With 4 passenger cars (about 160 tons) on the drawbar the "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic is storming up the Areuse gorge (2.1 % grade). The train to Fleurier in the Travers vall... (more)

2-10-0 Gotthard freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 called "Elephant" of SBB Historic is just starting in the 2.5 % grade from Sonceboz up to the Pierre Pertuis in the Jura mountains. T... (more)

RAe TEE II # 1053 of SBB Historic on a charter run over the Gotthard mountain line to Locarno, in the "staircase" of the Biaschina between Lavorgo and Giornico. This train was in service... (more)

(Unassisted) steamtrain of SBB Historic over the Gotthard line, near Pfaffensprung on the north ramp in a grade of 2.6 %. Locomotives 4-6-0 A 3/5 # 705 (SLM 1904) and 2-10-0 "Elephant" C... (more)

TRANS EUROP EXPRESS RAe TEE II # 1053 of SBB Historic is running from Olten to Lucerne, for a chartered round trip, with the bernese Alps in the background. Right from the middle is Eiger, Mönch ... (more)

2-10-0 fourcylinder compound freight train steamlocomotive "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic is running from Olten to Brugg AG with the empty rolling stock (express train of the 19... (more)

A classroom on rails that tours through Switzerland: The SBB School and Learning Train offers interactive learning environments around the theme 'responsibility'. The historic Gotthard-Locomotive ... (more)

Classic Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11402 "Uri" of SBB Historic, built in 1953 by SLM/BBC/MFO and based in Erstfeld, is shoving the heavy HUPAC intermodal train 43075 from Duisburg Ruhr... (more)

Controls of the engineer on the "crocodile" Ce 6/8 II # 14253, built in 1919 by SLM and MFO, and still operational for SBB Historic in Erstfeld.

In 1847, the first swiss railway (completly in Switzerland) was inaugurated between Zürich and Baden (23 kilometer), built by the Schweizerische Nordbahn (SNB). Soon it was nicknamed "Spanis... (more)

The train of the "Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn" with steamlocomotive D 1/3 # 1 "Limmat", a replica from 1947 of the original vehicle dating from 1847, is crossing the river Reuss between Brugg AG and Tur... (more)

In front of the shed in Brugg (AG), steamlocomotive D 1/3 # 1 "Limmat" (4-2-0) is prepared for her run to Biel together with locomotive "Genf". The "Limmat" is a 1947... (more)

4-2-0 steamlocomotive D 1/3 # 1 "Limmat" of SBB Historic in front of the shed in Brugg AG, on the occasion of the Bahnpark days. This interesting 150 HP vehicle is a replica, built in 1947 for the... (more)

4-2-0 steamlocomotive D 1/3 # 1 "Limmat" with the "Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn" cars on the 1.2 % grade from Turgi to Baden on the occasion of the "Depotfest Bahnpark Brugg"... (more)

On this day, a rather authentic steam passenger train of the 1920'/1930' circulated from Zürich to Göschenen and back, organized by some enthusiast of the association steam group Zürich (Verein... (more)