2-8-2 "Mikado" 141 R # 1244 of association "Mikado 1244" at Brugg (AG), is pulling the "HAG-Reisen&qu... (more)

Seagalls fly up and eider ducks panically flee when the engineer of the 141 R # 1244 opens the regulator wide after leaving Rapperswil station and accelerates the train to line speed with loud sta... (more)

"Flirt" RABe 526 # 063 "Alpstein" of the Südostbahn (SOB) is crossing the Lake Zürich on the dam/bridge between Pfäffikon SZ and Rapperswil, running as empty service train.

Re 456 # 095 of the Südostbahn (SOB) in publicity paint scheme for "100 years railway line Romanshorn-St.Gallen-Wattwil-Uznach 1910 to 2010" is shoving the Voralpen-Express VAE 2566 fro... (more)

A unique round trip push-pull train of DSF (Depot und Schienenfahrzeuge Koblenz) around the eastern part of Switzerland. Electric railcars BDe 4/4 # 2, built in 1955 for the former Wohlen-Meisters... (more)

Re 456 # 096 of the Südostbahn (SOB) in publicity paint scheme for "Voralpen-Express Ostschweiz" is pulling the Voralpen-Express VAE 2570 from St.Gallen to Lucerne over the lake dam between Rappe... (more)

Re 456 # 095 of the Südostbahn (SOB) in publicity paint scheme for "100 years railway line Romanshorn-St.Gallen-Wattwil-Uznach 1910 to 2010" is shoving the Voralpen-Express VAE 2566 from St.Galle... (more)

Re 456 # 093 of the Südostbahn (SOB) in publicity paint scheme for the Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group, is pulling the Voralpen-Express VAE 2571 from Lucerne to St.Gallen over the lake dam between Pfä... (more)

"Giruno" highspeed train RABe 501 # 005 from StadlerRail for the SBB is crossing the dam over the Lake Zürich between Rapperswil and Pfäffikon SZ, with the castle of Rapperswil and the Bachtel m... (more)

Arranged on short notice, meeting of the "crocodile" Be 6/8 III # 13302 (SBB Historic, built in 1926 by SLM and MFO, operated and maintained by Betriebsgruppe 13302) and "roebuck&qu... (more)

100 years before, the swiss engineer Jakob Buchli invented the "Buchli drive", a transmission system used in electric locomotives. The drive is a fully spring-loaded drive, in which each... (more)

Two of the four SBB prototype RABDe 8/16 EMUs head away from Kempraten towards the end of their journey from Zurich to Rapperswil. These four-car lightweight units built in 1976, with the nickname... (more)

The steam train into the retirement of a engineer of the association Steam Group Zürich (Verein Dampfgruppe Zürich) reached Rapperswil in the blue hour. The engineer made his last run over the G... (more)

Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" of SBB Historic, on loan to association "Mikado 1244" in Brugg (AG), is crossing the dam/bridge over Lake Zürich between Pfäffikon... (more)