This tiny 0-4-0 cogwheel steamlocomotive "Caspar Honegger" was built in 1877 by Maschinenfabrik Aarau for the factory of Honegger in Rüti, which had a rack connecting track to the stati... (more)

The heavy four cylinder compound 2-10-0 freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant", built by SLM Winterthur in 1917 mainly for the steep Gotthard line, in front of the old Gotthardb... (more)

Not an easy task to turn the 130 ton steam locomotive on the turntable in Biasca, which has seen none such weights for decades probably. The stacker truck was not successful for a longer period, t... (more)

Container to Gallarate with a special guest who is pushing the train.

Imposing waterfall behind the shunting diesel

BLS Cargo and DB Schenker were working close toghether in freight traffic. Sometimes one could even see trains with locomotives from both companies on the same train. Nonetheless it's a rather rar... (more)

185 576 & 185 577 pass Biasca whilst hauling a CrossRail intermodal train from Zebrugge to Milano Smistamento

Interregio 2271 "Wilhelm Tell Express" from Zürich to Locarno including a panorama car is coming down from the Gotthard mountain line and passing the portal of the new Gotthard base tunnel (two s... (more)

Diesel locomotive G 1206 of Dispolok, rented by Sersa Group, is shoving a measuring and test train into the new Gotthard base tunnel near Pollegio. The test train was formed with locomotives Re 46... (more)

Re 465 018 of the BLS, rented to "Railcare" railway and decorated as "Flash Fire", is pulling train 50512 from Mendrisio to Oensingen with swap bodies for Coop. In the foreground the two tracks of... (more)

Times go by. The former pride of the SBB, Gotthard locomotives Ae 6/6 11417 "Fribourg" with 4416 kW (round 6000 HP), built in 1958 by SLM, BBC and MFO, and # 11503 "Payerne", cannibalized and vand... (more)

"Gotthard giant" Ae 8/14 11801, built in 1931 by SLM and BBC with 5152 kW power, pulling a long express train in 1950`style.

Northbound regional train on the south side of Gotthard pass.

LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL IN THE WORLD: Gotthard Base Tunnel BREAKTHROUGH ! Clearing the final pieces of rock with a massive drilling machine named Sissi, the 35 mile / 57 km long project reached tod... (more)

The Intermodal 40001 traversing Switzerland from Basel via Luino hauled with the Re 486 505 just have passed the depot of Biasca to his final destinaltion to Gallarate in Italy.