Not an easy task to turn the 130 ton steam locomotive on the turntable in Biasca, which has seen none such weights for decades probably. The stacker truck was not successful for a longer period, t... (more)

The heavy four cylinder compound 2-10-0 freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant", built by SLM Winterthur in 1917 mainly for the steep Gotthard line, reached Göschenen with a pas... (more)

The steamtrain for the "Schweiz aktuell" program of Swiss TV from Ersteld to Biasca is entering Wassen station for a short stop. The 2-10-0 four cylinder compound locomotive C 5/5 # 2978 "Elephant... (more)

The steamtrain for the "Schweiz Aktuell" programm of Swiss TV from Ersteld to Biasca is reaching the end of the Gotthard north ramp in Göschenen. The 2-10-0 locomotive C 5/5 # 2978 &quo... (more)

With a steady 30 km/h, the 2-10-0 steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" is pulling the 210 ton passenger train up the 2.6 % grade of the Gotthard north ramp, between Pfaffensprung and Wassen. In... (more)

The 2-10-0 freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" leaving the 304 meter long Polmengo tunnel near Faido, on the Gotthard south ramp, with the passenger special from Erstfeld to ... (more)

The 2-10-0 freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 "Elephant" started the tackling of the 2.6 % Gotthard north ramp shortly in Erstfeld, with a load of about 220 ton. The train circulated f... (more)

Practise run with steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978, called "Elephant", a heavy 2-10-0 built by SLM in 1917 for the Gotthard line, leaving the short Muhren tunnel above Gurtnellen.

The 2-10-0 four cylinder compound Gotthard freight train locomotive "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978, built in 1917 by SLM Winterthur, making footplate rides during the event for the Gotthard Bas... (more)

The "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978, built by SLM Winterthur in 1917, on the turntable in Erstfeld. The former Gotthard freight train locomotive came from Bellinzona this day (towed by a Re 4/4 ... (more)

Is the "Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 wood fired now? No, the 2-10-0 Gotthard freight train locomotive came from Bellinzona to Erstfeld this day and the staff brought some fine fire wood from t... (more)

Transfer run of the C 5/6 # 2978 from Delémont to Olten in the "Chessiloch" between Zwingen and Grellingen. Behind the steamlocomotive is diesel shunter with crane Tm III # 9574 (with coal in lar... (more)

2-10-0 Gotthard freight steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978, built by SLM in 1917 as the last of the series, is based in Delémont, but came for a visit to Brugg (AG). The occasion was the steam train ov... (more)

"Elephant" C 5/6 # 2978 (2-10-0) of SBB Historic is running from Olten to Brugg (AG) with the empty stock for the Gotthard steam train the other day. Above the train is Wildegg castle fr... (more)

Storming up the 2.7 % grade of the Hauenstein line with light load. 2-10-0 steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic, built in 1917 by SLM in Winterthur for the Gotthard line and based in Delé... (more)