Very much rain at the celebration: Since 100 years the trains run between Brig and Gletsch. On this rainy afternoon there are much fotographers at the station Gletsch (1757 meters over sealevel) w... (more)

Special mixed train for fotographers arrives at the station Realp in the evening sun. The name of the loc 'FO' is from the former company 'Furka-Oberalp-Bahn'

Historic steam engine FDB 1 starts its way towards the pass of Furka, enjoyed by a lot of tourists

Special train of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) for the meeting of the stockholders in Oberwald. Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9 is pulling the "red train" through the gorge o... (more)

Overview of Realp stations of Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (left) and Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (right), with a connecting track in the foreground. In the non electrified DFB station, steamtrain 131... (more)

With open cylinder valves, the cogwheel steam locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the DFB is on the usual test drive from the depot Realp to the beginning of the rack section near the Wiler bridge. Afterward... (more)

So Swiss !

Steamloc BFD 9 (former Brig-Furka-Disentis-Bahn) on the turntable in the station Oberwald

Weekend Transportation Systems

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9 of the DFB with train 20551 from Oberwald to Brig for the stockholders of the DFB, on the 9.0 % rack section between Fürgangen-Bellwald and Fiesch.

View onto Realp base of the DFB (in the foreground) with not-yet-compeleted new 5 track roundhouse/workshop on the left, turntable and older 3 track depot with yellow shunter (tractor) Tm 91. In t... (more)

With an impressive plume of black smoke, cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is pulling train 160 from Oberwald to Realp over the rack section between Oberwald a... (more)