On the occasion of the anniversary “150 years of the Emmental Railway” on May 17 and 18, 2025, there was a lot going on on the tracks of the Emmental! A highlight of the event was the formatio... (more)

Beautiful small steamlocomotive E 3/3 # 853 of the Dampfbahn Bern (DBB) in Sumiswald-Grünen, on the occasion of the Huttwiler steam days. The 0-6-0 T was built in 1890 by the SLM Winterthur for t... (more)

0-6-0 T steamlocomotive E 3/3 # 853 of the Dampfbahn Bern (DBB, steam railway Berne), built in 1890 by SLM Winterthur for the Jura-Simplon-Bahn. This was the day of the first passenger service for... (more)

The steamlocomotive E 3/3 # 853 belongs to a series of 4 locomotives which were put into service in 1890 at the Jura Simplon railroad. It is a replica of the locomotives # 851 and # 852, which wer... (more)

First day of operation of the E 3/3 # 853 of 1890 after almost 12 years today on the Emmental railway line from Sumiswald-Grünen to Wasen im Emmental. The tender locomotive built by SLM Winterthu... (more)

First day of operation of the E 3/3 # 853 of 1890 after almost 12 years today on the Emmental railway line from Sumiswald-Grünen to Wasen im Emmental. The tender locomotive built by SLM Winterthu... (more)

First day of operation of the E 3/3 # 853 of 1890 after almost 12 years today on the Emmental railway line from Sumiswald-Grünen to Wasen im Emmental. The tender locomotive built by SLM Winterthu... (more)

Steamlocomotive E 3/3 # 853 of the Dampfbahn Bern (DBB), built in 1890 by SLM Winterthur for the Jura-Simplon Railway (JS), is shunting freight cars in Koblenz. The locomotive was guest on the cel... (more)

Smokebox examination by the boiler inspector of the SVTI (Schweizerischer Verein für technische Inspektionen / The brand name for the safety of technical systems and devices) of steamlocomotive E... (more)

First test run of steamlocomotive E 3/3 # 853 of the Dampfbahn Bern (DBB) between Konolfingen and Grosshöchstetten after 12 years. The locomotive E 3/3 # 853 belongs to a series of 4 locomotives ... (more)

Test run of steamlocomotive E 3/3 # 853 of the Dampfbahn Bern (DBB) in Walkringen. The locomotive E 3/3 # 853 belongs to a series of 4 locomotives which were put into service in 1890 at the Jura S... (more)

Siemens Combino 853 from Stadtwerke Augsburg with advertising for a local brewery in service at Line 1 from Lechhausen to Göggingen

A long string of empty hoppers rolls through Roncerverte past the vine covered coal tower..

Alco PA-1 853 now belongs to Erie-Lackawanna but still wears Erie green, its second color scheme. This was a Saturday morning and this unit and several RS-3 units were idle in the small yard.

This nice little shunting locomotive was built in 1890 by SLM for the Jura-Bern-Luzern Bahn, which became later the Jura-Simplon (JS). Today it is operational for the association Dampfbahn Bern (D... (more)