Exactly 150 years after the inauguration ceremony of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, from Vitznau on the shore of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) to the Rigi (exactly Rigi Sta... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) in front of the ship station in Vitznau. This locomotive is exhibited in the Swiss Museum of... (more)

For celebration of 150 years of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, the worldwide unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boiler, the famous number seven, H 1/2 # 7 ... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur for the Rigi Bahn, usually exhibited in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, is on the rack tracks of the Rigi Bahn... (more)

This year, when the Rigi Bahnen, or more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, are celebrating 150 years of the first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe (1871 to 2021), the famous steamlocomotive H 1/... (more)

Testrun on a grade of about 17.0 % on the Rigi Bahnen, between Arth-Goldau and Kräbel. Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this factor... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this factory) for the Rigi Bahn from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm, on the first test run after 12 years ex... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this factory) for the Rigi Bahn from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm, on the first test run after 12 years ex... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 by the SLM Winterthur (very first locomotive of this factory) for the Rigi Bahn from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm, made the first test run this day after ... (more)

The world unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boiler, the mighty H 1/2 # 7 of the former Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, now the Rigi Bahnen, is shoving car B # 5 (built in 1871) up the... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7 of the Rigibahnen was built by SLM in 1873 and retired in 1937. Since 1959, it has been part of the collection of the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne. The ... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7 of the Rigibahnen was built by SLM in 1873 and retired in 1937. Since 1959, it has been part of the collection of the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne. The ... (more)

The cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7 of the Rigibahnen was built by SLM in 1873 and retired in 1937. Since 1959, it has been part of the collection of the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne. The ... (more)

This day, cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 as first locomotive of the new founded SLM (Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik) , was officially on the mountain for the firs... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen will celebrate 150 years since the inauguration of the first cogwheel railway in Europe from Vitznau to the Rigi mountain in 1871 (Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB). In 1873, the Swis... (more)