The Re 421 388-0 is one of the Re 4/4 locomotives approved for Germany. A few more kilometers and it was back on home soil. Behind her a lot of new cars for Switzerland.

The ICE 3 had just left the border between Switzerland and Germany behind. It is still heading north with normal speed. The ICE 3 can really crank up behind Frankfurt Airport: It goes up to 300 km... (more)

Domodossola is on Italian soil. Up to this point, Swiss, German and private locomotives can run under the AC 15kV power system of Switzerland. Further south it continues with DC 3kV.

ES 64 U2-034 was here with the CityNightLine 472 "Aurora" on track. The first sleeping car came from Belarus and its destination was Minsk. The second sleeping car behind the locomotive... (more)

The six-axle locomotive class 151 was one of the most powerful electric locomotives in the DB. Here 151 131-0 had to transport a train with small transport vehicles from the manufacturer FIAT from... (more)

Here ETR 470 02 was on the move on the middle level in Wassen. At the best times of the train, the destinations in the south were Florence or Venice, in the north the train ran to Stuttgart. This ... (more)

The Siemens locomotive ES 64 F4-991 is a four-system locomotive. Although only three electricity systems are used between the Netherlands and Italy, but four different pantographs are required. Ge... (more)

The train crosses the Meienreuss brook three times, albeit on different levels. Here it is the Middle Meienreuss Bridge. From the Sustenenstraße, which leads over the Sustenen Pass, this view ope... (more)

Re 4/4 11217 was here with her express train going downhill. The Intschireuss Bridge has just been crossed. With a height of 77m, it is the highest railway bridge on the old Gotthard mountain rout... (more)

The ETR 470 had just left the Wattinger spiral tunnel behind. Actually a high-speed train, the ETR 470 was allowed to travel a little faster here than regular passenger trains due to its tilting t... (more)

Erstfeld is the beginning or the northern end point of the mountain route. In 2010 there was a visitor tower in the area of ​​the depot, which allowed an unusual overview. Here you can... (more)

The Wattinger curve was a popular photo spot. Re 420 169-5 was together with a Re 620 (Re 6/6) on the ascent towards the Gotthard tunnel. In the following spiral tunnel, the train changed its dire... (more)

An abandoned suitcase caused a mess in long-distance passenger train traffic. The ICE 1 in the direction of Basel was delayed. It should have been the ICE 279 from Berlin Ostbahnhof with the desti... (more)

Re 475 418-0 from BLS Cargo had the order today to transport the Ambrogio train to Italy. To reach Swiss soil, the train still had a distance of 30-34 minutes to go. If there was already snow in t... (more)

Vectron 193 347 from DB Cargo AG was on its way to Switzerland with a long freight train.