After a week of snowfall it was a crisp sunny day when I visited the former Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye (now part of the Transports Publics du Chablais). Here we see a train pushed upwards b... (more)

Autumn in the Alps means often beautiful and clear weather in the mountains, but fog down in the valleys. On the Kleine Scheidegg the first one was present on this day when two BDhe 4/8 EMU starte... (more)

On a beautiful but cold autumn morning regional train "Golden Pass Classic", hauled by the locomotive GDe 4/4 6004, is passing the panoramic curve above the village of Gstaad. Background... (more)

A bit of luck was needed to get some sun through the layer of fog at exactly the right time and location for getting a picture of these two T44 diesel locos, hauling the weekdaily intermodal freig... (more)

The section Finse - Hallingskeid on the Bergen line once was a critical part of the line. Running over a wild mountain pass the line was covered on most parts with snow sheds. Even then it was a f... (more)

Only minutes after sunrise at this place three T44 diesel locomotives from Green Cargo cross the Stuguflåtenbru with an intermodal train from Åndalsnes. Up to here the three locomotives have fig... (more)

The Lauterbrunnen to Mürren railway has celebrated it's 125th anniversary this weekend. On this occasion the oldest available railcar built 1913 was used in regular services. The line runs as cab... (more)

The Lauterbrunnen to Mürren railway has celebrated it's 125th anniversary this weekend. On this occasion the oldest available railcar built 1913 was used in regular services. The line runs as cab... (more)

Running thorough the UNESCO World Heritage landscape "Lavaux" this Interrgio train is on its way from Lausanne to Brig. Pushed by a Re 460 locomotive the train just passes the small chur... (more)

On their last leg are the impressive French CC 72100 passenger diesel locomotives on the French line 4 (Ligne 4) from Paris to Belfort. With a speed of up to 160km/h these intercity trains are in ... (more)

Two times on the way to Biel
A double unit of type RABDe 500 ICN drives along the shore of the Lake Biel in direction of Biel at the lower end of the sea. Meanwhile the motor vessel "Pet... (more)

Fleeing from the bad wheater
In the French Pyrenees the SNCF operates a small narrow gauge train - the "Train Jaune" (Yellow Train). The line runs from Villefrance-de-Conflent up to La... (more)

The picturesque, medieval town of Cervo - one of the "I borghi più belli d'Italia" - the most beatiful villages in Italy - makes the background for this Trenitalia Intercity service pul... (more)

At Capo Mimosa (near Cervo) the line from Genova to Ventimiglia still runs directly on the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Unfortunately this will end this autumn because e newly built double trac... (more)

Cervo on the Ligurian Coast belongs to the "I borghi più belli d'Italia" - the most beatiful villages in Italy. The railway line from Ventimiglia to Genua is still crossing the front... (more)