Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 4 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1953 for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), just reached Rigi Staffel station coming from Vitznau as train 1161. It will go down later as train ... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 15 with cab car Bt # 25 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1982 for the Arth-Rigi-Bahn (ARB), is running a reinforcement train for 133 from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm, just abo... (more)

Train 1115 of the Rigi Bahnen from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm just above Rigi Staffel, with the former Hotel Felchlin. Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5, built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC, is shoving 3 cars... (more)

The second train of the day from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm, 121, with cogwheel railcar BDhe 2/4 # 13 (built 1954) with cab car Bt # 23 (built 1960) is on the about 19.0 % grade below Rigi Staffel s... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 1, built in 1937 for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn by SLM and BBC, is running the second train 1122 of the Rigi Bahnen from Rigi Kulm to Rigi Kaltbad, and stopped in Rigi Staffe... (more)

The last upgoing train of the Rigibahnen, 271 from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm, just reached Rigi Staffel station, with a few passengers only. Cab car Bt # 21 (built 1958) and cogwheel railcar BDhe 2... (more)

Snowblower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigibahnen (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn ARB) is in normal timetabled service this day, running as train 138 below Rigi Staffel down to Arth Goldau. On wednesdays,... (more)

Rigi Staffel station with train from Arth Goldau (left) and Vitznau (right) to Rigi Kulm. Both lines are meeting here and running parallel up to Rigi Kulm. The situation is somewhat special, since... (more)

On this view down to Rigi Staffel station and the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) can be seen 4 cogwheel train of the Rigibahnen. In the foreground snowblower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 from 1930 of... (more)

Train of the Rigibahnen from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm in Rigi Staffel. Snowblower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 from 1930 is shoving cars B # 32 from 1875 and B # 11 "Bambus" from 1889 (rebuilt ... (more)

Cogwheel snowblower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigibahnen, built in 1930 by SLM and MFO for the Arth-Rigi-Bahn (ARB), is running down the mountain as train 168 from Rigi Kulm to Arth Goldau, ent... (more)

Cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 18 of the Rigibahnen, built in 1938 by SLM and BBC for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, with passenger cars B # 8 from 1873 and B # 16 from 1925 is running down from Rigi Kulm as ... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen (more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB) will celebrate 150 years of operation. The VRB was the very first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, built by Niklaus Riggenbac... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 4, painted in the publicity paint scheme of the retail company Migros, on the way from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau.

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 2/4 7, built 1925, on the way from Rigi Kulm to Goldau.