Typical snow fighting on the Bernina line over decades: Railcars ABe 4/4 # 47 and 46 are pulling the "Räumer" X # 9132 (built in 1936), which digs the snow from both sides between the r... (more)

"Allegra" ABe 8/12 # 3509 with train 1621 from St.Moritz to Poschiavo in the fresh powder snow near Ospizio Bernina.

Railcars ABe 4/4 # 54 "Hakone" and 55 "Diavolezza" with 1016 kW each were built in 1990 by SLM and ABB for the Bernina line of the RhB. They are pulling train 1629 from St.Mori... (more)

After the plowing in Ospizio Bernina, some crew members free the snow blower from sticked and squeezed remnants. The overhead wire (1000 V DC) was grounded first.

After snow fall or when the wind blows, some regular passenger trains over the Bernina pass are shoving a flanger in front of the railcars. ABe 8/12 "Allegra" # 3501 with flanger Xk # 9143 is ente... (more)

Snow fighting in Ospizio Bernina with diesellocomotive Gmf # 23403 and the snow blower Xrot mt # 95404.

0-6-0+0-6-0 self-propelled steam rotary snow blower, built by SLM Winterthur in 1910 for the then independent Bernina Railway as R # 1051, and "Bernina Crocodile" Ge 4/4 # 182 from 1928 ... (more)

At 10.44 AM the snow fighting crew from Pontresina is returning to the home base with diesellocomotive Gmf # 23403 (D3 "Albula") and snow blower Xrot mt # 95404. Both vehicles were desig... (more)

Clearing track 3 of Ospizio Bernina station with the snow blower Xrot mt # 95404 and diesellocomotive Gmf # 23403 (D3 Albula).

Railcars ABe 4/4 # 54 and 55 are pulling train 1629 from St.Moritz to Poschiavo along the only partly frozen Lago Bianco.

Railcar ABe 4/4 # 47 (Tw II) and train 1629 to Poschiavo with ABe 4/4 # 54 (Tw III) in Ospizio Bernina.

Railcars ABe 4/4 # 47 and 46 on Ospizio Bernina on the occasion of the steam rotary demonstration event.

Snow blower Xrot mt # 95403, built by Zaugg/Eggiswil in 2011, is ploughing the siding track, pushed by locomotive Gem 4/4 # 802 "Mungg" (marmot), built in 1968. Behind the wooden doors o... (more)

Snow blower Xrot mt # 95403, built by Zaugg/Eggiswil in 2011, is ploughing the siding track # 3 in Ospizio Bernina.

"Allegra" trainset ABe 8/12 # 3506 is entering Ospizio Bernina, highest station of the Rhaetian Railway on 2253 meter a.s.l., with train 1633 from St.Moritz to Tirano. The snow fighting ... (more)