Masterpiece from the SLM Winterthur. The cogwheel steamlocomotives of type HG 4/4 were procured in nine copies from 1923 onwards by the French colonial administration for use on the rack railroad ... (more)

View to the station Gletsch of the DFB on 1762 meter a.s.l. during the jubilee event, with the Rotten river, famous Hotel Glacier du Rhône (left) and "Blauhaus" (blue house, right). In ... (more)

The masterpiece of the SLM (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works) Winterthur (in 1923) and the many volunteers of the Chur and Uzwil workshop of the DFB (from 2006 to 2018), the four-cylinder compou... (more)

For the jubilee event in Gletsch, celebrating 30 years since the expedition "Back to Switzerland" to Vietnam, 20 years since the re-opening of the line from Realp to Gletsch and 10 years... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke is shunting in Furka DFB station near the Furka summit tunnel, to be turned on the turntable for the run down to Realp.

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the DFB is leaving Gletsch for Oberwald with a special train during the jubilee event. On track 2 is steamtrain 154 from Oberwald to Realp with HG 3/4 # 4 ... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke gets fresh excellent welsh coal in Gletsch, by the engineer M.H. (right) and the fireman T.H. In the background is oilfired... (more)

Cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 on the turntable of Furka DFB station on 2163 meter a.s.l., on the occasion of an extra train.

On the occasion of the jubilee event in Gletsch, celebrating 30 years since the back to Switzerland action, 20 years since re-opening of the line Realp to Gletsch and 10 years since the re-opening... (more)

In front of the Vorder Gärstenhorn (3166 meter a.s.l.), the most powerful 1 meter gauge cogwheel steamlocomotive of Europe (800 Hp) is pulling train 154 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) f... (more)

View to the station of Realp DFB, with steamtrain 133 to Oberwald ready for departure with cogwheel locomotive HG 4/4 # 704. On track 3 is diesellocomotive HGm 4/4 # 61 of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-... (more)

Steamtrain 133 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke with cogwheel locomotive HG 4/4 # 704 left Realp DFB and is running through the gorge of the Furkareuss towards the Furka pass, Gletsch and Oberwa... (more)

The 0-8-0 T four cylinder compound cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is pulling train 133 from Realp to Oberwald along the Furkareuss through the gorge... (more)

In Realp, close to the tracks of the DFB is a golf driving range. The 0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is running from the depot to the statio... (more)

The 0-8-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 4/4 # 704 of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) is entering Oberwald DFB station with train 133 from Realp. Because of the boiler construction, this loco... (more)