On this day, a locomotive engineer of SBB Cargo was retired. For his very last train the immaculate Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" of association "Mikado 1244" was put in service as a... (more)

Ex-SNCF 141-R-1244 and ex-DB 01-150 on their way back from the St Gotthard, between Olten and Basel on the old Hauenstein line

Engineer Sigi at the throttle on the footplate of canadian built "Mikado" 141 R 1244 between Rothrist and Aarburg-Oftringen, pulling only steamlocomotive 001 150-2 of Eisenbahnstiftung Joachim Sch... (more)

The steamtrain up the south ramp of the Gotthard line with "Mikado" 141 R 1244 made a short stop for water in Faido.

Running up the Gotthard line on a grade of about 2.6 % below Faido, the "Mikado" 141 R 1244 is meeting two Re 4/4 II with the beautiful Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE), which is on ... (more)

The steamtrain with "Mikado" 141 R 1244 made a short stop for water in Faido, while Re 460 046 is entering the station with the Interregio 2315 from Basel to Locarno.

All workers stopped track rebuilding to make videos with their smartphones of the steamtrain which is thundering up the Gotthard south ramp in Rodi-Fiesso station.

"Mikado" 141 R 1244 is ready for departure with her 6 car train from Bellinzona over the Gotthard line to Erstfeld.

Engineer Sigi at the throttle of "Mikado" 141 R 1244, a canadian built, former french railways 2-8-2 with about 3000 HP and 100 km/h max velocity.

Fireman Stefan on the right side of the cab of former french railways "Mikado" 141 R 1244 is responsible for the haevy fuel oil fire, water and steam pressure. The 2-8-2 locomotive has a... (more)

On the last leg of the 5 days journey, from Brugg (AG) to Basel Bad Bf, then with the IGE 7 car train over Bözberg, Lucerne and Gotthard to Lugano and Chiasso on the south border of Switzerland, ... (more)

The last day of the 5 day steam journey of the IGE Train from Frankfurt over the Gotthard line to Lugano/Chiasso and back. "Mikado" 141 R 1244 and "Pacific" 01 150 are crossing... (more)

Gotthard locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" on her home rails, making the rear of train 30014 from Bellinzona to Erstfeld with steamlocomotive 141 R 1244 in front.

Re 4/4 # 185 and another of the same series of the BLS with the steel train from Emmenbrücke to Lecco/Italy, meeting the "Mikado" steamlocomotive 141 R 1244, which made a stop for takin... (more)

"Mikado" 141 R 1244 in Airolo, the southern portal of the Gotthard tunnel. The 6 car train from Bellinzona to Erstfeld made a stop to take water. In the rear of the train Ae 6/6 # 11407 ... (more)