193 463-7 with the name "Duisburg" is a locomotive from Siemens Mobility from Munich. It is rented to SBB Cargo International AG from CH-Olten and was here on the way to Basel.

The use of refrigerated wagons across Europe used to be a normal thing. That time is over. Today, refrigerated containers are used. In this respect, it is remarkable that the Swiss SBB Cargo has o... (more)

Locomotives of the Re 482 series are mostly used abroad. Re 482 011-4 with SBB Cargo lettering was on its way back to home.

A class 187 locomotive rarely comes to Basel. 187 190-4 from DB Cargo Deutschland AG was on its way to Switzerland.

186 908-6 is in use for RALPIN, the operator of the Rolling Highway, belongs to the BLS according to the addresses, is registered in Italy (I-BLSC) and leased to SBB Cargo International AG. It is ... (more)

Re 475 414-9 is already over three years old. The pantograph contact strip is directly in front of a disconnector of the catanary. Sometimes you can watch and hear a spark.

The 463 railcars from Siemens are on the move quickly in the Upper Rhine Valley. They have replaced the double-deck push-pull trains that were hauled by TRAXX 146 locomotives.

Side by side: 185 from DB Schenker and BB 437059 from SNCF FRET. And this on Swiss soil. For the onward journey to Germany, at least one 185 must be removed from the train or switched off. In cont... (more)

ES 64 F4-095 was originally delivered to SBB Cargo. An initial lack of approval for Italy prevented the deployment. SBB Cargo later returned the locomotive to Siemens Dispolok GmbH. The company la... (more)

ES 64 U2-061 was one of a series of locomotives that were equipped to drive to Turkey. This can be recognized by the inscription "Bosporus Sprinter" on the side. Here the Siemens locomot... (more)

101 030-5 with advertising on the sides reached Basel today with the Eurocity 7 (Hamburg Altona - Basel - Interlaken Ost). After a short stay, it returned with the Eurocity 6 (Interlaken Ost - Bas... (more)

The Eurocity 65 "Mozart" Paris - Vienna can be seen here. A two-frequency class 181 locomotive was used here between F-Strasbourg and Stuttgart. From Stuttgart it then continued with a D... (more)

The first of May is the first day of the year on which the Kandertal Railway starts its museum operation. Here in the picture as a duo: T3 locomotive 20 from Borsig / Berlin Tegel from 1904 and th... (more)

185 580-8 was heading north here in a dramatic light.

185 578-2 was in use for Crossrail AG from 2007 to 2013. The locomotive was named "Christine". Crossrail was sold, after that the locomotive was in use for a Luxembourg -, then for a Ger... (more)