Engineer Fredy is awaiting "highball" on Muttbach-Belvedere station of the DFB, to open the throttle of the 800 horsepower 4 cylinder compound cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, to pull train ... (more)
The four cylinder compound cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (steam railway Furka mountain line) reached the highest station, Furka DFB, on 2160 meter a.s.l.... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 reached Gletsch with train 134 from Oberwald to Realp and is taking water. The locomotive, which was built in 1923 for Indochina (Vietnam), never ran in Switz... (more)
Firing the 800 hp cogwheel steam locomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the steam railway Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) on the stady gradient of 11.0 % from Gletsch (1762 m a.s.l.) up to Muttbach-Belvedere (2120 me... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) reached Furka DFB station with train 134 from Oberwald to Realp shortly. The locomotive has to be turned on the turnt... (more)