On this day, the 2-10-0 freight steam locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 from SBB Historic carried the school train from Basel Badischer Bahnhof via the old Hauenstein line to Olten. Here the locomotive, bui... (more)

On this day, the 2-10-0 freight steam locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 from SBB Historic carried the school train from Basel Badischer Bahnhof via the old Hauenstein line to Olten. Before, she was running ... (more)

On this day, the 2-10-0 freight steam locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 from SBB Historic carried the school train from Basel Badischer Bahnhof via the old Hauenstein line to Olten. Train 79971 is on the Si... (more)

The fourcylinder compound 2-10-0 Gotthard freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic, based in Brugg AG, is crossing the Rümlinger viaduct on the old Hauenste... (more)

Boarding the train after a photo runby of the IGE steam charter "Winterdampf im Jura" at Le Frambourg between Pontarlier/France and Les Verrières. In the rear of the train is 2-10-0 &qu... (more)

On the first day of the program "Winter Steam in the Jura" of the German IGE the train run from Biel via Neuchâtel to Les Verrières and Pontarlier. 2-10-0 "Elephant" C 5/6 # ... (more)

On August 9, 2022, it was 175 years to the day since the first Swiss railroad began operations in 1847. The Schweizerische Nord Bahn (Swiss Northern Railway SNB) ran on the 23 kilometers between B... (more)

On August 9, 2022, it was 175 years to the day since the first Swiss railroad began operations in 1847. The Schweizerische Nord Bahn (Swiss Northern Railway SNB) ran on the 23 kilometers between B... (more)

The 2-10-0 Gotthard freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic, built by SLM in 1917, is on the old home rails, pulling a passenger extra from Erstfeld to Göschenen. The train is ... (more)

2-10-0 Gotthard freighttrain steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic and a station bell in Airolo. Since the opening of the Gotthard Railway in 1882, such bells at stations, keeper's houses, ... (more)

2-10-0 Gotthard freighttrain steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic on the turntable in Airolo. This was the very last delivered standard gauge steamlocomotive for the SBB, built by SLM in 1... (more)

Fittings on the boiler of 2-10-0 steamlocomotive C 5/6 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic, with boiler pressure manometer (max 15 bar / 217,5 PSI) and water level indicating instruments. The boiler ... (more)

The whole crew of locomotives C 5/6 # 2978 and Ae 6/6 # 11411, together with a few photographers present, turn the 128 tonne 2-10-0 Gotthard freight locomotive on the turntable in Airolo with grea... (more)

Engineer Stefan of the 2-10-0 Gotthard freight train locomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" of SBB Historic in Göschenen before departure to Erstfeld.

The 2-10-0 Gotthard freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic, built by SLM in 1917, is on the old home rails, pulling a passenger extra from Erstfeld to Göschenen. The train is ... (more)