On the occasion of the Rigi Schwingen (Swiss wrestling and alpine festival) on Rigi Staffel, trains ran every 20 minutes from 6:35 a.m. on the Rigi Bahnen line from Arth Goldau to Rigi Staffel. Tr... (more)
Back in 2006, Tasik Madu still used steam locomotives to haul cane trains between the loading yard and the sugar mill. Number VI is the largest locomotive used by sugar mills on the Java island. I... (more)
Tasik Madu #6 nicknamed "the beast" is resting outside the shed waiting for a next assignment. This locomotive has been built by Orenstein & Koppel in Germany in 1929 and uses the Luttermoller sys... (more)
Perfect conditions on the Rigi, Queen of the mountains, with sun, snow and blue sky. On a day like this, it is always a busy day for the Rigi Railways and almost all vehicles are in use. The world... (more)
Perfect conditions on the Rigi, Queen of the mountains, with sun, snow and blue sky. On a day like this, it is always a busy day for the Rigi Railways and almost all vehicles are in use. The world... (more)
On the last day of the 2024 season, the 0-4-2 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) pulls an extra train for Maertens Reisen from Rea... (more)
The small cogwheel steam locomotive HG 2/3 # 6 “Weisshorn” was the first operational steam locomotive on the Furka mountain steam line in 1990. It was built in 1902 by SLM Winterthur for the V... (more)
The small cogwheel locomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is shunting covered freight car K # 406 (built in 1914 for the Brigue-Furka-Disentis Railway... (more)
The small cogwheel locomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is leaving Furka DFB on the last day of the 2024 season with a passenger extra for Maertens ... (more)
The extra train for Maertens Reisen with cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn", entering Tiefenbach DFB, is the very last steamtrain over the Furka mountain steam railway in th... (more)
Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB, Furka mountain steam railway), built by SLM in 1902 for the Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ), is shunting co... (more)
The track of the Furka Bergstrecke steam railroad, equipped with a double-lamellar Abt rack, climbs from Tiefenbach DFB station over a distance of 3.3 kilometers at an even gradient of 11.0 %. The... (more)
0-4-2 cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), built by the SLM in 1902 for the Visp-Zermatt Railway (VZ), came to Furka DFB with a mixed... (more)
0-4-2 Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 2/3 # 6 "Weisshorn" of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), built by the SLM in 1902 for the Visp-Zermatt Railway (VZ), came to Furka DFB track 2 with... (more)