Nightly scene in Gletsch on the Furka mountain steam railway (Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, DFB).

The 800 horsepower 0-8-0 T cogwheel locomotive HG 4/4 # 704, built by the SLM Winterthur in 1923 for Indochina and brought back to Switzerland in 1990, during a night photo event in Gletsch.

The 800 horsepower 0-8-0 T cogwheel locomotive HG 4/4 # 704, built by the SLM Winterthur in 1923 for Indochina and brought back to Switzerland in 1990, is pulling a photo charter train over the 54... (more)

The 2-8-2 "Mikado" 141 R # 1244 of the association "Mikado 1244" is departing in Schlieren with the evening round trip "round the Lägern" on the occasion of the Schli... (more)

Steamtrain of Dampfbahn Verein Zürcher Oberland (DVZO) with Ed 3/3 # 401 in the hall of Zürich main station, on the occasion of the "night of the museums", with a video screen in the bag... (more)

The canadian built, former french railways SNCF 2-8-2 "Mikado" 141 R # 1244 of the association "Mikado 1244" with the "Schlierefäscht" special 9-car train, ready for ... (more)

The canadian built, former french railways SNCF 2-8-2 "Mikado" 141 R # 1244 of the association "Mikado 1244" is accelerating the long 9-car train of the "Schlierefäscht&qu... (more)

A steamtrain with locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 is slowly running down the Rotten gorge between Gletsch and Oberwald. In the background the lower portal of the 578 meter long Gletsch spiral tunnel, the up... (more)

Reflection in a small pond in Muttbach-Bélvedère station on 2120 meter a.s.l. Two steamtrain reached the station during a photo charter, with cogwheel locomotives HG 4/4 # 704 and HG 3/4 # 4.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke, built in 1913 by SLM Winterthur for the Brigue-Furka-Disentis Railway (BFD) is pulling her train down the east side of the F... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is pulling her train over the Furka pass on the 11.0 % gradient through the gorge of the Furkareuss shortly before the Stef... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is crossing the Wilerbrücke with a train from Realp to the Furka pass. The incline with Abt cogwheel system is 11.0 % here.

The 0-4-2 T Cogwheel locomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn", which was built in 1902 by the SLM Winterthur for the Visp-Zermatt Railway, is shunting a freighttrain in Gletsch. This was the very first (... (more)

Night is falling in Gletsch, some locals came for a chat to the station.

The second half of the ascent from Oberwald to Gletsch of the Furka mountain line, the track is running on the (right) slope of the Rotten gorge mainly with a incline of 11.0 % with the Abt cogwhe... (more)