Two railcars from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad near Aemsigen: View from the cab at the end from the first railcar. We go downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in us... (more)

Railcar from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad leaves the upper station downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use

Rock, bridge and train: railcar from the Pilatusbahn (Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm), the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%), near the upper station Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel)

Two railcars from Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) to Alpnachstad between Pilatus Kulm and Aemsigen

Two railcars from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm (2073 meters over sealevel) near the upper station

That's mountain climbing: railcar from the Pilatusbahn, the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48%), in the 'Eselswand' between Aemsigen and Pilatus Kulm, about 2000 meters over sealevel

T h i s i s m y 1 0 0 0 th p h o t o on Rail Pictures, slightly more than 3 years after I made my first attempt here. About 87% of them are from the "Railway Paradise" Switzerland (of which 2... (more)

Electric railcars in heavy freight service. BDe 576 057 named "Jeanette" of MAKIES AG Gettnau is leaving Lucerne with a gravel train. On the rear of the 9 car train is shoving BDe 576 056 "Elisi".... (more)

With the end of the "Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn" the RBDe 566 631-634 railcars, built in 1994, were handed over to Thurbo, and in 2006 finally to the SBB. With front in red now an SBB signs this vehicles... (more)

This Re 4/4 I Bo-Bo was already ten years old when this photo was taken of it waiting to leave Luzern with an express train probably to Basel while Ae 3/6 II No 10426 built in 1924 waits with anot... (more)

A scene at the loco depot in Lucerne showing 2-6-0 No 1602 and Ae 3/6 I 4-6-2 electric No 10314 (later renumbered 10614). No 1602 was built by SLM in 1898 and was the second engine in a series of ... (more)

The 70 years old Ae 6/8 205 of the Lötschbergbahn away from home rails with a long special (NRE Nostalgie Rhein Express) on the original Gotthard line from Lucerne along the lake to Küssnacht an... (more)

The end of the line at Vitznau leads straight onto the turntable and into the car shops behind where I was standing. From here there is a ship service to Luzern (Lucerne).

A rare trip on the ST, which lost it's regular passenger service in 1971. The L&CI's "Tringen and Emmental Explorer" tour at the end of the line at Triengen-Winikon station features one of the lin... (more)

Mt. Pilatus (7000 ft) dominates silent behind the loco shed of Luzern, where locomotives and commute trains from the SBB and SOB railway companies await their next services.