On the completely rebuilt feeder line from Solothurn to the new NBS (New highspeed line Mattstetten-Rothrist) near Inkwil you can find this special equilateral switch. The 164 meter long switch ha... (more)

What the hell is the man doing with his locomotive? What looks like a steam engine, produces the same noises with the help of loudspeakers and let escape some steam from the cylinders, is in reali... (more)

"Allegra" ABe 8/12 with train 4657 made only a very short stop in Alp Grüm Station, on 2091 meter a.s.l. In the background from left Palü glacier, Piz Palü (3900 mter a.s.l.), Piz Caral and Sa... (more)

View onto Zürich main station from the "Clouds" Bar Bistro on the 35th floor of Switzerlands highest building, the new 126 (hight corrected) meter high "Prime Tower". An ICN tilt train is leaving... (more)

Soviet built elegant car of type GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod) M13 "Chaika" (inspired by the US Packard Patrician from 1955), built from around 1960, as a railway inspection car. Ins... (more)

Help from the "Great Northern Railway" (GNR)! The third locomotive in the consist, electric Da 888 of the Swedish Railwaymuseum, had problem with battery power and wasn't able to pull an... (more)

Woman power for a high-gloss "Pacific"! Daughter and mother hard working for a beautiful shiny 01 202 steamlocomotive for the trip from Romanshorn via Schaffhausen-Waldshut-Basel-Olten back to Lys... (more)

At first we were a little disappointed with the few trains (almost all westbound and none uphill), as we waited this morning at the Cajon Pass on Sullivans curve. But then appeared as a great surp... (more)

After several days of heavy snowfall, only some animal tracks are crossing the landscape on 1800 meter a.s.l. on the Rochers-de-Naye. But soon a lonely skier, which just left the train on the requ... (more)

Software test of the future (from this winter) snow fighting equipment on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. Snowblower Xrot mt # 95404 with shoving diesel locomotive Gmf 23403 (D3) (Schalk... (more)

"Royal Canadian Pacific" as "Golfer special" passing through Morant's Curve on the way to Calgary.

2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt 14A 512 of the "Victoria Falls Steam Train Company" (VFST) with a mixed freight/passenger for Geoff's Trains/Tanago, including two diner and a baggage, is crossing slowly the 1... (more)

The new electric shunting locomotive for the SBB was the first day out on the line today. The Ee 922 001 from Stadler Winterthur can reach a speed of 100 km p.h., but will not be allowed to go on ... (more)

A chartered train for association GDI waiting in Alp Grüm station for the final run to Poschiavo, in the background Piz Palü, Piz Caral and Sassal Mason.

A first attempt to lift the "crocodile" at 10.30 AM failed, because the locomotive was moving around its longitudinal axis. The mounting on the crane had to be done in a different way and the acti... (more)