Railcar BDe 4/4 # 2 of the DSF (built in 1966 for the former Wohlen-Meisterschwanden Bahn) stopped before the grade crossing in the middle of the wood, on the rather seldom used line Hinwil - Bär... (more)

Elephant and mouse...the big rotary snow plow Xrotet 9218, pulled by Gem 4/4 802, and the little snowblower to clear the station platform on the highest station of the Rhaetian Railways.

50 years RAe TEE II! Today (April 12th) exactly 50 years ago, the first completed electric multiple unit for the TEE (Trans Europ Express) system, capable to run under the 4 different power system... (more)

50 years RAe TEE II! Today (April 12th) exactly 50 years ago, the first completed electric multiple unit for the TEE (Trans Europ Express) system, capable to run under the 4 different power system... (more)

The brand new snow blower X rot mt 95403 of the RhB in action near Ospizio Bernina. Shoving is dual system locomotive Gem 4/4 802 (electric/diesel). The new snow fighting system from Zaugg/Eggiwil... (more)

Railcars ABe 4/4 # 56 "Corviglia" and # 51 "Poschiavo" are pulling Regio 1625 from St.Moritz to Tirano over the iconic spiral viaduct of Brusio. Note the snow in the bogies of the railcar: Up on t... (more)

Meeting of S-Bahn S 8 from Winterthur to Pfäffikon (SZ) and S 16 from Herrliberg-Zürich to Winterthur-Schaffhausen-Thayngen in Tössmühle, both trains running with 125 km per hour. On the right... (more)

Not really a beauty, but rather a beast, the brandnew Aem 940 # 001 from Alstom for the SBB on a test run from Schönbühl to Riedtwil near Hindelbank. No "Pininfarina" design, but reduc... (more)

The armored howitzers M 109 of the Swiss Army are transported on the Slmmnps-y cars of the 473 series, but when they have to reach the Bière military training area, they have to use the 1 meter g... (more)

A short coffee brake for the engineer of the express train from Trondheim to Oslo in the station of Hamar. The 22 El 18 locomotives were built by SLM and ADtranz in 1996/97 and are a variation of ... (more)

The new 3178 kW Euro 4000 of CargoNet is ready for departure from Fauske with train 5790 to Trondheim (-Oslo Alnabru). 6 of this locomotives took over trafic on the Nordlandsline shortly from the ... (more)

For me one of the best looking steamlocomotive worldwide, semi-streamlined J 1211 is sitting in the yard of the easternmost station of New Zealands 1067 mm gauge network, after arrival half an hou... (more)

The RAe TEE II trainset 1053 for 4 electric systems got a revision in the workshop of the Südostbahn (SOB) in Samstagern, by order of SBB Historic. On this day it was pulled by Ae 6/6 11425 "GenÃ... (more)

Train 131 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) from Realp to Oberwald via Furka and Gletsch is ready for departure, pulled by cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 from 1913. On the right the tr... (more)

The Garratts of the class 59 of the East African Railways were the largest narrow gauge locomotives ever built. The 34 "Mountain" class (all with names of african mountains) locomotives were built... (more)