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)
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)