This is one of two "Gm 3/3" locomotives on the MGB. The 72 seen here is assigned to Zermatt, and the 71 can be found in Brig. The units were built in France in 1975.
One of 3 daily Glacier Express departures from Zermatt has just departed the station for St. Moritz. The train will change engines at Disentis from an MGB locomotive to an Rhaetian Railway locomot... (more)
A view from the 10,135' summit on a Kodachrome day shows a GGB train descending with the Matterhorn in the background. The 100% rack railroad climbs 4,873' in 5.8 miles.
A nice UP-WP-MP merger lashup is seen on train HCZ at the north end of Texarkana Yard in 1984. The leader, UP603, was built for the Rock Island as CRIP 343 in 1966.