"Allegra" ABe 8/12 # 3503 with train 1621 from St.Moritz to Tirano is entering Morteratsch station.

Special train for the "Höfner Narrenfahrt" (Höfner fool's ride) ready in Samstagern, with locomotive Re 456 # 111 of M-Rail (Müller railway company) and several older SBB cars includi... (more)

Electrification of the BAP ended in 1967.

The RAe TEE II (TRANS EUROP EXPRESS) # 1053 of 1961 made a short stop at Ermatingen for a meeting with another train, on the patronage trip to Rorschach. This timeless elegant 6 car trainset for 1... (more)

The incredible 10,000 hp GM10B is awaiting a crew to take it west in the spring of 1978. This 197-ton, 73'-4" long giant rode on B-B-B trucks with 50" drivers. Never duplicated, it was... (more)

Swiss built VR Sr2 3230 with P 602 from Rovaniemi to Kokkola.

After a visit to the maintainance facility E.626.220 went back into service.

I was a California boy, and I had seen stuff like this only in pictures. When Uncle Sam gave me an all expenses paid trip to the East Coast, it was like a whole different world. The GG-1's were ... (more)

Little Joe Stalin’s Locomotives

That’s what Milwaukee Road crews called that road’s twelve big electrics that were nearly identical to this South Shore example, seen here at ... (more)

One of the first Electric Loc. Built in 1929 , served the Zugspitze train.