The 33 locos of the Ce 6/8 II lot had been delivered as no. 14251 to 14283 in the years 1921-1922. They had been equipped with their typical bar-drive with a flywheel at the outer end to reduce vi... (more)

"Crocodile" Ce 6/8 II 14270 was built in 1921 by SLM and BBC for the Gotthard line of the SBB. Withdrawn in 1969, the locomotive in on display in front of the large service building in Erstfeld si... (more)

The classic "Crocodile" locomotive Ce 6/8 II 14253 in traditional brown color was built in 1919 by SLM and MFO for the newly electrified Gotthard route, she was in regular service till 1976, the l... (more)

An old "crocodile" is on display at the Erstfeld depot

InterRegio 2271 Zürich-Locarno has a typical consist for the Gotthard line, very mixed including a panoramic car (fifth car). Since the change of timetable in decembre, the Re 460 locomotives dis... (more)

460073 stops at Erstfeld station on a south bound express.

11249 and 11127 pass Erstfeld on a south bound freight.

Locos at rest on Erstfeld depot.

The new Cisalpino2 on Test Runs

When the first railway in Switzerland was built in 1847 between Baden and Zürich (23 kilometers), the locomotives came from Emil Kessler in Karlsruhe/Germany, but all were demolished later. So in... (more)

For railfans it is known as "red train", daily transporting heavy paper rolls in swap bodies from Skandinavia to Castelguelfo in Italy. Two locomotives 185 of DB in front and a third visible in t... (more)

In 2004 it was 100 years since fourcylinder-compound steamlocomotive A 3/5 (4-6-0) 705 was built by SLM. Together with B 3/4 1367 from 1916 she pulled a train over the Gotthard line, unfortunately... (more)

Tilt train ETR 470 of the Swiss/Italian company with a train from Stuttgart via Zürich to Milan, on the Gotthard line above Erstfeld. The company has 9 of this trains, built by FIAT Ferroviaria i... (more)

Charter train with wonderful vintage cars of the "Pullmann Orient Express" (CIWLT, International Sleeping car company) from France, on the Gotthard line. Pulling are two more than seventy years ol... (more)

For the first railroad in Switzerland Kessler at Karlsruhe/Germany built the steamloc D 1/3 named LIMMAT (4-2-0) in 1847. This here is a replica from 1947, running near Erstfeld on a non electrifi... (more)