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07.07.2002
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“Crossing the Gotthard Panorama Express 😍🚆🇨🇭”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

What a meeting! 😍🚆
Just after Flüelen 🇨🇭, we cross the Gotthard Panorama Express, hauled by two legendary Re 420s ⚡

And the best part? Watching it all from the driver’s cab! 👀🚆⛰️

Information ℹ:
Date 📆: 10.05.2026
Place 📍: Flüelen, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Train 🚄: RABe 502 + RABDe 502
Train Company 🏢: SBB CFF FFS 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: IC2 878
Start 🚩: Lugano 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Zürich HB 🇨🇭

@sbbcffffs
@gotthardpanoramaexpress

#traincrossing #gotthardpanoramaexpress #sbbcffffs #traindriver taken in Flüelen, Switzerland by @nicoexplorer02

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“POV: crossing the world’s longest railway tunnel 🚆⛰️”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

57 km underground 🚆🌍
Welcome to the Gotthard Base Tunnel 🇨🇭, the longest railway tunnel in the world.

This time, we’re crossing it from south to north, from the driver’s cab… covering 57 km through the Swiss Alps in just 57 seconds 😍⛰️

Information ℹ:
Date 📆: 10.05.2026
Place 📍: Gotthard Base Tunnel, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Train 🚄: RABe 502 + RABDe 502
Train Company 🏢: SBB CFF FFS 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: IC2 878
Start 🚩: Lugano 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Zürich HB 🇨🇭

@sbbcffffs

#gotthardbasistunnel #sbbcffffs #pov #traindriverlife taken in Gotthard Basis Tunnel by @nicoexplorer02

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“SBB’s only Siemens train… for now 👀 “

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

Entering service from 2006, the DTZ (Doppelstock-Triebzug) represents the second generation of double-deck trains built for the Zürich S-Bahn, following the Re 450 fleet introduced in the 1990s. 🇨🇭🚆
But this train has a very interesting distinction: it is currently the only Siemens-built passenger train purchased by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). 👀

From 2031, however, that will change. SBB will introduce 116 new Siemens double-deck trains — 95 for the Zürich S-Bahn and 21 for Western Switzerland.

So, in the year the DTZ celebrates 25 years of service, it will no longer be the only Siemens-built train in the SBB fleet: a whole new generation of Siemens trains will be joining it. ⚡️🚆

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 27.09.2026; 14:49
Place 📍: Zürich Oerlikon, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Train 🚄: RABe 514 044
Train Company 🏢: SBB CFF FFS 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: S2 18254
Start 🚩: Ziegelbrücke 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Zürich Flughafen 🇨🇭

@sbbcffffs
@siemens_mobility

#sbbcffffs #sbahnzürich #rabe514 #siemens #siemensmobility taken in Zürich Oerlikon by @nicoexplorer02

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“The decline of the ETR 460 Pendolino 🇮🇹🚆”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

A piece of Italian railway history has reached the end of its journey. 🥺🇮🇹

Introduced in 1994, the ETR 460/463 Pendolino was the second generation of Italy’s iconic Pendolino family, following the legendary ETR 450. 🚆

For more than three decades, these tilting trains travelled across Italy, becoming one of the most recognizable symbols of Italian long-distance rail travel.

This footage captures one of them passing through Camogli-San Fruttuoso, while operating between Turin and Rome via the Tyrrhenian route. 🌊🚆

In June 2026, after around 32 years, these trains were withdrawn from passenger service, bringing an extraordinary chapter of Italian railway history to a close.

1994–2026 ❤️🇮🇹
More than a train. A piece of railway history.

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 29.10.2024; 17:44
Place 📍: Camogli, Italy 🇮🇹
Train 🚄: ETR 460
Train Company 🏢: Trenitalia 🇮🇹
Line 🔢: FB 8623
Start 🚩: Torino Porta Nuova 🇮🇹
End 🏁: Roma Termini 🇮🇹

@fsitaliane

#etr460 #railwayhistory #pendolino #pov taken in Camogli by @nicoexplorer02

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14 days ago

“Stadler Rail’s FIRST High-Speed Train 🚆⚡️”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

Meet the SBB RABe 501 Giruno, part of Stadler’s SMILE high-speed train family. 🇨🇭

The Giruno marked an important milestone for Stadler: an 11-car, 202-metre-long multi-system train capable of reaching 250 km/h, with 6,000 kW of power and up to 300 kN of starting tractive effort. ⚡️💨

Each train offers 405 seats and was designed for international services across Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Austria, including different platform heights thanks to its innovative low-floor entrances.

Today, 41 Giruno trainsets form a key part of SBB’s international fleet, connecting Switzerland with destinations in Italy and Germany. 🇨🇭🇮🇹🇩🇪

And the SMILE story doesn’t stop with SBB… 👀
The same high-speed train family is now also operated by Austrian private railway WESTbahn, whose new SMILE trains offer 422 seats and reach up to 250 km/h. 🇦🇹

From the Giruno to a growing European high-speed family. 🚆🔥

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 16.02.2025; 16:40
Place 📍: Monza, Italy 🇮🇹
Train 🚄: RABe 501
Train Company 🏢: SBB CFF FFS 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: EC 21
Start 🚩: Zürich HB 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Milano Centrale 🇮🇹

@sbbcffffs
@stadler_rail

#stadlerrail #stadlersmile #highspeedtrain #giruno taken in Monza, Italy by @nicoexplorer02

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“1,568 metres spiraling through a mountain 🌀🚆⛰️”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

A railway that literally spirals inside a mountain. 🌀🚆⛰️

We’re crossing the 1,568-metre-long Greggio spiral tunnel, an impressive piece of railway engineering designed to help trains gain altitude while keeping the gradient manageable.

Instead of climbing straight up, the railway curves through the mountain, gaining height as the train travels around the spiral. 🤯

1,568 metres underground. One huge curve. And all of it hidden inside the mountain. 🌀🔥

Information ℹ:
Date 📆: 19.07.2026
Place 📍: Rodi, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Train 🚄: RABe 526
Train Company 🏢: SOB 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: IR26 2324
Start 🚩: Locarno 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Basel SBB 🇨🇭

@sob_ch
@sbbcffffs
@ticinoturismo

#traindriver #traindriverlife #traindriversview #sbbcffffs #gotthardbahn taken in Rodi, Ticino, Switzerland by @nicoexplorer02

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“This train is moving… but there’s NO locomotive at the front?! 🤯🚆🇨🇭”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

It looks like the front of the train is pulling everything… but it isn’t. 👀⚡️

This is an SBB IC Bt driving trailer: it has a driver’s cab, but the traction comes from the locomotive at the opposite end of the train, remotely controlled by the driver. 🚆💨

This push-pull configuration has a huge advantage: when the train needs to reverse direction, there’s no need to uncouple the locomotive, move it to the other end and couple it again. 🔄

The driver simply changes cab — and the train is ready to head back the other way. 🇨🇭⚡️

One locomotive. Two directions. No shunting required. 🔥

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 07.11.2025; 7:44
Place 📍: Martigny, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Train 🚄: IC Bt (front); Re 460 (rear)
Train Company 🏢: SBB CFF FFS 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: IR90 1807
Start 🚩: Genève 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Brig 🇨🇭

@sbbcffffs

#steuerwagen #sbbcffffs #drivingtrailer taken in Martigny, Valais by @nicoexplorer02

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“A “high-speed” train averaging just 109 km/h 💀🚄🇮🇹”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

A Frecciarossa… but not exactly at Frecciarossa speeds. 💀🚄🇮🇹

From Rimini, this train still has 685 km to go before reaching Lecce — and the journey takes another 6 hours and 17 minutes. 😭

That means an average speed of only ~109 km/h. Not exactly what you’d expect from a high-speed train. 💀

The reason? Between Bologna and Lecce, the train runs along the 797 km Adriatic railway, a conventional main line where 200 km/h can only be reached on certain sections.

And even the train itself, the ETR 600, is limited to a maximum speed of 250 km/h, rather than the 300 km/h reached by other Frecciarossa trains.

So yes, it’s called Frecciarossa… but on the Adriatic line, the “high-speed” part is a little more complicated. 😭🚄🇮🇹

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 11.09.2026; 14:55
Place 📍: Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹
Train 🚄: ETR 600 004
Train Company 🏢: Trenitalia 🇮🇹
Line 🔢: FR 8809
Start 🚩: Milano Centrale 🇮🇹
End 🏁: Lecce 🇮🇹

@frecciarossaofficial

#frecciarossa #etr600 #trenitalia #rimini taken in Rimini Italy by @nicoexplorer02

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“250 km/h… and still 27 minutes late 💀🚄🇮🇹”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

Flying down the Italian high-speed line at 250 km/h… and the screen still shows +27 MINUTES. 💀🚄💨

At this speed, the train is covering almost 70 metres every second — but sometimes even 250 km/h isn’t enough to recover a delay. 😭🇮🇹

FULL SPEED. SAME DELAY. ⚡️

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 10.09.2026; 13:57
Place 📍: Reggio Emilia, Italy 🇮🇹
Train 🚄: ETR 600 002
Train Company 🏢: Trenitalia 🇮🇹
Line 🔢: FR 8809
Start 🚩: Milano Centrale 🇮🇹
End 🏁: Lecce 🇮🇹

@frecciarossaofficial

#trenitalia #traindelay #frecciarossa taken in Reggio Nell Emilia by @nicoexplorer02

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“LIGHTWEIGHT, POWERFUL… and it accelerates like a MONSTER 💀⚡️”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

Meet the SBB RABe 523 FLIRT 🇨🇭🚆 — a lightweight electric multiple unit built by Stadler Rail, designed for fast and efficient regional services across the Swiss railway network.

But don’t let its regional-train duties fool you. 👀

With 2,600 kW of power and 200 kN of tractive effort, this thing can seriously MOVE. ⚡️💀
From a standstill, this FLIRT can deliver up to 1.25 m/s² of acceleration — and in this video, it goes from 0 to approximately 49 km/h in just 11 seconds. 🚀

Around 130 tonnes of train launching away from the platform like THAT… the RABe 523 proves exactly why the FLIRT lives up to its name. 💀⚡️

🇨🇭 Built by Stadler Rail
🚆 RABe 523 FLIRT
⚡ 2,600 kW
💪 200 kN tractive effort
🚀 Up to 1.25 m/s² acceleration
💀 MONSTER acceleration

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 18.04.2025; 18:05
Place 📍: Martigny, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Train 🚄: RABe 523 110
Train Company 🏢: SBB CFF FFS 🇨🇭
Line 🔢: EXT 31004
Start 🚩: Le Châble VS 🇨🇭
End 🏁: Fribourg/Freiburg 🇨🇭

@sbbcffffs
@stadler_rail

#rabe523 #stadlerflirt #acceleration #crazy #viral taken in Martigny, Valais by @nicoexplorer02

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“400 tonnes of tilting train braking like a MONSTER! 💀🛑⚡️”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

~74 km/h → 0. Almost 400 tonnes brought to a complete stop. 😳🛑

This ETR 600 is arriving at Riccione station 🇮🇹 at around 74 km/h, but just 19 seconds later, the entire train is standing still.

With almost 400 tonnes of mass and an estimated average deceleration of around 1.08 m/s², watching all that weight lose speed this quickly is seriously impressive. 💀⚡️

187 metres of high-speed train brought smoothly down to 0 km/h. 🚄

Now THAT is some serious braking power. 🔥🛑

📍 Riccione, Italy 🇮🇹
🚄 ETR 600 • Frecciargento
📏 Length: 187 m
⚖️ Weight: ~400 t
⏱️ ~74 → 0 km/h: 19 s
🛑 Estimated average deceleration: ~1.08 m/s²

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 09.09.2024; 9:46
Place 📍: Riccione, Italy 🇮🇹
Train 🚄: ETR 600 001
Train Company 🏢: Trenitalia 🇮🇹
Line 🔢: FR 8801
Start 🚩: Venezia Santa Lucia 🇮🇹
End 🏁: Lecce 🇮🇹

@alstom
@frecciarossaofficial

#etr600 #deceleration #breaking #crazy #viral taken in Riccione, Emilia-Romagna by @nicoexplorer02

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“ATR 803 Colleoni: Diesel Meets Electric Power 🇮🇹⛽️⚡️”

Description 📃⬇️⬇️:

HOW DOES THIS HYBRID TRAIN ACTUALLY WORK? 😳⚡️🇮🇹

Meet the ATR 803 “Colleoni”, Trenord’s Stadler FLIRT hybrid train, designed for services on non-electrified railway lines in Lombardy. 🚆

Unlike a traditional diesel train, the diesel engines don’t mechanically drive the wheels. ⛽️

Instead, the ATR 803 uses a diesel-electric hybrid system:

⛽️ DIESEL ENGINES → ⚡️ GENERATORS → 🔋 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM → ⚙️ ELECTRIC TRACTION MOTORS → 🛞 WHEELS

The train is also equipped with batteries, which can store energy recovered during regenerative braking and support the hybrid system. 🔋♻️

This technology helps reduce fuel consumption and emissions, while providing better acceleration and allowing quieter, more efficient operation compared with the older generation of diesel trains. 🌱⚡️

The ATR 803s were introduced as part of the renewal of Trenord’s diesel fleet, replacing the legendary but ageing ALn 668 railcars that had served Lombardy’s non-electrified lines for decades. 🥹➡️🚆

From the ALn 668 to hybrid traction:
a HUGE technological leap for regional railways. 🇮🇹🔥

Information ℹ️:
Date 📆: 07.03.2026; 15:38
Place 📍: Pavia, Italy 🇮🇹
Train 🚄: ATR 803 008 “Colleoni”
Train Company 🏢: Trenord 🇮🇹
Line 🔢: R 10682
Start 🚩: Pavia 🇮🇹
End 🏁: Vercelli 🇮🇹

@trenord
@stadler_rail

#atr803 #trenord #stadlerrail #train taken in Pavia, Italy by @nicoexplorer02

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