101 102-0 was here with an Intercity coming from Basel towards Freiburg. The road bridge has since disappeared and has been replaced by a spacious underpass. The expansion is currently running on ... (more)

What an experience: It feels like tunnel - station - tunnel - station - tunnel - station. And always the view of the sea. It happens that the distance between the tunnels is so short that the plat... (more)

A few more meters then it was done. The Re 4/4 had then reached Göschenen station. The north ramp of the Gotthard mountain route was then behind the train. After driving through the today nearly ... (more)

On the occasion of a major railway festival in Koblenz, the historic VT 98 ran, as in earlier times, on the connecting route between the Swiss Koblenz and the German Waldshut. The Rhine bridge, in... (more)

Faido was a very special place for railway enthusiasts who took photographs. The route runs in an elegant S-curve through the town. Run-down hotels are reminiscent of the time when the road was no... (more)

I don't know the reason why this car was put the side. In any case, it is not an everyday look at the underside of such a vehicle. A special feature is that the wagon has a coupling device at one ... (more)

In Germany, only two locomotives with multiple controls can be operated by one man. In Switzerland, like here in Bellinzona in Ticino, a maximum of four locomotives are allowed. Back from a servic... (more)

On the beach du Pourrousset between Saint Raphael and Cannes on the Cote d'Azur you can enjoy the sun, sand and sea. The railway line runs on the slope from Marseille via Nice and Monaco to Italy.... (more)

The RhB ordered fifteen ABe 8/12 "Allegra" from Stadler Rail. The trains can be used on the entire RhB network, including the Bernina Railway. As two-system trains, they run at 11kV AC, ... (more)

The stopover in San Luis Obispo at the train station was not planned on our trip on Highway No. 1. We were all the more pleased to be able to watch the meeting of two passenger trains. Amtrak No. ... (more)

The Israel Railways IC3 trains come from ABB Scandia. A driver's cab that can be folded away not only enables multiple units to be coupled, but also enables the entire train to pass through. The v... (more)

The Landwasser Viaduct is certainly one of the most famous bridges in Europe. Here a Ge 4/4 III drove its passenger train over the bridge. At the end of the train, a special wagon with a mail cont... (more)

After crossing the Enz Viaduct, 181 209-8 took the "Mozart" Eurocity (Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Munich-Vienna) through the Bietigheim-Bissingen train station. Class 181 locomotives are ... (more)

30 years ago 140 114 made a stopover in Bietigheim-Bissingen. Class 140 locomotives were preferred to freight trains. But they could also be observed in front of passenger trains. At that time the... (more)

SBB Cargo Re 482 021-3, a TRAXX F140 AC1, near Hügelheim in the Oberrheintal. A few minutes later the whole landscape was bathed in fog.