The PRESTIGE CONTINENTAL EXPRESS of the TR TransRail, pulled by privately owned former SBB Re 4/4 I # 10039, is entering Biel on a RailEvent autumn journey with dishes of wild game, via Walliselle... (more)

Waiting for highball (green signal) in Biel Bözingenfeld, engineer Stefan has time to smoke a cigarette. Boiler pressure is near the maximum, but the 4-6-0 fourcylinder compound express train loc... (more)

Fireman Minu is throwing another shovel of polish coal into the firebox of the 4-6-0 express train steamlocomotive A 3/5 # 705 of SBB Historic, on long term loan to steam group Zürich (Verein Dam... (more)

The former Deutsche Bundesbahn 4-6-2 express train steamlocomotive 01 # 202 of the association "Pacific 01 202" from Lyss is leaving Biel with the winter steam special from Vallorbe to L... (more)

On the third day of the program "Winter Steam in the Jura" of the German IGE it snowed very heavily down to the Mittelland. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the two steam locomotives C 5/6 #... (more)

Diesel snow blowers of the SBB of three generations showed to the public during the open door days in the industrial work of the SBB in Biel, to celebrate 175 years railways in Switzerland. From l... (more)

At the open day at the SBB's Biel industrial plant to celebrate 175 years of Swiss Railways, snow blowers from five generations were displayed and demonstrated. Here, the turning is done on the sp... (more)

Unique show with snow blowers of the SBB from 5 generations, at the industrial plant Biel on the occasion of the celebration for 175 years of Swiss Railways. All 5 machines turn their blower wheel... (more)

The "Rotary" steam snow blower Xrot # 100 , built in 1896 by Henschel/Germany for the Gotthard Railway with 800 horsepower, turns the 3 meter diameter blower wheel at up to 170 revolutions per min... (more)

The self-propelled snow blower Xrotm 491 # 111 of SBB Infrastruktur is rotated around its own axis with the help of 4 hydraulically driven lifting spindles. The occasion is the open day at the SBB... (more)

Since a few days, Switzerland has a "Heritage paint scheme locomotive", the Re 421 # 393 (or Re 4/4 II 11393) of the IRSI (International Rolling Stock Investment Gmbh) in Frauenfeld. The locomotiv... (more)

Articulated lowfloor regional train "GTW" Be 2/6 # 501 and # 509 of the Aare Seeland Mobil (asm) in multiple control are running towards Biel, coming as R 8057 from Täuffelen. This trai... (more)

Articulated lowfloor regional train "GTW" Be 2/6 # 506 of the Aare Seeland Mobil (asm), in multiple control with another of the same type, is leaving Biel as R 7054 to Täuffelen-Ins. Th... (more)

Doubledeck train "MUTZ" RABe 515 # 033 of the BLS is leaving Biel for Bern as Interregio line 65 # 3340.

Re 421 # 393 (or Re 4/4 II # 11393) of the IRSI in the nice TRANS EUROP EXPRESS paint scheme is leaving Biel on a light run from Oensingen to Thun. The locomotive was built in 1985 for the SBB as ... (more)