Since some years the ASM is running a gravel freight train on its network. The train runs for the company Hurni AG from the mine at Finsterhennen to the gravel plant at Sutz. The cars were bought ... (more)

The Swiss biscuit producer Kambly has painted a whole EW-IIII trainset from the BLS Lötschbergbahn in an advertisement paint scheme. The train runs daily in designated services on the scenic Entl... (more)

The Swiss biscuit producer Kambly has painted a whole EW-IIII trainset from the BLS Lötschbergbahn in an advertisement paint scheme. The train runs daily in designated services on the scenic Entl... (more)

The Vale of Rheidol Railway was the last steam powered railway owned by former British Rail. Steam traction ceased on BR network in 1968 - except of this little railway in Wales. The line's only p... (more)

With a length of around 699m the wooden trestle of Barmouth on the Cambrian Line is nowadays one of the longest wooden bridges in Britain. The bridge crosses the mouth of the river Mawddach. It ... (more)

On the mouth of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Sense two bridges span in a height of 65m over the deep cut. In front the 1977-1979 built concrete railway bridge (which replaced an older st... (more)

Built in 1913 the railcar BCFe 4/4 from the Aigle-Les Diablerets branch was repainted last year for the centenary back into it's original colours. Since the retirement from the regular service in ... (more)

Late in the afternoon when the light is golden and the shadows are long Re 465 001-6 pushes her RegioExpress on the Entlebuch-line towards Bern. Background gives the former monastery Werthenstein,... (more)

Under the label Golden Pass the connection Montreux - Zweisimmen - Interlaken - Lucerne is advertised. This connection is made by three different companies and the trains run on two different gaug... (more)

Perhaps my first and probably last contact with Ferronor's Potrerillos line was in 2012. Due to heavy rain fall the line was massively damaged (dozens of km of the line are gone!) this spring and ... (more)

It's spring! The tulips and cherry trees flourish when two low floor EMU run as S44 towards Belp-Bern through the Guerbetal valley. In the background the famous mountains Eiger, Moench an... (more)

The Urskog-Hølandsbanen (Urskog - Holand Line) also known as Tertitten is a small, heritage narrow gauge railway in southern norway. Initially the line was 57km long with a gauge of only 750 mm (... (more)

The last golden sun rays of the day gave their best when the Be 4/4 11 with its regional train left the station of Apples towards Bière. In the background the town of Lausanne (on the left), Lake... (more)

Most of the time the strong Ge 4/4 locomotives are used in freight services. However there is one workdaily passenger train hauled by these machines - the first train in the morning. Occasionally ... (more)

Only small glimpses of sun rays fell through the fast moving, rain loaded clouds on the afternoon of first of April 2015 when I caught the regional train from Morges to Bière. This secondary narr... (more)