Engineer of the most powerful one meter gauge cogwheel steamlocomotive of Europe, the 0-8-0 T HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), when running around the train in Oberwald.

The heavy 800 horsepower 0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, built by the SLM Winterthur in 1923 for Indochina (today Vietnam) and deliverd to the "Compagnie Génerale de Colonies Paris... (more)

0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, built by the SLM Winterthur in 1923 for Indochina (today Vietnam), is pulling train 133 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) from Realp over the ... (more)

In front of the Vorder Gärstenhorn (3166 meter a.s.l.), the most powerful 1 meter gauge cogwheel steamlocomotive of Europe (800 Hp) is pulling train 154 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) f... (more)

0-8-0 cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is turned in Furka DFB station on the turntable, when pulling the train 157 from Realp to Oberwald. This locomo... (more)

Firing the most powerful cogwheel steamlocomotive of Europe, the 0-8-0 HG 4/4 # 704 of the DFB with 800 HP.

The 0-8-0 cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is turned on the turntable of Furka DFB station, when running the train 133 from Realp to Oberwald.

Ge 6/6 II # 704 "Davos" is leaving the short Zalaint tunnel with freight 5129 from Chur to Samedan. In a few seconds, the train is crossing the Landwasser viaduct between Surava and Fili... (more)

Ge 6/6 II # 704 "Davos" with the short freight 5129 from Chur GB to Samedan on the 137 meter long and 35 meter high Schmittentobel viaduct between Alvaneu and Filisur on the Albula line.

Once again, the RhB was short in tractive power, so the "old warhorses" Ge 6/6 II were put in the express train services. Ge 6/6 II # 704 "Davos", running for 54 years now, was... (more)

The heavy 0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is on a brake test run in the 11.0 % grade near Realp.

0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is crossing the 36 metre long Steffenbach bridge on the ascent to the Furka pass with a photo charter train.

0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is crossing the 54 metre long Steinstafel viaduct over the Furka Reuss on the ascent to the Furka pass with a... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) with a passenger train above the Gletsch spiral tunnel.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704, built in 1923 by the SLM for Indochina (later Vietnam) and brought back to Switzerland in 1990, is pulling a passenger train on the 11.0 % grade near Realp t... (more)