Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 9, built by SLM Winterthur in 1914 and lettered as BFD 9 (Brig-Furka-Disentis or BFD was the name of the company then), is reserve this day, stabled in the new wo... (more)
Two steamtrains of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke ready to go in Realp DFB. HG 3/4 # 1 on the left is just starting her "Blue Train" for the Furka, Gletsch and Oberwald. HG 3/4 # 4 on t... (more)
The cogwheel steam locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is reaching the rack section near the Tiefenbach station when running down the mountain. The driver slowed down the trai... (more)
Furka on 2163 meter a.s.l. is the highest station of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (Steam railway Furka mountain line). The cogwheel locomotive HG 3/4 # 4 of the former Furka-Oberalp Bahn (FO) i... (more)
Firing the cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 4 with a loaded 4 car train on the 11.0 % grade up to the Furka. Boiler pressure needle shows 13,5 bar (192 PSI), the coal is of good quality and the f... (more)