Driver in the cab of the steamlocomotive 141 R 1244 (2-8-2). The oilfired ex French Railways locomotive is driven on the left hand side, fireman is on the right. Steam pressure is 14,5 bar (210 ps... (more)

Oilfired Mikado 2-8-2 141 R 1244 under steam for the first time since more then 12 years.

Running gear of the 2-8-2 Mikado 141 R 1244. After more then 12 years or about 4400 days 141 R 1244 was put under steam pressure for the first time again on november 9th 2010. The locomotive was ... (more)

Cab view of the oilfired "Mikado" 141 R 1244 like new or better. The engineer will sit on the left side, because the locomotive was built for the french SNCF. After more then 12 years or about 440... (more)

After more then 12 years or about 4400 days the ex French Railways SNCF steamlocomotive 141 R 1244 was put under steam pressure for the first time again on november 9th 2010. The 2-8-2 "Mikado" wa... (more)

In front of the shed in Brugg (AG), steamlocomotive D 1/3 "Limmat" (4-2-0) is prepared for her run to Biel together with locomotive "Genf". The "Limmat" is a 1947 built replica of the first locomo... (more)

Ae 610 420 is pulling container train 42614 from Niederglatt to Basel on the southern ramp to the Bözberg tunnel. The locomotive with blazon of "Appenzell Ausserrhoden" is the only of the Ae 6/6 ... (more)

The wonderful Venice Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) circulated this day from Basel via Bözberg-Wohlen-Arth Goldau-Gotthard to Chiasso-Milan, instead of the normal route via Bözberg-Sargans-Arlber... (more)

After more then 10 years the heavy rebuilding program for the ex SNCF (French Railways) Mikado 141 R 1244 is nearing completion. The 2-8-2 was built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1946 and belong... (more)

Another heavy ramp with 1.3 % from Brugg VL (jointline) up to the Bözberg tunnel which the steamtrain with 241 A 65 and 241 P 17 had to conquer. The train has just passed the 185 metre long Villn... (more)

7 1/2 hours late train 40028 of Hupac from Brescia/Italy to Rotterdam/Nederlands is tackling the 1.3 % grade of the Bözberg line on the way to Basel.

On a beautiful summer morning the oldest operational and original steamlocomotive Ec 2/5 28 GENF from 1858 is leaving Brugg for the first public ride since 1978!

150 years of railway developement when the 1858 built steamlocomotive Ec 2/5 28 "GENF" on the turntable of Brugg was passed by Re 482 026 and 012 of SBB Cargo with train 43072 from Busto Arsizio/I... (more)

After a test run over the Bözberg, probable Europe's oldest operational steamlocomotive, built in 1858 by Emil Kessler, Esslingen, gets water beside the shed in Brugg (AG). Ec 2/5 28 with the nam... (more)

Diesel locomotive Bm 4/4 II 18451 with a 735 kW Sulzer prime mover and built in 1939 as Am 4/4 1001 is helper for the steam locomotive Eb 3/5 5819 in front of a passenger train up the southern ram... (more)