This day, there was organized a large "parade" of 11 vintage trains between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm, to celebrate the 150 years anniversary of the Rigi Bahnen, or more precisely the first cogwh... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi St... (more)

The Rigi Bahnen have several vehicles that bear the number 1, such as the railcar Bhe 2/4 # 1 from 1937, the battery tractor Ta 2/2 # 1 from 1982 and also the non-self-propelled diesel snow blower... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 of the Rigi Bahnen is beeing loaded with coal in front of the depot.

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC with 1200 horsepower, came down from Rigi Kaltbad-First to Vitznau with lowloader car X # 105. On the car is a l... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotives H 2/3 # 17, built in 1925 by the SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), was steamed up for the first time this year, and so brake tests were on the agenda. T... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotives H 2/3 # 17, built in 1925 by the SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), and H 1/2 # 7 from 1873, unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boil... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) in front of the ship station in Vitznau. This locomotive is exhibited in the Swiss Museum of... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1925 by the SLM for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), is shoving car B # 35, which was built in 1899 by SIG Neuhausen for the Arth-Rigi-... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1925 by the SLM for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), is above Kräbel station with car B # 35, which was built in 1899 by SIG Neuhausen... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 3 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1937, reached 1 Mio. kilometers since delivering this days. Here it is standing on the turntable of Vitznau, which is beeing rebuilt with ... (more)

For celebration of 150 years of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, the worldwide unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boiler, the famous number seven, H 1/2 # 7 ... (more)