Two cogwheel trains run downhill from Rigi Kulm toward Rigi Staffel (1604m asl), the red one toward Vitznau, the blue one toward Arth-Goldau. The blue train in the foreground waits at Rigi Staffel... (more)

Empty rail car runs downhill from Rigi Kulm (1750m asl) toward Rigi Staffel. In the background the sea of fog over the city Lucerne

Beautiful panoramic view and sea of fog: Cogwheel train from Vitznau toward Rigi Kulm near Rigi Staffel (1604m asl). In the background: The hill is the 'Albiskette', left the white tower is the Ue... (more)

It's not dangerous: The cogwheel train leaves Rigi Staffel (1604m asl) and runs uphill toward Rigi Kulm. The people in the cab are passengers

Rush hour at Rigi Staffel (1604m asl): Left red cogwheel train from Vitznau uphill toward Rigi Kulm, right blue cogwheel train from Goldau uphill toward Rigi Kulm. The train in the middle waits fo... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 17 from 1925 with cars # 2 (original from 1871 when the line was built) and # 15 (from 1899, on the left), below Rigi Kaltbad.

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 3 of the Rigi Bahnen was built in 1937, but looks shiny new.

Red cogwheel train from Rigi Kulm arrives at Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sea level). After this stop he runs downhill to Vitznau. The blue train on the right side runs downhill to Arth-Goldau

Oil for the cogwheel steamloc at Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sea level) after the trip uphill from Vitznau with nice historic cars

Winter scenery at the upper station Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sea level): the red train came from Vitznau, the blue one is a sport train for sportspersons with sledgs. The peak with the ski slop... (more)

Yes, that's steep, until 25%! Empty cogwheeltrain runs downhill between Rigi Staffelhöhe (1552 meters over sea level) and Rigi Kaltbad-First (1440 meters over sea level). The grey things at the si... (more)

Beautiful steamloc, built on 1925. Cogwheel steamtrain waits at the upper station Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sea level). At the 25%-grade the boiler is horizontally

Rush hour at Rigi Staffel (1604 meters over sea level) in the afternoon sun: On the right side steamtrain from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau waits for departure downhill, the other three trains are running... (more)

Cab view of a VRB train descending Rigi Mountain towards Vitznau, Switzerland.

Trains from Arth (left) and Vitznau (right) climb the last meters to Rigi Kulm in parallel. In the background you can see Meggen, Lucerne and Horw.