One hundred and eighty of the locomotives, numbered 27001 - 27180, were built for Fret SNCF, for use on freight traffic. Here, the first unit of this type pulls a tank train along the boat channel... (more)

The TGV from Paris to Belfort runs along the boat channel of river Doubs near the village of Branne.

The Jungfraubahn company operates 5 different division with different equipments and systems in the touristic region of Bernese Oberland. The BDhe 4/4 were built in different batches 1947 - 1964.

The Jungfraubahn (JB) is an 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge rack railway electrified at 3-phase 1,125 volts 50 Hertz, which runs 9 km / 5,6 m from Kleine Scheidegg at 2,061 m / 6,762 ft. to t... (more)

When SBB took over the rail services of NOB Nord–Ost-Bahn, SCB Schweizerische Centralbahn and JS Jura–Simplon-Bahn in 1902, 61 units of the steam switcher E3/3 came into its ownership. Soon an... (more)

The 5'600 kW (7'500 hp) Re 486 comes with a long container freight load up the northern ramp of Bözberg route between Zurich and Basle. The 486 sports the new BLS logo - The Mountaineer - referri... (more)

On the way from Paris to Zurich this TGV POS runs down the Bözberg north ramp. The TGV POS operates unter dual systems with 9280 kW at 25 kV (France) or 6880 kW at 15 kV (Germany and Switzerland)... (more)

SOB operates 11 RABe 526 over their network in eastern part of Switzerland. Here one of it come up a steap gradient from Biberbrugg on its way to Arth-Goldau.

The Ce 6/8 II 14253 is pulling the inoperable Ce 6/8 I out of depot for moving the wheels. The Ce 6/8 I is a unique example, as it was ordered as a test unit only. No further production was planne... (more)

The MRCE Dispoloc hired by TXLogistic runs through Erstfeld up to the Gotthard line on the north-south direction.

The Ae 8/14 and her younger sisters the Ae 6/6 11411 and the conditioned Ae 6/6 11402 during the fitness run at Erstfeld station.

Once a month SBB Historic moves the oldtimers out of the shop to avoid problems from staying idle too long time. The jewel of the collection is the Ae 8/14 in (1A) A1A (A1) + (1A) A1A (A1) configu... (more)

After connections from Helsinki to Haemeenlinna and St. Petersburg had been made, connection to the city Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors) was next to get state approval. In 1874 the line was commissio... (more)

The Sr1 is a class of electric locomotives built for VR (Finnish railways). These 25kV locomotives were built in the Soviet Union at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Factory between 1973 and ... (more)

VR Group is continuously developing its environmental activities and turn therefore to green livery this year. This makes this double Intercity composition to Joensuu and Kajaani into a hybrid col... (more)