Saturday 09/20/03 I rode on a fantastic steam excursion. On the head of the train we had...
In the lead: A pacific engine (4-6-2) of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Stante Ry), road nr. 01 022, and...
Followed by: The biggest European passenger train engine still in existence, a mountain (4-8-2) of the French National Railway SNCF, road nr. 241A.65. This is a four cylinder engine, constructed by the famous French designer, Chapelon.
Strange, but these two giants are owned by two Swiss teams of enthusiasts which restored them perfectly. For the first time the two engines ran a train across half the country. I rode from Degersheim in the East of Switzerland (where the two were the attraction of a 'Railway Fest') to Olten, roughly in the center of Switzerland.
The first few pics show the train coming into station of Degersheim. Pacific 01 022 is in the lead...
In the lead: A pacific engine (4-6-2) of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Stante Ry), road nr. 01 022, and...
Followed by: The biggest European passenger train engine still in existence, a mountain (4-8-2) of the French National Railway SNCF, road nr. 241A.65. This is a four cylinder engine, constructed by the famous French designer, Chapelon.
Strange, but these two giants are owned by two Swiss teams of enthusiasts which restored them perfectly. For the first time the two engines ran a train across half the country. I rode from Degersheim in the East of Switzerland (where the two were the attraction of a 'Railway Fest') to Olten, roughly in the center of Switzerland.
The first few pics show the train coming into station of Degersheim. Pacific 01 022 is in the lead...