100 years before, the swiss engineer Jakob Buchli invented the "Buchli drive", a transmission system used in electric locomotives. The drive is a fully spring-loaded drive, in which each... (more)
Two of the four SBB prototype RABDe 8/16 EMUs head away from Kempraten towards the end of their journey from Zurich to Rapperswil. These four-car lightweight units built in 1976, with the nickname... (more)
The steam train into the retirement of a engineer of the association Steam Group Zürich (Verein Dampfgruppe Zürich) reached Rapperswil in the blue hour. The engineer made his last run over the G... (more)
Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" of SBB Historic, on loan to association "Mikado 1244" in Brugg (AG), is crossing the dam/bridge over Lake Zürich between Pfäffikon... (more)
Re 446 017 of the Südostbahn with a new paint scheme "Ein Hauch Sehnsucht" (a breeze of yearning) in Rapperswil. The locomotive was built in 1982 as Re 4/4 IV # 10103 for the SBB and ca... (more)