Photographed on a siding during preparatory work for test runs in Switzerland.

After the former TRANS EUROP EXPRESS RAe TEE II # 1053 had been transformed back into the elegant red/beige luxury train for SBB Historic in the BLS workshop in Bönigen, there was a demonstration... (more)

Tests are ongoing between this Re 460 from SBB and the new ÖBB carriages. After that the Vectron visible on the left then returns in front of the train composition.

MIKA trains RABe 528 # 114 (with name of Frutigen!) and # 103 of the BLS in multiple control are running the RE 4623 "Lötschberger" from Bern via Thun-Spiez-Frutigen-Kandersteg to Brig,... (more)

Association Pendelzug Mirage (VPM) is on the two day journey to the Valais, on the Lötschberg mountain line between Frutigen and Kandergrund. The push-pull train of the former Emmental-Burgdorf-T... (more)

The composition is back in Switzerland for renewed test runs between Basel, Zurich, Schaffhausen and Singen

This Vectron is based at Frutigen for a short period during testruns in Switzerland.

"Lötschberger" trainsets RABe 535 # 123 and # 120 in multiple control of the BLS are running the Regio Express 4171 from Bern via Thun to Spiez, then as 4271 to Frutigen-Kandersteg-Gopp... (more)

Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC1 Re 485 # 009 and # 014 of the BLS Cargo in multiple control are pulling the about 1400 ton "Cargobeamer" train 43745 from Kaldenkirchen via Basel-Lötschberg-Simplon to D... (more)

New "Flirt 4" or MIKA of the BLS, RABe 528 # 103 and # 101 in multiple control, are crossing the 28 meter high and 275 meter long Kander viaduct near Frutigen on the Lötschberg mountain... (more)

New "Flirt 4" or MIKA of the BLS, RABe 528 # 101 and # 103 in multiple control, are running as train 32011 from Frutigen to Kandersteg on the Lötschberg mountain line for photo purposes... (more)

The 18 Re 465 locomotives of the BLS, which were built between 1994 and 1997 by SLM and ABB, will undergo a revision/refit for the second half of their lifetime. Re 465 # 001 in the special paint ... (more)

After the delivery of the new Ee 3/3 with single-axle drive to the EBT Group in 1992, not all old Ee 3/3 of the type "low shoe" were able to retire. The locomotive, which had previously ... (more)

New multi system testbed or demonstration locomotive of Bombardier Transportation, TRAXX F140 MS3 188 # 006, on an adhesion test run with about 1000 tons on the 2.7 % grade of the Lötschberg moun... (more)

The articulated lowfloor trains of the BLS for regional traffic from Bombardier, called NINA (Niederflur Nahverkehrszug), are undergoing a large refit after about half of their lifetime (built bet... (more)