Construction of the Simplon Tunnel, construction train with steam locomotive and workers in front of the north portal, 1900-1905 (SBB Historic)

Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon, 1912 (SBB Historic)

SBB locomotives support the public transport funding proposal, 1998 (SBB Historic)

Gurtnellen-Wassen: (auf der Höh’) protective wall, 1911 (SBB Historic)

The Alptransit project, 1996 (SBB Historic)

Christening the «Gotthard» Eurotunnel locomotive, 1997 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard poster 1902, 1996 (SBB Historic)

Passengers at the station, 1990 (SBB Historic)

Electrification of the Gotthard: Faido, transporting cable ducts by rail, around 1923 (SBB Historic)

Spiral tunnel at the Gotthard, Biaschina, 1993 (SBB Historic)

Lucerne station concourse, tracks with HGe 4/4 , 1996 (SBB Historic)

Hauenstein base line, Aare Bridge at Olten, 07.1970 (SBB Historic)

The Simplon-Orient Express: daily luxury train, 1919-1939 (SBB Historic)

Bern-Milan-Genoa via the Lötschberg, 1935 (SBB Historic)

Locomotive supporting the public transport funding proposal, 1998 (SBB Historic)

Poster: «We’re regular as clockwork» (SBB Historic)

Axeneck–Sulzegg: structures to protect against rockslides; stone wall and fencing, 1914 (SBB Historic)

International goods train at the Gotthard, 1992 (SBB Historic)

Bicycle compartment of a double-deck IC train, 1998 (SBB Historic)

Electrification of the Gotthard: Immensee – Goldau section, rail workers in the tunnel, around 1923 (SBB Historic)

Sierre station, 1995 (SBB Historic)

Newly built marshalling yard in Chiasso, 09.1957 (SBB Historic)

Brunnen, northern end of the Axen road, 1892 (SBB Historic)

Lötschberg. Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon, 1940 (SBB Historic)

Gruonbach: cascade dam, 1914 (SBB Historic)

International goods train at the Gotthard, 2002 (SBB Historic)

Passengers in an IC 2000 double-deck carriage, 1999 (SBB Historic)

Goods train on the upper Meienreuss Bridge, Leggistein spiral tunnel, 06.1963 (SBB Historic)

Basel station, 15 June 1844, 1997 (SBB Historic)

Vehicle line-up: Re 4/4 IV locomotive, Saurer post bus, BT driving trailer, TB shuttle train, SGA shuttle train, front-on view. Promotional image for Rail+Bus 2000, 24.04.1985 (SBB Historic)

Aare Bridge on the old Hauenstein line near Olten, around 1912-1916 (SBB Historic)

The Axen road on the side of the Axenberg, 80 metres above the lake, around 1890 (SBB Historic)

Lötschberg, after 1944 (SBB Historic)

Roneboden–Stotzigzug: snow bridges with rows of posts, 1914 (SBB Historic)

International goods train at the Gotthard, 2002 (SBB Historic)

Passengers in an ICN, 1999 (SBB Historic)

View of Biasca looking towards the Leventina, 06.1958 (SBB Historic)

Passengers waiting at Chiasso station for the train to Milan, 1997 (SBB Historic)

Construction of the Aare Bridge for the Hauenstein base line near Olten, around 1912-1916 (SBB Historic)

Lake Urnen with the Urirotstock, 1892 (SBB Historic)

Roneboden–Stotzigzug: snow bridges with rows of posts, 1914 (SBB Historic)

International goods train at the Gotthard, 2002 (SBB Historic)

«Gottardo» destination panel, with passengers boarding, 1961 (SBB Historic)

View of Biasca looking towards the Leventina, 06.1958 (SBB Historic)

Brig station, 1992 (SBB Historic)

View from the Aare Bridge towards the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel, around 1912-1916 (SBB Historic)

Rail at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Zurich, 1934 (SBB Historic)

Vehicle line-up: Re 4/4 IV locomotive with Saurer post bus, St. Gallen, promotional image for Rail+Bus 2000, 24.04.1985 (SBB Historic)

Flüelen landing stage, around 1890 (SBB Historic)

The Bristen road: (Eisenkehle) retaining wall with reverse bends on the slope, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard north portal, 1957 (SBB Historic)

Passengers in the dining car, 1961 (SBB Historic)

Line in the Biaschina seen from the right-hand valley slope, Pianotondo Viaduct, Pianotondo spiral tunnel, Travi spiral tunnel, 06.1958 (SBB Historic)

Tripolis, construction site and workers’ housing at the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel, around 1912-1916 (SBB Historic)

British bridge rail of the South-Eastern Railway, a precursor of the United Swiss Railways of the 1850s, undated (SBB Historic)

The village of Wassen (Reuss Valley) looking downriver, 1893 (SBB Historic)

The Bristen road: (Eisenkehle) with Amsteg in the foreground, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Upper portal of the Muhren tunnel, 1957 (SBB Historic)

Passengers in the train, 1950 (SBB Historic)

View of Airolo and the Leventina from the Gotthard road, around 1970 (SBB Historic)

Hauenstein tunnel, north portal, workers with concrete mixer, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Ground-breaking ceremony for Rail 2000 in Mattstetten: Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, Director General Benedikt Weibel, Bern government member Dori Schaer and Solothurn government member Cornelia Füeg, 1996 (SBB Historic)

The Reuss Valley near Wassen, with the loops of the railway line, 1893 (SBB Historic)

Märchlibach avalanche: overgrade crossing using a gallery, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Upper portal of the Monte Piottino tunnel, 1957 (SBB Historic)

Passengers in 1st class, 1956 (SBB Historic)

The new Bellinzona station with the Castel Grande and barracks, around 1880 (SBB Historic)

Hauenstein south portal with machine hall and warden’s house, around 1912-1916 (SBB Historic)

Göschenen Valley, at the bottom of the Damma Glacier, around 1890 (SBB Historic)

Häggriger avalanche: undergrade crossing for the avalanche (top right), 1914 (SBB Historic)

Upper portal of the Tourniquet tunnel with road overpass, 1957 (SBB Historic)

Regional map of eastern Switzerland, undated (SBB Historic)

Passengers in an RAe TEE train, 1961 (SBB Historic)

Lucerne, before 1892 (SBB Historic)

Airolo station, 1951 (SBB Historic)

Workers in front of the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel, 1914-1916 (SBB Historic)

Göschenen, entrance to the Schöllenen Gorge, 1893 (SBB Historic)

Hagglisberg: The Schilt forest above the rail line and the Hagglisberg forest (top) separated by the Hagglisberggüter meadow running horizontally, on which trees are being planted, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard bridges, 1900 (SBB Historic)

Federal gymnastics festival in Aarau, passengers in a 3rd-class compartment, 1932 (SBB Historic)

Workers in front of the south portal of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel, 1912-1914 (SBB Historic)

Andermatt; at the bottom the Urnerloch tunnel leading into the Schöllenen Gorge, undated (SBB Historic)

Airolo–Piotta: stone wall and fencing protecting against rockfalls, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard north ramp bridge, 1900 (SBB Historic)

DB European goods wagon, 1953 (SBB Historic)

Conductor and passengers in a 3rd-class carriage, checking an annual season ticket, 1937 (SBB Historic)

The Devil’s Bridge in the Schöllenen Gorge, 1888 (SBB Historic)

Snowplough, 1914 (SBB Historic)

New tunnel portal in Göschenen, 1960 (SBB Historic)

FS and SNCF European goods wagons, 1953 (SBB Historic)

Passengers in the new buffet car, around 1937 (SBB Historic)

Lugano station, 1957 (SBB Historic)

Hauenstein tunnel portal, north, 05.1963 (SBB Historic)

Top of the Gotthard Pass, undated (SBB Historic)

Rotary snowplough, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard Stalvedro bridge, 1900 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard: young people at Bern station with a 3rd-class carriage in the background, around 1940 (SBB Historic)

Lugano station and city with Whitsun traffic, view from Via Lucerna, 1938 (SBB Historic)

Hauenstein tunnel, north portal , 05.1963 (SBB Historic)

Val Piora above Airolo, undated (SBB Historic)

Snowplough, 1914 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard bridges, 1900 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard railway poster with timetable, 1892 (SBB Historic)

RAm TEE, passengers in the dining car, 1958 (SBB Historic)

View of Airolo and the Leventina, 06.1961 (SBB Historic)

Airolo: head of the Gotthard Tunnel, 1886 (SBB Historic)

On the slopes of San Salvatore: protective walls between Lugano and Melide, undated (SBB Historic)

Intschireuss bridge, 1900 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard: Biaschina, Pianotondo Viaduct, lower entrance to the Travi spiral tunnel, around 1940 (SBB Historic)

Dazio Gorge; Gotthard road, around 1890 (SBB Historic)

On the slopes of San Salvatore: protective walls between Lugano and Melide, undated (SBB Historic)

To Italy with the Gotthard railway, 1889-1903 (SBB Historic)

Diagram of possible construction procedure for main driving of the base tunnel, 1971-1975 (SBB Historic)

Simplon south portal in Iselle under construction (only Portal 1 bricked), still without tracks, last mail coach run over the pass road, around 1903 (SBB Historic)

Entschig Valley avalanche: overall view, 1923 (SBB Historic)

Polmengo tunnel upper portal, 1935 (SBB Historic)

Base tunnel: standard sections of the tunnel and lateral access tunnels, conventional driving, 1974 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard tunnel north portal, 1889 - 1903 (SBB Historic)

Base tunnel: standard sections of the tunnel and lateral access tunnels, mechanical driving, 1974 (SBB Historic)

Airolo, Stalvedro rail bridge, 1957-58 (SBB Historic)

Tunnel construction at Göschenen, 1959 (SBB Historic)

East and west tunnel routes 1971 and 1972 route with Lucomagno shaft, 1971-1972 (SBB Historic)

Amsteg, SBB power station, Kerstelenbach and road bridge, 1957-58 (SBB Historic)

Tunnel construction at Göschenen, 1959 (SBB Historic)

Biaschina, Ticino bridge with the Pianotondo viaduct, 1957-58 (SBB Historic)

Tunnel construction at Göschenen, 1959 (SBB Historic)

Overview map of the Gotthard railway: Amsteg-Göschenen, 1873 (SBB Historic)

Biaschina, Ticino bridge with Pianotondo and supporting wall, 1957-58 (SBB Historic)

Overview map of the Gotthard railway: Airolo-Razio, 1873 (SBB Historic)

Wassen, middle Eienreuss bridge, 1957-58 (SBB Historic)

Göschenen station: office, low-current installations, - (SBB Historic)

Overview map of the Gotthard railway: Razio-Giornico, 1873 (SBB Historic)

Electrical installations in Airolo, 1947 (SBB Historic)

Göschenen: cable store, 1947 (SBB Historic)

Signal station at the Gotthard tunnel, 1947 (SBB Historic)

Laying 10,000-volt cables between Göschenen and Wassen, 1949 (SBB Historic)

Laying 10,000-volt cables between Göschenen and Wassen, 1949 (SBB Historic)

Laying 10,000-volt cables between Göschenen and Wassen, 1949 (SBB Historic)

Gotthard electrification, around 1920 (SBB Historic)