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141.r.1244 in schlieren
1st september 2019. 141.r.1244 in schlieren on a special train in connection with the schlierefäscht and the opening of the first phase of limmattalbahn.

zürich dock crane on limmatquai (hafenkran)
14th january 2015. as part of an art project, a dock crane from rostock spent 2014 on zürich's limmatquai.

tram zürich west opening
11th december 2011. between würzgraben and bahnhof altstetten nord, the new tram lines runs alongside an sbb stabling yard, with in this view a cisalpino set.

tram zürich west opening
11th december 2011. impression of the new face of the hardbrücke area. compare to this view from 2006:

tram zürich west opening
16th may 2006. flashback to 2006. this was the same location as this 2011 view: the swissmill is still served by rail but the tracks have been relocated to the other side of the viaduct.

tram zürich west opening
10th december 2011. impression of the new face of the hardbrücke area.

escher-wyss-platz
11th may 2011. escher-wyss-platz.

tram and forchbahn at stadelhofen
17th june 2010. tram and forchbahn at stadelhofen.

stadelhofen
6th april 2010, a glattal liveried cobra reflects in a forchbahn at stadelhofen.

stadelhofen
6th april 2010, trams at stadelhofen.

bahnhof oerlikon
2nd october 2009. view of the approaches to bahnhof oerlikon from regensbergbücke. the train on the right is taken spoils from the construction site of the durchmesserlinie tunnel.

bahnhof altstetten
18th june 2009. re6/6 locomotive on oil train, possibly heading for rümlang (airport aviation fuel).

hardbrücke
16th may 2006. freight train at street level in zürich. this industrial siding serves swissmill on sihlquai.

wallisellen
14th may 2009. wallisellen.

glattalbahn construction wallisellen
18th may 2009. view from glatt zentrum towards dübendorf with the alps providing a backdrop.

bahnhof glattbrugg
21st october 2008, re6/6 (re620) locomotive passes through glattbrugg with tank wagons. presumably these are aviation fuel empties returning from the storage depot a little further down this line.

glattbrugg bahnhof
26th august 2008, an rbe4/4 train at glattbrugg.

glattbrugg bahnhof
26th august 2008, an ae6/6 heads a goods train through glattbrugg.

glattbrugg bahnhof
26th august 2008, impression of glattbrugg station.

bahnhof balsberg
26th august 2008, balsberg.

bahnhof balsberg
26th august 2008, ae6/6 locomotive passing through balsberg with goods train.

bahnhof balsberg
26th august 2008, balsberg.

wallisellen
1st july 2008. outskirts of wallisellen

wallisellen, glattalbahn
1st july 2008. route of the future phase three at wallisellen. to permit the trams to enter central wallisellen, a railway siding has been lifted to permit the alignment to be used by tram tracks.

zürich 16th march 2008

glattalbahn phase 2 on 5th february 2008
5th february 2008. industrial zürich meets the alps: view from glattpark.

glattalbahn phase 2 on 5th february 2008
5th february 2008. bahnhof glattbrugg.

burgwies
zürich burgwies 15th august 2007 dowload this picture in large format .

vhf adventfahrt
9th december 2006, forchbahn heritage set at esslingen on an advent special.

forchbahn old and new
9th december 2006, forchbahn heritage set at esslingen meets a modern stadler be4/6.

historic forchbahn esslingen
9th december 2006, forchbahn heritage set at esslingen on an advent tour into zurich operated by vhf.

historic forchbahn illuminate
9th december 2006, forchbahn heritage set at esslingen on an advent tour into zurich operated by vhf.

forchbahn old and new
9th december 2006, two generations of forchbahn meet at esslingen.

burgwies
02.09.2006: forchbahn passing burgwies depot

forchbahn
autumn 2003, classic forchbahn bogie car 10 close to neuhaus. although this was a special working, the vehicle could at the time occasionally still be seen in regular service. it is now the subject of a preservation attempt by vhf (link to external website). the vehicle was ordered by forchbahn 1940, but due to wartime material shortyges it was not delivered until 1944. together with its sister vehicle, number 9 (now a works car), it heralded the beginning of the transformation of this railway from an antiquated interurban tramway to a modern suburban light railway.

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bern: rbs tram
22nd september 2007 an rbs tram on route g (bern - worb) at the bern zytglogge terminus. this route differs from the other rbs routes through the use of tram rolling stock. if plans come to fruition, this route will be transferred from rbs (regionalverkehr bern solothurn) to the city tram system (bernmobil) and worked through to a city terminus. the rolling stock is derived from zürich's tram 2000 type .

neuchâtel
23rd february 2008, neuchâtel

bucheggstrasse / wehntalerstrasse
30th may 2019, impressions from the corner of bucheggstrasse and wehntalerstrasse

zürich turbinenplatz
17th november 2008.

schaffhausen
16th february 2008

les diablerets
les diablerets photo by chris williams.

montreux
montreux, railcar of rochers de naye rack railway. photo by chris williams.

50 years 11173
26th september 2020. bahnhof altstetten. dsf tour to mark the 50th anniversdary of re 4/4 ii 11173.

50 years 11173
26th september 2020. hauptbahnhof zürich (durchmesserlinie). dsf tour to mark the 50th anniversdary of re 4/4 ii 11173.

50 years 11173
26th september 2020. turgi. dsf tour to mark the 50th anniversdary of re 4/4 ii 11173.

50 years 11173
26th september 2020. koblenz. dsf tour to mark the 50th anniversdary of re 4/4 ii 11173.

50 years 11173
26th september 2020. koblenz. dsf tour to mark the 50th anniversdary of re 4/4 ii 11173. we are so iused to seeing the old 5-digit numbers removed and replaced by longer computer numbers, that it is refreshing to see the computer number reduced to traces, and the old number restituted, even if only (for the moment) as transfers rather than chrome digits.

zürich hb
13th september 2019. rabe 511 at zürich hb.

basel sbb
13th september 2019. basel sbb.

zürich hb
20th september 2019. the nets attached to the roof give the trainshed at zürich hb an unusual feel.

zürich hb
20th september 2019. sunset at zürich hb.

rabe 502 at zürich hb
14th july 2019, rabe 502 at zürich hb.

basel sbb
12th december 2014. sbb shunting locomotive adds two day cars to berlin/prague cnl. these will be detached at mannheim.

basel sbb
12th december 2014. ice at basel sbb.

basel sbb
12th december 2014. tgv at basel sbb. this power car was part of the test train that took the world speed record of 3rd april 2007.

basel sbb
12th december 2014. tgv meets ice.

ex sob dining car as restaurant in oerlikon
21st march 2014. former sob dining car now in use as a restaurant in oerlikon

re 4/4 on mail train in lenzburg
13th march 2014, re 4/4 on mail train in lenzburg.

lenzburg
13th march 2014, stadler flirt in lenzburg.

re450 on re in lenzburg
13th march 2014, re450 on re in lenzburg.

durchmesserlinie construction in altstetten
6th december 2013, view from hardbrücue with the new altstetten flyover taking shape surrounded by other railway activity. this flyover will act as an approach to the new durchmesserlinie cross-city tunnel.

night train in zürich
17th december 2013, with night train services from zürich having been thinned out in recent years (we lost the trains to france, italy and spain), the remaining ones (to germany and to the east) gain more interest. this is the en zürichsee to graz with through coaches to zagreb and beograd.

sbb double-deck s-bahn coach
30th june 2012. one of the new double-deck coaches being inserted into 450-hauled s-bahn rakes to provider low-floor entrances..

ae 6/6 on freight in dübendorf
26th may 2011. an ae6/6 on a freight train waiting in the loop at dübendorf to allow a passenger train to overtake.

ae 6/6 göschenen in dübendorf
26th may 2011. ae6/6 number ae610 463-2 (or 11463 in proper parlance) in dübendorf.

sbb goods gantry in dübendorf
26th may 2011. dübendorf.

basel sbb
16th april 2011. basel sbb.

zürich hauptbahnhof
14th february 2010, zürich hauptbahnhof

zürich altstetten
21st april 2010, zürich altstetten

zürich sbb werkstatt
10th may 2010, zürich sbb werkstatt

zürich altstetten
18th may 2010, zürich altstetten

zürich altstetten
27th may 2010, zürich altstetten

arth goldau
6th june 2010, arth goldau

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld, crocodile locomotive displayed outside depot

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld, detail of crocodile locomotive

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld depot

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld, detail of crocodile locomotive

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld, crocodile locomotive displayed outside depot

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld depot

erstfeld
6th june 2010, erstfeld

erstfeld
6th june 2010, wassen

wassen
6th june 2010, wassen

arth goldau
6th june 2010, arth goldau

re 4/4 locomotive in zurich
26th august 2009. re 4/4 on a mid-day zürich to basel via lenzburg - aarau - liestal with a short and mixed collection of coaches.

re 6/6 locomotive in landquart
26th august 2009. re 6/6 locomotive 620 087-7 in landquart.

international trains
23rd january 2009. international trains at basel sbb.

oerlikon
9th october 2008, commuter train with re4/4ii locomotive and ewi and ewii push-pull stock at oerlikon.

s-bahn re450
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten peak-hour s-bahn train consisting of three coupled re450 trainsets.

sob re 4/4 iv locomotive
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten sob (ex-sbb) re 4/4 iv locomotive. only four of these locomotives were built.

sbb freight train
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten freight train passing through altstetten. the front loco is an ae6/6. the second an re 4/4.

zürich altstetten
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten. the gipfeli express for einsiedel stands on the left and a re6/6 stone train on the right.

gipfeli express
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten the evening gipfeli express for einsiedeln waits to depart from platform 2 at altstetten.

sob re4/4 iv locomotive
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten sob (ex-sbb) re 4/4 iv locomotive.

gipfeli express
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten sob dining car for gipfeli express. this car will be withdrawn at the end of 2008 and the catering service discontinued.

zürich altstetten
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten

ae6/6 locomotive
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten the sad state of affairs with the nameplates removed from this once proud ae6/6 locomotive. the move was apparently justified by the wish to save these prizes from souvenir hunters. it was said that they would be replaced once a means had been found to make them theft-proof. alas that was the last we saw of them.

ae6/6 locomotive
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten detail with an ae6/6 locomotive.

ae6/6 locomotive
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten an ae6/6 locomotive meets an rabe514 s-bahn train providing an interesting comparison between one of sbb's oldest and newest trains.

ae6/6 locomotive and freight train
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten an ae6/6 locomotive with a freight train.

ae6/6 locomotive and freight train
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten an ae6/6 locomotive with a freight train leaves the station while a pair of re4/4 ii double-head an express in the background.

rbe4/4 train
14th august 2008, zürich altstetten a train of rbe4/4 motor cars and ewi/ii stock. soon these trains will be replaced by more modern stock, so enjoy the older trains where you can still let fresh air in through the windows while you can!

icn train at zürich hb
14th august 2008, zürich hauptbahnhof

s-bahn train in oerlikon
9th august 2008, a siemens rabe514 s-bahn is neatly framed by the safety nets of the construction site of the new cross-town rail link (durchmesserlinie).

icn train in oerlikon
9th august 2008, an icn train and the construction site of the new cross-town rail link (durchmesserlinie).

zürich hb
23rd june 2008, mixed rakes of older coaches such as this are now becoming a rarity. the additional traffic caused by the uefa 08 football championship saw additional trains being run, however.

cisalpino
16th february 2008, zürich hb

glass recycling by re460
15th february 2008, sadly, sbb chose to regularly deface their class re460 locomotives by advertising. most of this is incredibly boring, however 460 071-4 is a welcome break to this rule. it is sponsored by the glass recycling company, vetroswiss, and features painted holes for inserting those used bottles (please don't try!).

swiss express re4/4ii
16th february 2008, zürich hb

shunting locomotive in sankt margrethen
17.10.2007. shunting locomotive in sankt margrethen. this is a border station between switzerland and austria.

sankt margrethen
27th july 2007, sankt margrethen is a border station between switzerland and austria. a pair of sbb shunters await their call of duty. an austrian talent train from bregenz has arrived in the background.

sankt margrethen
27th july 2007, detail of shunting loco.

sankt margrethen
27th july 2007, a pair of thurbo gtw trains cross at sankt margrethen while an öbb talent train waits in platform 3.

sankt margrethen
27th july 2007, an re4/4ii arrives at sankt margrethen with the chur to sankt gallen express train.

airolo
3rd august 2007, an re4/4ii thunders through airolo station with a gotthard express train.

icn trains at zürich hb
22nd september 2007 view of two icn trains (and an rbe 540 in the background) at zürich hauptbahnhof.

zürich oerlikon
27th april 2007

stadelhofen
zürich stadelhofen 15th august 2007, an rbe4/4 propels a push-pull set towards hauptbahnhof.

ice in basel
7th july 2007, a pair of ices meet in basel sbb

bern hauptbahnhof
17th july 2007, hauptbahnhof bern

bhf. enge
22nd march 2007, the abandoned platform 3 at enge

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olten
olten, 1st march 2006.

bls re 4/4 locomotive
23rd february 2008, fribourg

bls ewiii train
17th july 2007, bls ewiii train (ex-sbb) between ins and müntschemier

bls nina train
17th july 2007, bls nina train between ins and müntschemier

oensingen balsthal bahn
17th february 2008

rigi staffel
20th may 2010, vrb train at rigi staffel

rigi staffel
20th may 2010, vrb and arb trains at rigi staffel

rigi bahn
20th may 2010, detail of vrb train

rigi kulm
20th may 2010, vrb train at rigi kulm

rigi bahn
20th may 2010, detail of vrb train

rigi staffel
20th may 2010, the rigi railway does not only take tourists up mount rigi, but as large parts of the rigi are inaccessible by road, all sorts of goods are also transported. here is a vrb freight train at rigi staffel

rigi scheidegg bahn
20th may 2010, the rigi scheidegg bahn was a narrow gauge railway from rigi kaltbad to rigi scheidegg. this steam railway closed in 1931, but the aligment has survived as a footpath. here is a steel viaduct that once carried the railway.

rigi scheidegg bahn
20th may 2010, crumbling masonry of the viaduct. the rigi scheidegg bahn was a narrow gauge railway from rigi kaltbad to rigi scheidegg. this steam railway closed in 1931

rigi scheidegg bahn
20th may 2010, viaduct. the rigi scheidegg bahn was a narrow gauge railway from rigi kaltbad to rigi scheidegg. this steam railway closed in 1931, but the aligment has survived as a footpath.

rigi bahn arth goldau
20th may 2010, arth goldau.

rigi
23rd august 2009. rigi.

rigi
23rd august 2009. steam locomotive on rigi.

rigi
23rd august 2009. rigi.

rigi
23rd august 2009. steam locomotive on rigi.

arth goldau
23rd august 2009. view of arth goldau from rigi.

lausanne ficelle
the ficelle cog metro in lausanne in 2005. search news archive for lausanne and la ficelle (and find out more about this interesting little train).

lausanne ficelle
he 2/2 locomotive 122 of the ficelle cog metro in lausanne in 2005.

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brienz rothorn bahn (brb)
10th june 2019

bremgarten
14th august 2015. heritage unit "sebni" before departing on a dining special.

bremgarten
14th august 2015. bremgarten.

bremgarten
14th august 2015. bridge over the reuss at bremgarten with a bdwm narrow gauge train crossing.

erdmannlistein
14th august 2015. erdmannlistein, with the erdmannli statue decorated in a mexican theme on the occasion of a dining special using heritage car "sebni".

dining special on bdwm railway with musicians
14th august 2015. musicians on board heritage car "sebni" during a dining special.

erdmannlistein
14th august 2015. erdmannlistein, on the occasion of a dining special using heritage car "sebni".

erdmannlistein
14th august 2015. erdmannlistein, on the occasion of a dining special using heritage car "sebni". mixed gauge track is visible in the foreground.

bremgarten
14th august 2015. heritage unit "sebni" has arrived at bremgarten with a dining special.

bremgarten
14th august 2015. heritage unit "sebni" meets a diamant at bremgarten.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. erdmannlistein.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 at erdmannlistein on its first day in operation as a heritage car.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 is at erdmannlistein on its first day in operation as a heritage car, and the erdmannli considers joining in the fun.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 at erdmannlistein on its first day in operation as a heritage car.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 at erdmannlistein on its first day in operation as a heritage car. a meeting was arranged with ex wm 2, propelled by a diesel unit. soon such scenes will no longer be possible as bdwm plans to take out the mixed gauge track, making this line meter gauge only.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 is at erdmannlistein on its first day in operation as a heritage car and meets ex wm 2.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. erdmannlistein, with a bdwm diesel loco propelling ex-wm 2 towards bremgarten west.

bdwm, erdmannlistein
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 at erdmannlistein on its first day in operation as a heritage car and meets one of its modern brethren, a stadler diamant.

bdwm
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8.

bdwm
30th june 2012. heritage bde8/8 at bremgarten on its first day in operation as a heritage car.

bdwm
30th june 2012. bremgarten.

bdwm
30th june 2012. heritage wm 2 at bremgarten west.

bdwm
30th june 2012. impression at bremgarten west. no freight is handled here any more. the locomotive is used for track maintenance duties, but these will soon cease as bdwm intends to discontinue standard gauge access.

bdwm
30th june 2012. impression at bremgarten west.

bdwm
30th june 2012. street running in bremgarten.

bdwm
30th june 2012. street running in dietikon.

bdwm
9th may 2011. dietikon.

bdwm
9th may 2011. reppischhof.

bdwm
1st july 2007. near bremgarten.

bdwm
1st july 2007. heinrüti.

bdwm
1st july 2007. bremgarten.

bdwm
1st july 2007. bremgarten. car number 11 was a sister vehicle of the preserved number 10. it spent the last years of its life as a party vehicle before being scrapped in 2009.

bdwm
1st july 2007. bremgarten. car number 11 (centre) was a sister vehicle of the preserved number 10 (left). it spent the last years of its life as a party vehicle before being scrapped in 2009.

bdwm
1st july 2007. an unusual pairing of number 11 with the open trailer.

bdwm, bremgarten
2nd july 2008. bremgarten.

bdwm bde8/8
1st july 2007

bdwm bde8/8
1st july 2007, bremgarten

bdwm
1st july 2007, bremgarten

bdwm
1st july 2007, near erdmännlistein. note the mixed gauge track which is used for the freight service from wohlen to bremgarten west.

bdwm
1st july 2007, near erdmännlistein.

bdwm
1st july 2007, erdmännlistein.

bdwm
1st july 2007

bdwm
1st july 2007, bremgarten, this loco is used for works trains on bdwm

bdwm
1st july 2007, track impression at bremgarten

bdwm
1st july 2007, line-up of bde8/8 units at bremgarten

bdwm
1st july 2007, line-up of bde8/8 units at bremgarten with snow plough loaded onto goods wagon in foreground

bdwm
1st july 2007, dietikon

ewz railway
30th january 2006, narrow gauge train used to service the tunnel of the ewz district-heating system in zürich.

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ewz railway
30th january 2006, detail of narrow gauge battery locomotive used to service the tunnel of the ewz district-heating system in zürich.

ewz railway
30th january 2006, map showing the service the tunnel of the ewz district-heating system in zürich. the power plant at hagenholz is at the upper left, the university area is on the right. the branch in the centre serves the irchel university complex.

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rhb locomotive 605
25th novemver 2013, landquart

rhb yard landquart
25th novemver 2013, landquart

rhaetische bahn near scuol
7th march 2010, approaching scuol

mgb, göschenen
6th june 2010, göschenen

rhaetsche bahn in ardez
26th august 2009. rhaetsche bahn in ardez.

rhaetsche bahn in ardez
26th august 2009. rhaetsche bahn in ardez. due to construction work in scuol, the unterengeadin rail service terminated here. here we see the pontresina nd landquart trains awaiting departure. the pontresina train on he left is a push-pull set.

rheineck walzenhausen
27th july 2007, rheineck walzenhausen bahn at rheineck, photographen from the window of an sbb train. the rhw is a remarkable little railway in that it has only one single vehicle.

mgb, andermatt
19th august 2007, deh4/4 23 of mgb (matterhorn-gotthard-bahn) at andermatt.

trogenerbahn in sankt gallen
17.10.2007. one of the modern trains of trogenerbahn in sankt gallen. this type is a three-part version of stadler's forchbahn design and is the result of a joint order with fb.

trogenerbahn in sankt gallen
17.10.2007. tram in the cloisters? a trogenerbahn set of the older type passes under the arches at the main station in this monastery city in the east of switzerland.

trogenerbahn in sankt gallen
17.10.2007. a trogenerbahn set of the older type awaits departure from hauptbahnhof sankt gallen.

asm bipperlisi, niederbipp
17th february 2008

asm bipperlisi, buchli
17th february 2008

asm bipperlisi, oberbipp
17th february 2008

rbs bern
17th february 2008

liestal station
7th march 2021, liestal

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, liestal

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn and sbb, liestal

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, hölstein

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, hölstein süd

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, oberdorf

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, waldenburg station

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, between talhaus and lampenberg

waldenburgerbahn
7th march 2021, waldenburgerbahn, talhaus

industrial railway tracks in zürich oerlikon
16 september 2013, roadworks on elias-canetti-strasse in zürich oerlikon revealed these narrow gauge tracks. i don't know anything about the history of these tracks. the rail is of extremely light grade and so possibly used for hand-pushed trolleys. this area was part of the mfo factory site, which was until not very long ago criss-crossed by a veritable labyrinth of industrial sidings, the remnants of one of which is still visible in this same street. these tracks are definitely too light to be standard gauge however, so must have been part of a different system. this picture is part of a series of four .

industrial railway tracks in zürich oerlikon
16 september 2013, roadworks on elias-canetti-strasse in zürich oerlikon revealed these narrow gauge tracks. this picture is part of a series of four .

industrial railway tracks in zürich oerlikon
16 september 2013, roadworks on elias-canetti-strasse in zürich oerlikon revealed these narrow gauge tracks. cracks in the asphalt to the right may indicate the position of the other rail, giving some indication of the gauge. the remains of the former standard gauge siding can just be made out in the left distance. this picture is part of a series of four .

verein damfplok muni coaches
7th june 2019. verein damfplok muni coaches, stabled in winterthur grüze.

bernina bahn alp grüm
bernina railway, train at alp grüm — a scene that has not really changed to this day, except for the disappearance of the old rolling stock and the melting of the glacier. the brown boveri review , august 1929.

motor coach number 7 of birsigtalbahn
motor coach number 7 of birsigtalbahn. birsigtalbahn (basel hewaage - rodersdorf) is now part of the blt system and opearted by basel route 10. the brown boveri review , november 1924.

motor coach number 5 of wynentalbahn
motor coach number 5 of wynentalbahn. wynentalbahn (aarau - menziken) is now part of wsb/aar and operated with modern rolling stock. most of the street running sections have been re-aligned. the brown boveri review , november 1924.

motor coach number 5 of wynentalbahn
motor coach number 5 of wynentalbahn. wynentalbahn (aarau - menziken) is now part of wsb/aar. the brown boveri review , november 1924.

mountains and moon
14th february 2010, mountains and moon, taken near seewis gr

mountains and lake zürich
6th april 2010, view from quaibrücke zürich

mountains and power lines
6th june 2010, wassen

kirche wassen
6th june 2010, kirche wassen

kirche wassen
6th june 2010, churchyard of kirche wassen

haslital, tällihütte
27th september 2008, haslital seen from tällihütte

haslital, tällibahn
27th september 2008, to the secret terrorist hideout?

airolo
3rd august 2007, monument in airolo to the workmen who died digging the gotthard railway tunnel.

piotta
3rd august 2007, railway hydro-generating station at piotta (near airolo). this power station was built at the time of the electrification of the gotthard railway. the tracks going up the mountain on the left are the funicular to piora. the power station is fed from a lake at ritom, just beyond piora. the tracks in the foreground are a siding from the gotthard railway, built to deliver parts tom the power station. the siding crosses the gotthard motorway at grade!

ritom
3rd august 2007, chapel by lake ritom.

ritom
3rd august 2007, view of lake ritom.

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fribourg
23rd february 2008, fribourg

funicular in fribourg
23rd february 2008, fribourg

funicular in fribourg
23rd february 2008, the fribourg funicular is operated by water. the funnel used to fill the tank can be seen on the left of the car.

stadthaus zürich
27 september 2020, sculpture on stadthaus zürich

stadthaus zürich
19 september 2020, artwork on stadthaus zürich

stadthaus zürich
19 september 2020, sculpture on stadthaus zürich

stadthaus zürich
23 october 2020, sculpture on stadthaus zürich

stadthaus zürich
23 october 2020, sculpture on stadthaus zürich. this one depicts felix, regula and exuperantius, who according to the legend, after being martyred by the romans, picked up their heads and walked to the location wher the grossmünster church was later built.

mfo park zürich oerlikon
10 october 2013, mfo park zürich oerlikon

zürich euro 2008
27th june 2008, the large figures of footballers that adorned hauptbahnhof during the euro 2008 tournament.

zürich euro 2008
30th june 2008, the large figures of footballers that adorned hauptbahnhof during the euro 2008 tournament being dismantled the day after the event had ended.

alicante
3 june 2009. inscription in santa barbara castle in alicante, probably made by a prisoner held here during the civil war.

sagrada familia barcelona
28 may 2009. sagrada familia barcelona.

ochsenbrücke freiburg
30th december 2008, ochsenbrücke freiburg.

bruxelles, place royale
bruxelles, place royale / rue montagne de la cour (hofberg), 8th august 2005, with "old england" building, now the musical instrument museum on the left. photo by johanna schön.

erpolle
12th october 2008, tübingen.

friedhof tübingen
12th october 2008, friedhof tübingen.

narrow gauge track oerlikon
15.6.15 narrow gauge track uncovered by roadworks on elias canetti strasse in oerlikon

swissexpress locomotive basel sbb
19.6.15 one of only two re4/4 ii's still carrying the swissexpress livery is seen at basel sbb

kunsthaus zürich
27.6.15 buildings opposite kunsthaus, threatened with demolition.

kunsthaus zürich
27.6.15 buildings close to kunsthaus.

rämistrasse zürich, waldmannbrunnen (1935)
27.6.15.

bremgarten west
27.6.15.

bremagarten west
27.6.15.

bremagraten west
27.6.15.

bremagarten west
27.6.15.

bremgarten west
27.6.15. former sbb director plazid weissenbach (1841-1914) recalls how the railway came to bremgarten

bremgarten west
27.6.15. former sbb director plazid weissenbach (1841-1914) tells how the railway came to bremgarten . the talk was held as part of the events marking the end of the mixed gauge track between wohlen and bremgarten west and was held in an old sbb luggage car in bremgarten west station.

bremgarten west
27.6.15.

bremagarten west
27.6.15.

bremgarten west
27.6.15.

sbb am 4/4
27.6.15.

sbb am 4/4
27.6.15. sbb am 4/4 (preserved by sbb historic) at wohlen while working a special train from bremgarten west to olten to mark the end of mixed gauge operation between bremgarten west and wohlen.

wohlen
27.6.15. wohlen.

biere
7th june 2014. biere

oerlikon
11h june 2014. advert for the durchmesserlinie which was opened on 15th june

oerlikon
11h june 2014. advert for the durchmesserlinie which was opened on 15th june. i'm not sure about the compliance of the green signal with an obviously occupied block.

oerlikon
11h june 2014. oerlikon

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. hauptbahnhof.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. ringlikon. this view clearly shows the assymetric nature of the overhead and pantograph. this was designed in this way to avoid conflict with ac electrification on the shared section.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. uetliberg. panorama with alps.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. uetliberg.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. uetliberg. a typical uetlibergbahn train with a stadler low-floor trailer sandwiched between two slm/siemens motor unts.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. uetliberg.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. triemli.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. triemli.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. inside of tunnel between selnau and hauptbahnhof.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. inside tunnel between selnau and hauptbahnhof.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. hauptbahnhof.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. szu stabling tracks at hauptbahnhof. this area was created for the aborted u-bahn project. the u-bahn tunnel would have continued through the wall in the background. note the two different overhead systems, with the sihltal ac tracks to the right, the uetliberg dc track to the left and dual electrification on the centre line.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. szu stabling tracks at hauptbahnhof.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. szu stabling tracks at hauptbahnhof looking towards platform.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. szu stabling tracks at hauptbahnhof.

zürich szu
9th november 2008. tmz farewell tour of ce2/2 2 and c4 41. szu stabling tracks at hauptbahnhof. lowering of the pantograph.

stadelhofen forchbahn
9th november 2008. stadelhofen by night.

ice at zürich hb
10th november 2008. ice at zürich hb

basel
12th april 2008, basel tingeleymuseum

basel
12th april 2008, basel

basel
12th april 2008, basel bad. bhf.

basel
14th april 2008, world speed record tgv power car in basel

zurich stadelhofen
10th september 2007, forchbahn train made up of fb 2000 stock waiting to depart from the loop. this interurban tram shares track with the city system as far as the latter's rehalp terminus and then continues on its won right of way.

zurich stadelhofen
10th september 2007, a forchbahn train of stadler be4/6 units in the loop at stadelhofen.

zurich stadelhofen
10th september 2007, stadelhofen

zurich
11th september 2007, zürich seen from bahnhofbrücke

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inscription on casting of peckham number 8 truck
2nd april 2011, detail of zürich 93. the car is only temporarily supported on the truck, hence the wooden block instead of the leaf spring. see also this news item . i believe the full text (partly obliterated by the subsequent welding on of an additional flange and widening of the axle box to permit more powerful motors to be added) reads "peckhams flexible gear manufactured by peckham motortruck & wheel co 8 kingston n y patented aug 30 1892". the 8 refers to this being a number 8 type truck according to the manufacturer's catalogue. also visible is the company's monogram ptc. edgar peckham devised an ingenious modular system permitting trucks of different dimensions to be assembled from standard parts. a more complete text is legible on this specimen . one of the later units manufactured under licence in switzerland by sws (schlieren) can be seen here .

zürich cargotram
cargotram at wollishofen on it's first day in service (15th april 2003). this view of trailer 1984 clearly shows its peckham truck. this truck is now serving it's third purpose. in contrast to the later peckham trucks which were built under licence in switzerland, the original batch were imported from the usa. these were used for cars 57 - 84. these cars originally had open balconies which were later glazed. their low power and limited capacity led to their conversion to trailers 473-500 between 1926 and 1929. new lighter trucks were constructed for these trailers and the original trucks were reutilised for works cars of various types and descriptions. a small number of these survive today, among them crane car 1952 . trailers 1984 and 1987 survived as permanent way wagons but saw little use during their final years. their next rebuild was in 2003 when they were prepared to carry standard refuse containers.

trolleybus val de ruz
a val de ruz trolleybus. this rural line, in the region of neuchatel, switzerland, linked les-hauts-geneveys to villiers. it replaced an interurban tram in 1948 and closed in 1984. the brown boveri review , january/february 1949.

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