Directly on the outskirts of the small French town of Chaumont the famous ligne 4 crosses a small valley on a gigantic stone bridge. The viaduc du Chaumont is built like an ancient Roman aqueduct.... (more)

More or less sunny winter days are high peak days for the Wengernalpbahn. The trains are used as an additional ski lift and so every wheel is running. The modern trainsets (in background BDhe 4/8 ... (more)

More or less sunny winter days are high peak days for the Wengernalpbahn. The trains are used as an additional ski lift and so every wheel is running. The modern trainsets getting additional help ... (more)

It was definitely worth to climb up the to the top of one of the rocks at Pinecliff. A BNSF mixed was on it's way to Denver, hauled by ES44DC #7705, #7415 and C44-9W #5423

Heavy and wet snowfall the day before led to a landscape like in a fairy tale. A tilting EMU of type RABDe 500 is heading south over the Gotthard line to Chiasso. But first it has to pass twice m... (more)

Heavy and wet snowfall the day before led to a landscape like in a fairy tale. Here the tilting EMU RABDe 500 013-3 is crossing the Upper Meienreuss Bridge on the famous Gotthard line.

A winter dream with postcard weather was the last day of the year 2014 around the famous village of Gstaad. Snowfall the days before led to a completely white landscape. The Be 4/4 5003 was on a... (more)

Nowadays gone are the locomotive pulled fast trains on the Brünig Pass line. The HGe 101 locomotives whith there passenger trainsets where moved to secondary services due to the delivery of new E... (more)

Once again Lombard Canyon. Decending sun gives a special light/shadow combination when this full coal unit train was rounding the curves along the board of the Missouri River through Lombard Canyo... (more)

The 'Ligne Bleu' (Blue Line) runs from Marseille to Miramas most of the time along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Many tunnels and Bridges were necessary to build the line - for us photograph... (more)

Lombard Canyon is IMHO one of the most scenic spots on the whole MRL. Waiting on the rim of the canyon on a train with only some natural sounds surrounding then hearing the rushing sound of an app... (more)

Frank slide - one of the major Canadian natural disasters - but also a good spot to catch trains on the scenic Crowsnest sub of the Canadian Pacific. Altough the line is not as frequently used as... (more)

Due to track controlling work late in the day the Logan Local has just started it's journey on MRL's 5th sub. Today the trip was short and ended already in Three Forks. Nevertheless it's nice to s... (more)

Previously surprised by a rattle snake which was lying in the greens we've had then a beautiful afternoon on the rim of Lombard Canyon. IMHO the most scenic location on the whole MRL. Here a BNSF ... (more)

Fog in the lower regions, sun and nothing else in the mountains and the last day of the summer season means always a high peak in traffic on the Wengernalpbahn. In such occasions the older veteran... (more)