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Farewell to the Gotthard mountain route (News 2017, by Chris Iseli) - Swiss Press Award

With a weight of 1500 tons and a length of over 500 meters, locomotive driver Karl Imholz from Uri drives his freight train from Chiasso over the Gotthard mountain line to Erstfeld. Photographed on May 26, 2016. Pictured: In the driver's cab of the BLS locomotive.
With a weight of 1500 tons and a length of over 500 meters, locomotive driver Karl Imholz from Uri drives his freight train from Chiasso over the Gotthard mountain line to Erstfeld. Photographed on May 26, 2016. Pictured: In the driver's cab of the BLS locomotive.
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2017

Farewell to the Gotthard mountain route

Chris Iseli

The Gotthard mountain route will be a thing of the past with the timetable change. One last trip on a freight train over the mountain.

Aargauer Zeitung

Photo / News
2017

Chris Iseli

The Gotthard mountain route will be a thing of the past with the timetable change. One last trip on a freight train over the mountain.

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