Two Rigi Bahnen trains passing each other at Freibergen. The cab is that of VRB Bhe 2/4 nr 1, built in 1937 - and it's still in everyday use, hauling both freight and passengers.

Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) electric rail car Bhe 2/4 no. 3 at Vitznau. July 7th, 2013

Cogwheel train runs downhill between Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) and Rigi Staffel in the afternoon sun

Empty cogwheel winter sport train runs through the station Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sealevel) in the afternoon sun

Wintertime in Switzerland: Cogwheeltrain from Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) to Vitznau (435 meters over sealevel) between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Staffelhöhe in the afternoon sun. Here the w... (more)

Two cogwheel-trains in the station Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sealevel). The red train runs downhill from Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) to Vitznau, the blue one from Rigi Kulm to Arth-... (more)

Yes, that's steep! Cogwheeltrain runs downhill from Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) to Vitznau (435 meters over sealevel) in the afternoon sun. On the left side a part of the stationbuilding... (more)

Dangerous? No, the two cogwheel-trains run very slowly downhill. They arrive at Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sealevel). The red train runs from Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) to Vitznau, ... (more)

What a beautiful winterday in the Swiss Mountains: Two trains arrives at Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sealevel) on the left side. The blue train runs from Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) t... (more)

Veterans in daily service... On a beautiful winter day with fog in the valleys the Rigi mountain has high season and every available wheel is running. Lots of skiers, sledge people, hikers and su... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 4 from 1953 just left Rigi Staffelhöhe station for Vitznau, down in the fog, followed on sight distance by Bhe 2/4 # 3 from 1937.

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 4 from 1953 below Rigi Staffelhöhe station with "the sea of fog" and the alps in the background.

Much traffic on a beautiful autumnday in Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sealevel): in the station the red train from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm, one blue train (right) has left the station to Rigi Kulm ... (more)

Localtrain from Arth-Goldau to Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sealevel) near the upper station. In the background the sea of fog over the Lake Lucerne and the famous mountain Pilatus

Old and new in the station Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sealevel): left the old railcar #7 is waiting, built in 1929, right the train from Arth-Goldau to Rigi Kulm