Back home. BLS 208 stands in Domodossola on 20 May 2006. Eight of these powerful beasts were orderen by BLS in two batches by Italian loco builder ...

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On 13 September 2015 guest crocodile SBB 14305 hauls an extra SJ museums train to Avesta Krylbo into Gävle station.

Swiss Dining Express with BLS 208 stands during the festivities of 100 Years of BLS at Frutigen on 30 June 2013.

Back home. BLS 208 stands in Domodossola on 20 May 2006. Eight of these powerful beasts were orderen by BLS in two batches by Italian loco builder Breda. Until the 1990s these electrics were in revenue earning service and two, 205 and 208 have escaped the cutter's torch.

Leonardus Schrijvers 06.06.2020, 387 Visualizzazioni, 0 Commenti

With an extra train BLS 208 stands on 20 May 2006 in Domodossola to celebrate 100 years of Brig-Domodossola.

On 13 September 2015 guest crocodile SBB 14305 stands in Gävle station.

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BLS passenger train departs a BLS station – in itself, a perfectly ordinary occurrence – but this everyday occurrence was something one had to wait a full 110 years for! When the BLS/MLB line began operating in 1915, it was taken over by the SBB, initially – unusually for BLS – even with steam locomotives. The intended France-Italy traffic on the line gradually evolved, due to territorial changes in Alsace, into increasingly domestic traffic between Basel and the western Swiss Plateau. The reactivation of the Delle-Belfort line revived the historical concept of the service, but ridership fell far short of expectations. Therefore, since the timetable change, a half-hourly service has been offered on the Biel/Bienne-Basel SBB line, with BLS trains now supplementing the existing ICN trains and finally being used on the MLB BLS network. The image shows BLS RABe 528 132 operating as IR56 1858 from Basel SBB to Biel/Bienne, just leaving the BLS/MLB Grenchen Nord station. January 13, 2026 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS), Switzerland / Electric multiple units / RABe 528 (BLS Flirt 4)

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If "one" had to wait 110 years, or rather, I had to wait 63 years until a BLS train finally appeared at Grenchen Nord station, I'll venture to post another picture on this topic. I would have liked to have taken the pictures earlier, but I had to wait until the fog and workdays cleared and I had the opportunity to make a quick trip to Grenchen; with the certainty that I would definitely revisit this colorful subject later this year. The picture shows the BLS RABe 528 132 as IR56 1861 on its way from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB, stopping and waiting for the oncoming train at Grenchen Nord. January 13, 2026 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS), Switzerland / Electric multiple units / RABe 528 (BLS Flirt 4)

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BLS 525 016 has arrived from Bern via Spiez at Zweisimmen on 31 December 2025. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric multiple units / RABe 525 (NINA), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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BLS 465 002 pushes a regional train to Spiez and Interlaken Ost out of Zweizimmen on 31 December 2025. The coaches are multi-gaugable, enabling the train -but not the loco- to ride on both 1,435mm standard gauge and the smaller 1,000mm gauge of the MOB. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric locomotives / Re 465 (BLS), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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