RABDe 500 ICN tilting train on the Ticino bridge in the Biaschina, entering the 1547 meter long Travi spiral tunnel.
4 Bombardier TRAXX locomotives of the 185 series of DB Schenker are pulling train 45000 from Chiasso to Mannheim over the Pianotondo viaduct on the uppermost level of the "Staircase" in ... (more)
InterRegio 2159 from Basel to Locarno just reached the lowest level of the "staircase" in the Biaschina, after passing through two spiral tunnels in a grade of 2.6 %, crossing now the Ticino bridg... (more)
An impressive spectacle is when the trains run through the two spiral tunnels. Here are Re4 / 4 11281 with Re6 / 6 11674 together towards Bellinzona go.
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)
Train IR 2165 from Zürich to Locarno with locomotive Re 460 118 is crossing the Ticino river on the lowest level of the "railway staircase" of the Gotthard line in the Biaschina, while train IR 2... (more)
With the new timetable from december 12th, a first pair of the ETR 610 tilting train is introduced on the Gotthard line, linking Basel via Lucerne and Milan with Venice. On the very first day ETR ... (more)
In winter the Ticino river has only few water (in other times of the year not much more), so the riverbed is a very impressive landscape of rounded stones. In the background the three level of the... (more)
A mixed pair of "Re 10/10" (Re 6/6 11685, Re 4/4 III 11350, Re 620 088 "X-Rail" and Re 420 186) with together about 34240 HP are crossing the Pianotondo viaduct in the Biaschina.
Re 460 007 in the new "AMAG" paint scheme rushes out from the Pianotondo spiral tunnel in the Biaschina with Eurocity Cisalpino INSUBRIA Milan-Zürich. AMAG is a big car import company (VW, Audi, ... (more)
"Churchill-Pfeil" (Churchill Arrow) just passed through the two spiral tunnels in the Biaschina on the southern side of Gotthard. In the background you can see the middle an the upper level (with ... (more)
