Very first trial of the steam rotary snow blower R 12 after a 18 year restoration by the "R 12 group" of Martin Horath in Goldau. Shoving is cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the DF... (more)

Scene in the deep winter on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, which is closed for traffic from october to june every year. But this day, the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913... (more)

Scene in the deep winter on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, which is closed for traffic from october to june every year. But this day, the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913... (more)

Diesel "tractor" Tm 2/2 # 91 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, built by RACO in 1959 for the Rhaetian Railway and sold to the DFB in 2006, pulled the tender of the steam rotary snow bl... (more)

This is the first test day for the steam rotary snow blower R 12, built in 1913 by the SLM Winterthur for the Rhaetian Railway, after a 18 year reconstruction by the "R 12 group" of Mart... (more)

First day operational and very first snow blowing after about 60 years! Snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network, is throwing t... (more)

First day operational and very first snow blowing after about 60 years! Snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network, is throwing t... (more)

The snow fighting crew of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is back in the depot area of Realp DFB, the tests were very sucessful. Head of the restoration, Martin Horath, is second from right with b... (more)

Snow fighting on the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke in the gorge of the Furka reuss. Steam rotary snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main... (more)

Snow fighting on the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke in the gorge of the Furka reuss. Steam rotary snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main... (more)

Steam rotary snow blower R 12 (X rot d # 9212), built by the SLM Winterthur in 1913 for the Rhaetian Railway, main network. Withdrawn in 1968, given to the Blonay-Chamby Railroad Museum in 1971, t... (more)

Snow blowing action in the gorge of the Furkareuss near Realp on the line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke. The steam rotary snow blower R # 12, built in 1913 by the SLM for the Rhaetian Railway... (more)

Steam rotary snow blower, place of the fireman, shortly before the vehicle was coupled with the tender on the turntable of Realp DFB. The driver of the R 12 is in front of the vehicle. Now, after ... (more)

"Steam, smoke and powdersnow" (Rauch, Dampf und Pulverschnee) is the titel of a well known swiss book (standard reference), describing the steam rotary snow blowers of the swiss railways... (more)

"Steam, smoke and powdersnow" (Rauch, Dampf und Pulverschnee) is the titel of a well known swiss book (standard reference) describing the steam rotary snow blowers, written by Alfred Leu... (more)