Former French Railways SNCF express train steam locomotive 241 A 65 (4-8-2), built in 1931 by Fives/Lille, owned and operated now by association 241 A 65 in Full/Argovie, Switzerland, is racing th... (more)

Eighty years old former french four cylinder steamlocomotive 241 A 65 (4-8-2) is crossing the river Rhine on the 262 meter long bridge which was built in 1895. The locomotive is based in Full/Argo... (more)

4-8-2 steamlocomotive 241 A 65 on the open doors day in Full. Because of the previous boiler inspection the metal cover of the outer high pression cylinders are dismantled.

In the cab of the ex french steamlocomotive 241 A 65 (4-8-2), which is the largest fired by hand in Europe (without stoker)

The fireman in the cab of the 241 A 65 maintains the fire.

On the open doors day of association 241A65 in the new homebase Full, the largest handfired steamlocomotive in Europe made a short trip to Koblenz and back. The impressive 4 cylinder compound (sys... (more)

Steamtrain with the former SNCF 241 A 65 (4-8-2) is passing Eglisau station and will follow the river Rhine from here till Koblenz and the home base in Full/Argovie. The impressive 4 zylinder mach... (more)

Former French Railways (SNCF) steamlocomotive 241 A 65, built in 1931, is crossing the bridge and dam which is dividing lower and upper Lake Zürich near Rapperswil. The locomotive, based in Full/... (more)

Two beautiful 4-8-2 steamlocomotives storming up the 1.8 % grade from Lausanne to Puidoux-Chèxbres with "Le Vapeur Suisse Express" from Geneva to Basel. 241 A 65 and 241 P 17 with Lake Geneva (La... (more)

The doubleheader "Le Vapeur Suisse Express" with the large four-cylinder 4-8-2 241 A 65 and 241 P 17 ex French Railways (SNCF) on the 1.8 % grade in the vineyards near Grandvaux on the line Lausan... (more)

The large ex SNCF 4-8-2 with her train is on the way from the homebase Full (AG) via Basel-Olten to Geneva, for the doubleheader with 241 P 17 the other day. The train is rounding the sharp curve ... (more)

The two large and powerfull 4-8-2 are passing the hamlet Nierlet-le-Toit on the line Lausanne-Fribourg. Three children are admiring the unique doubletraction of 241 A 65 and 241 P 17 with the char... (more)

Another heavy ramp with 1.3 % from Brugg VL (jointline) up to the Bözberg tunnel which the steamtrain with 241 A 65 and 241 P 17 had to conquer. The train has just passed the 185 metre long Villn... (more)

Two large ex French Railways (SNCF) 4-8-2 locomotives with the long special "Vapeur Swiss Express" on the 1.8 % (max 2.1 %) ramp from Lausanne on the Lake Geneva up to Puidoux-Chèxbres. First is ... (more)

When entering Winterthur station, steamlocomotive 241 A 65 with her charter train is meeting a departing doubledeck commuter trainset "DPZ" of the Zürich S-Bahn-system, going as "S 16" to Herrlib... (more)