The world unique operational cogwheel steamlocomotive with an upright boiler, the mighty H 1/2 # 7 of the former Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, now the Rigi Bahnen, is shoving car B # 5 (built in 1871) up the... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 from 1937 with car B # 8 (built 1873) of the Rigi Bahnen is running down between Rigi Kulm and Rigi Staffel.

Cogwheel push-pull train BDhe 4/4 # 22 with cab car Bt # 32 (former Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn) and BDhe 2/4 # 7 with car B # 33 (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn) of the Rigi Bahnen are running parallel down the mou... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1923 by SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), is shoving the winter steam special from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm, just bel... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1923 by SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), is running down with the winter steam special from Rigi Kulm to Vitznau, be... (more)

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1937, is shoving car B # 8 (built 1873 by Wagonsfabrik Fribourg) below Rigi Staffelhöhe.

Cogwheel railcars Bhe 2/4 # 1 and # 3 of the Rigi Bahnen, both built in 1937, on Rigi Staffel.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1923 by SLM Winterthur for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB), is shoving the winter steam special from Arth Goldau to Rigi Kulm, near the... (more)

Push-pull train of the Rigi Bahnen with cogwheel railcar BDhe 4/4 # 15 and cab car Bt # 25, shoving the freight car Kk # 63 (for sledges etc.) in Rigi Staffel. This train circulated during the day... (more)

Large snow plow X # 102 of the Rigi Bahnen (line from Vitznau), shoved by cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 3, in Rigi Staffel. This was a regular timetabled train, CC 1115 from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm.

This day, cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7, built in 1873 as first locomotive of the new founded SLM (Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik) , was officially on the mountain for the firs... (more)

When night is falling over Rigi mountain, the cogwheel train 170 from Rigi Kulm down to Arth Goldau is drawing a light trace down from Rigi Staffel station. The light from the moon lights up the l... (more)

Parallel run of cogwheel push-pull trains of the Rigibahnen between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm. On the left BDhe 4/4 # 15 with cab car Bt # 25 from Arth Goldau, on the right BDhe 4/4 # 21 and cab ... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen (more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB) will celebrate 150 years of operation. The VRB was the very first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, built by Niklaus Riggenbac... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen (more precisely the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB) will celebrate 150 years of operation. The VRB was the very first cogwheel mountain railway in Europe, built by Niklaus Riggenbac... (more)