In Muttbach-Belvédère station of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, on the western portal of the Furka summit tunnel, there is a crossing between the two steamtrains 133 and 134, with cogwheel ste... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is leaving the Furka summit tunnel in Muttbach-Belvédère with train 157 from Realp to Oberwald. This was the second day of ... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9 (lettered as BFD # 9) of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is pulling train 157 from Realp to Oberwald on the second day of the 2021 season. The train is le... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is pulling train 154 from Oberwald to Realp on the second day of the 2021 season. The train is tackling the grade from ... (more)

On the occasion of the jubilee event in Gletsch, celebrating 30 years since the expedition "Back to Switzerland" to Vietnam, 20 years since the re-opening of the line from Realp to Gletsch and 10 ... (more)

For the jubilee event in Gletsch, celebrating 30 years since the expedition "Back to Switzerland" to Vietnam, 20 years since the re-opening of the line from Realp to Gletsch and 10 years... (more)

The fireman is just throwing some shovels of the welsh coal into the firebox of the cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, while the engineer Reto is operating the firebox door with his left hand.... (more)

Cogwheel steam locomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is pulling the last train of the season over the Furka mountain line, below Muttbach-Belvédère station in the Valais. Tw... (more)

Last day of the 2020 season on the Furka mountain line. The very last passenger train 154 from Oberwald to Realp stopped in Gletsch and the locomotive is taking water. The heavy 0-8-0 T cogwheel s... (more)

Very last passenger train of the 2020 season, steamtrain 154 from Oberwald over the Furka pass to Realp, on the 11.0 % grade between Gletsch and Muttbach-Belvédère. The heavy 0-8-0 T cogwheel st... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 pulls forward from the shed to the coal loading place. The locomotive recently got new little smaller, hand-painted inscriptions "DFB" and "704... (more)

View to the station Gletsch of the DFB on 1762 meter a.s.l. during the jubilee event, with the Rotten river, famous Hotel Glacier du Rhône (left) and "Blauhaus" (blue house, right). In ... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9, built in 1914 by SLM Winterthur for the Brig-Furka-Disentis Railway (BFD), is leaving the turntable of Gletsch during the jubilee event. This locomotive was br... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, built in 1914 by SLM Winterthur for the Brig-Furka-Disentis Railway (BFD), is leaving Gletsch for Oberwald with an extra tra... (more)

For the jubilee event in Gletsch, celebrating 30 years since the expedition "Back to Switzerland" to Vietnam, 20 years since the re-opening of the line from Realp to Gletsch and 10 years... (more)