15 units of the BDe 576 were built between 1959 and 1966 for four different regional operators in Switzerland. The 576 050 is kept as reserve unit at Herisau, here it leaves as special train with ... (more)

Recent snowfalls and subsequently dropping temperatures have transformed the entire Appenzellerland and Toggenburg region into a winter wonderland, which is best viewed from the hourly Voralpenexp... (more)

The Voralpen-Express (foothills of the alps express) climbing up the steep gradient from Biberbrugg in direction of Lucerne cabcar forward.

"Voralpenexpress" Lucerne-Arth Goldau-Rapperswil-Wattwil-St.Gallen-Romanshorn with locomotive Re 456 056 in publicity paint scheme "100 Jahre Rickenbahn Romanshorn St.Gallen Wattwil Uznach" crosse... (more)

The 365 metre long Sitter viaduct between St.Gallen Haggen and Herisau is the highest (99 metre) railway viaduct of Switzerland, built between 1908 and 1910 for the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn. A RBD... (more)

A Voraplen service seen just outside Rapperswil.

A 'Voralpen' branded passenger service arrives into Rapperswil.

Re 446 017 with publicity paint scheme for TESA adhesive tape is pulling a doubledeck sleeping car of CityNightLine from Zürich to Samstagern, where the car will be refurbished in the SOB worksho... (more)

SOB operates 11 RABe 526 over their network in eastern part of Switzerland. Here one of it come up a steap gradient from Biberbrugg on its way to Arth-Goldau.

The Waldbach bridge is 136m long and 38m high. Constructed 1909.

The regional train on one of the 136 bridges on the Südostbahn railway.

The prototype Swiss Re 4/4 III electric locomotive, Sud-Ost-Bahn No 41 brings the 16.09 Einsiedeln to Zurich Enge train past a meadow full of buttercups as it decends the very steep gradient from ... (more)

Georg Trueb has recently put two shots of the preserved former Bodensee-Toggenburg Be 4/4 No 15 on to RailPictures. Here is one of the five locos of this type when in everyday service heading away... (more)

11 of this elegant "Fast light innovative regional trainsets" (FLIRT) of Stalder Rail are in duty for the SOB. RABe 526 050 is on the way from Biberbrugg to Arth Goldau as line S 31.

The Suburban Express Train S 18050 from Einsiedeln to Zürich -Altstetten snakes down to the Lake Zurich.