Spectacular parallel run between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm. On the track of the former Arth-Rigi-Bahn in the foreground is cogwheel steamlocomotive H 1/2 # 7 from 1873 with cars B # 5 from 1871 a... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 from 1923 is running down the mountain from Rigi Kulm to Rigi Staffel and Vitznau.

Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 1 of the Rigibahnen (former Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn) from 1937 is pushing car B # 1 from 1891 towards Rigi Kulm, coming from Vitznau.

Cogwheel push-pull train of the Rigibahnen from Vitznau between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm, with cab car Bt # 31 and railcar BDhe 4/4 # 21 from 1986. The pantograph on the cab car serves for ice s... (more)

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

Cogwheel railcar BDhe 2/4 # 3 from 1937 and steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 from 1923 in Rigi Staffel.

Cogwheel push pull train of the Rigibahnen (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn ARB) with cab car Bt # 22 and BDeh 2/4 # 12, built in 1949, between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm.

Cogwheel push pull trains of the Rigibahnen (former Arth-Rigi-Bahn ARB) with cab car Bt # 21 and railcar BDeh 2/4 # 11 and Bt # 22 with BDeh 2/4 # 12, all built in 1949, in Rigi Kulm

450 Hp electric cogwheel railcar BDeh 2/4 # 1 of the Rigibahnen was built in 1937 by SLM and BBC. The vehicle is running down between Kulm and Staffel with car B # 1 from 1871.

Electric cogwheel push pull train with BDhe 2/4 # 14 and cab car Bt # 24 of the Rigibahnen between Rigi Staffel and Rigi Kulm with the Pilatus in the background.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigibahnen reached the top of the mountain, Rigi Kulm, with the winter steamtrain from Vitznau. The locomotive was built by SLM Winterthur in 1923. The c... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigibahnen is pushing the winter steamtrain 1223 from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm up the mountain below Kulm. The locomotive was built by SLM Winterthur in 1923... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16 of the Rigibahnen is pushing the winter steamtrain 1223 from Vitznau to Rigi Kulm up the mountain below Kulm. The locomotive was built by SLM Winterthur in 1923... (more)

A few seconds before cogwheel train with the small car for sleds has left the station Rigi Staffel (1604m asl) on the left side for the run uphill toward Rigi Kulm. In the background the mountain ... (more)

Two cogwheel oldtimers in the station Rigi Staffel (1604m asl) in the normal service at this beautiful wintersday: Nr. 3 (built 1937) runs uphill from Vitznau toward Rigi Kulm and Nr. 7 (built 192... (more)