Winter is back on the Rigi mountain. First train of the day from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm is leaving Rigi Staffel, with cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 22 shoving cab car Bt # 32 and a low loader freight ... (more)

The rack railroad from Vitznau to the Rigi, opened in 1871 as the first mountain railroad in Europe, already had a turntable with two intersecting rack tracks at the bottom station to enable the c... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 (built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC with 1200 HP) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down the 25.0 % grade below Grubisbalm with train CC 1110 from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau. Th... (more)

As second train CC 1115 of the Rigibahnen from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm, this morning came cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 22 with cab car Bt # 32 up the 25.0 grade between Mittlerschwanden and Grubisbalm... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 (built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down the 25.0 % grade below Freibergen towards Grubisbalm through a rock cut, with first train CC 11... (more)

On a beautiful winter day on the "king of the mountains", the Rigi, the egineeer is slowly driving down the cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 of the Rigi Bahnen between Rigi Staffelhöhe and Rigi Kaltb... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 (built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC) of the Rigi Bahnen is running up the 25.0 % grade below Grubisbalm and Freibergen with train CC 1133 from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm. Th... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 4 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1953, is running down the 25.0 % grade between Freibergen and Grubisbalm as second train CC 1134 from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau. This railcar g... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 3 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1937 when the line was electrified with 1500 V DC, is running up the 25.0 % grade between Mittlerschwanden and Grubisbalm as first train C... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 (built in 1937 by SLM and BBC with 450 horsepower) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down the 25.0 % grade between Freibergen and Grubisbalm as third train CC 1128 from Ri... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 (built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down the 25.0 % grade below Grubisbalm with train CC 1122 from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau, crossing the 80... (more)

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 5 (built in 1965 by SLM, SIG and BBC with 1200 HP) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down the 25.0 % grade below Grubisbalm with train CC 1110 from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau. Th... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 from 1937 with car B # 8 (built 1873) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down between Rigi Kulm and Rigi Staffel.

Cogwheel push-pull train BDhe 4/4 # 22 with cab car Bt # 32 (former Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn) and BDhe 2/4 # 7 with car B # 33 (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn) of the Rigi Bahnen are running parallel down the mou... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1923 by SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), is shoving the winter steam special from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm, just bel... (more)