A complete monster: On the North Fork Branch I hit my first ever US coal train. UP AC4400CW-CTE #5879 and AC4460CW #7344 in front, SD9043MAC #8204 as end helper (just cornering and entering the sc... (more)

K-36 489 and 488 as mid train helper are hauling a heavy freight special up to the cumbres pass.

CN ES44DC #2275 and SD75I #5664 hauling a long mixed freight train over the Thompson River near Ashcroft. Left the line of the CP is visible.

The famous "Lavaux" region - know not only for its lovely landscape but also for it's delicious wine - is stage for this shot of the RegioExpress train Romont-Geneva with the new RABe 511 109 doub... (more)

The IC1848 with leading unit CC72145 is passing Coulevon in direction of Vesoul. The Line between Belfort and Paris - the so called "ligne4" - was once a major mainline. Nowadays the traffic has r... (more)

The "Ligne 4" was once the mainline between Paris and Mulhouse - a double track line with up to 160km/h speed, but never electrified. Nowadays it has lost many of its traffic to new TGV lines. Nev... (more)

With a grade of 48% the Eselswand (donkey-wall) is one of the steepest parts of the Pilatus Bahn. Here the Bhe 1/2 27 has just finished the traversing of the wall and is getting now on the last le... (more)

Running through the freshly snowed landscape this RBDe 566 trainset is just arraiving in Konolfingen on its way to the final destination Thun.

For the newly created RegioExpress service between Fribourg and Bulle the TPF has not only bought 4 new trainsets of the Stadler FLIRT type, but has also done a major overhaul on the Romont-Bulle ... (more)

On a sunny afternoon a RBDe560 trainset has just left the station of Court and is now heading for the Pierre Petruis pass and it's tunnel.

Good workmanship! Built in 1942 this loco is still running in a daily service between Meiringen and Interlaken Ost. Her the unit is hauling a "Golden Pass" Interregio along the lake Brienz toward... (more)

In the last years the Thun-Konolfingen-Burgdorf line was the main operation area for the RBDe566I trainsets. Due to the delivery of new double decker trainsets this is changing now and these shape... (more)

A further "this was a nice paint scheme" remember photo. Unfortunately the blue/creme of the MOB was replaced the last years through a gold/white paint scheme. In 2008 the world was still alright... (more)

An RBDe560 regional train is passing the only single track part of the Biel-Neuchâtel line. Most of the line is double track and for this remaining piece of single track there are plans to replace... (more)

One of the top shots in the Simmental is the Bunschenbachviadukt near Weissenburg. Crossing a small side valley has produced a big girder bridge. On the day of the photo it has snowed in the morni... (more)