Appenzeller Bahnen (meter gauge network)

This article deals with the meter gauge network of the Appenzeller Bahnen , in particular with the technical aspects and the meter gauge rolling stock.

Network topology

In Appenzell the meter- gauge lines Gossau – Wasserauen (front) and Appenzell – St. Gallen – Trogen each other.

The meter gauge network of the Appenzeller Bahnen consisted of five routes until 2018, each of which was originally built by its own company. Gradually, the technical differences between these routes were reduced:

• St. Gallen – Gais – Appenzell : cog railway 100 ‰ gradient, minimum curve radius 25 m, of which
  • Gais – Appenzell workshop: Adhesion track 65 ‰ gradient, curve radius 100 m
• Gossau SG – Appenzell : Adhesion railway, 37 ‰ gradient, minimum curve radius 90 m
• Appenzell – Wasserauen : opened as a tram, adjusted to the standards of the Gossau SG – Appenzell line
• Altstätten – Gais : cog railway, 160 ‰ gradient
• St. Gallen – Trogen : tram with narrow flanges, 75 ‰ gradient, minimum curve radius 25 m, maximum width 2.40 m, contact wire voltage 1000 V; there was no track connection with the line to Gais

This resulted in four different requirements for the vehicles:

Abbr.	vehicles	drivable routes	Clearance profile
a	Adhesion vehicles	Gossau SG – Wasserauen and Appenzell – Werkstätte Gais	Car body 2.65 m wide
az	Adhesion and gear vehicles for gradients of up to 100 ‰	St. Gallen – Appenzell and Gossau SG – Wasserauen
azz	Adhesion and gear vehicles for up to 160 ‰ gradients	all routes except St. Gallen – Trogen
t	Tram vehicles	St. Gallen – Trogen	2.40 m wide

In 2018, the lines in St. Gallen were connected, the cogwheel line in St. Gallen was replaced by the Ruckhalde tunnel and the contact wire voltage was uniformly set at 1500 V direct current. In the inner city area of St. Gallen , the voltage of 600 volts remained in view of the intersections with the VBSG trolleybuses . Because of the grooved rails, wheel tire profiles are used as in the Karlsruhe model . So that both trams and other vehicles can run in the Appenzell – Teufen section, the control arms have been increased on all points . The same measure was also taken on the route to Gossau SG so that trams could be passed over.

Abbr.	vehicles	drivable routes	Clearance profile
a	Adhesion vehicles	Gossau SG – Wasserauen and Appenzell – Werkstätte Gais	Car body 2.65 m wide
azz	Adhesion and gear vehicles for up to 160 ‰ gradients	all routes except Teufen – St. Gallen – Trogen
r	Adhesion vehicles for grooved rails and up to 80 ‰ inclines	St. Gallen – Appenzell with the Ruckhaldetunnel and Gossau SG – Appenzell for business trips
t	Tram vehicles	St. Gallen – Trogen	2.40 m wide

Freight transport

The Rollbockgrube in Gossau on the day before the official closure

Originally, goods were transported in narrow-gauge wagons on the entire meter-gauge network. Freight traffic on the St. Gallen – Trogen route ended in 1991, but post transport in narrow-gauge freight wagons continued until 2007. On July 1, 1978, a trolley system was put into operation in Gossau in order to be able to transport standard-gauge wagons. Initially, the Gossau – Wasserauen line was operated, and from 1989 the roll-head system was expanded to include the Appenzell – Gais – Teufen line . From 1999, freight traffic was carried out on behalf of SBB Cargo . Over the years, however, the transport volume sank to 180 freight wagons or 4,400 t per year. Therefore, SBB Cargo stopped freight traffic at the end of 2003. As of August 1, 2010, the trestle system was taken out of service, which means that official transports are no longer possible. To this day, however, roller stands are still available. The remaining narrow-gauge freight wagons are used for official purposes.

vehicles

As early as 1981, the then SGA and AB had jointly procured five commuter trains (11-15 / 111-115) that had a uniform design, only the ownership labels were different.

After the merger in 1988, 16 new vehicles were put into operation in 1992/93 (four motor coaches, four control cars and eight PA 90 intermediate cars ), but they still had to adapt to the technical characteristics of the two predecessor companies AB and SGA.

The tram vehicles come from the Trogenerbahn , with the opening of the cross-city line in autumn 2018, 11 “Tango” ABe 8/12 multiple units will go into operation. At the same time, 5 three-part multiple units ABe 4/12 “Walzer” will be delivered for Gossau – Wasserauen and the newer, previous vehicles will be adapted as reinforcement modules.

The following vehicles have been running on the meter-gauge network of the Appenzeller Bahnen since the merger in 2006 ( discarded or sold vehicles are shown in italics, type designations in bold represent historic vehicles, designated according to the three-class system):

Image reference	designation	Number, name	commitment	Wheel arrangement type	Construction year	origin	particularities
000 and 500: locomotives
	Ge 4/4	1	a	Bo'Bo 'g4d	1994	Stadler 219 / SLM / FIG	2010 buffer removed. 2012 anniversary painting
	CFe 3/3	2	a	B'A g2	1911	SLM / SIG / Alioth / BBC	Gear drive removed, originally CFeh 3/3 with Ba'A wheel arrangement. Currently under restoration, Motorwagen 3 not operational on display in the Swiss Museum of Transport.
	BCFeh 4/4	5	az	Bb'Bb 'g2	1931	SLM 3463 / SIG / BBC
	ABDeh 4/4	6 old sites	azz	Bbo'Bbo 'g4	1953	SLM 4065 / BBC	automatic folding doors, names and coats of arms from 1986, modernized in 1993, canceled in 2007
	BDe 4/4	7th	t	Bo'Bo 'g4	1952	SWP / MFO	Discarded in 2017, set up as a restaurant in Wasserauen in 2018
	BDeh 4/4	11 St. Gallen 12 Teufen 13 Bühler 14 Gais 15 Appenzell	az	Bbo'Bbo 'g4	1981	FFA / SLM / BBC	automatic folding doors 12, 13 and 15: coat of arms removed when repainted 14: coat of arms removed due to advertising 2018 sold to Achenseebahn
	BDeh 4/4	16-17	azz	Bbo'Bbo 'g4	1993	SWA / SLM / ABB	Outward swinging doors
	BDe 4/8	21-25	t	Bo'Bo '+ 2'2'	1975, 1977	FFA / SWP / BBC	25 canceled in 2008, 21 + 24 2009, 23 2014, 22 2017 sold to SAD Nahverkehr for Rittner Bahn
	BCe 4/4	30 (ex 43 ex 30)	a	Bo'Bo 'g4	1933	SIG / MFO
	Be 4/8	31 The St. Gallen - The St. Gallen woman 32 The Appenzeller - The Appenzeller woman	t	2'Bo'Bo'2 '	2004	Stadler 836-837 / Bombardier	2018 sold to transN
	Be 4/8	33 Storage 34 Trogen 35 Teufen	t	2'Bo'Bo'2 '	2008	Stadler 4157 / Bombardier	2018 sold to transN
	BDe 4/4 II	41 Gossau 42 Herisau 43 Gonten (ex 31–33)	a	Bo'Bo 'g4	1986	FFA / SIG / BBC	automatic folding doors sold to Abidjan-Niger-Bahn in 2019 , conversion to generator wagons in Basse-Ham (France)
	BDe 4/4 II	44-45 (ex 34-35)	a	Bo'Bo 'g4	1993	SWA / SIG / FIG	Outward swinging doors
	BDe 4/4	46 Waldstatt 47 Urnäsch	a	Bo'Bo 'g4	1968 / 98.97	FFA / SIG / MFO	Names and coats of arms since 1986, no longer in passenger traffic since 2015
	Te 2/2	49	a	Bo g2	1912/1955	SWS / MFO / AB	1955 ex CFe 2/2 37 ex AWW 1
	De 4/4	50	a	Bo'Bo 'g4	1966/88	FFA / SIG / MFO / AB	Bogies 1988 ex ABe 4/4 40 (ex 27), April 2011 demolition in Altstätten
	BCFm 2/4	56 (ex 26)	a	Bo'2 'de	1929	SIG / Sulzer / MFO
	X red m 2/2	72	t	B ie HB231V	1974	RACO 1814 / Deutz / Beilhack 4/117	Snow blower
	Xm 1/2	89 (ex 51 ex 50)	a	A1 de	1912/1962	SIG / AB / Saurer / MFO	Contact line assembly car, 1962 ex CFe 2/2 39 ex AWW 3, broken off in 2014
	Tm 2/2	91	a	B dm	1969	Robel / Deutz	2004 bought by WSB (No. 1)
	According to 2/2	1095-1096	a + t	B.	2019	Stadler Rail	Procured together with CJ, same design as NStCM
	Tm 2/2	97	a	B ie	1960	OK	ex Consorzio Gottardo Sud
	Tm 2/2	98	a	B ie	1972	Schöma 3325	1999 ex GF- Werkbahn Georg 5 1980 ex construction locomotive Arlberg tunnel (900 mm track width)
	X red m 2/2	99	a	B ie	1974	RACO 1813 / Deutz / Beilhack	Snow blower
	Tm 2/2	501	a	B ie	1957	O&K 25691	1970 ex Steinhuder Meerbahn 2009 to UEF for "Alb-Bähnle"
	ABe 4/12 "Waltz"	1001-1005	a	Bo'2 '+ 2'2' + 2'Bo '	2018	Stadler Rail
	Be 4/6 + ABe 4/6 "Tango"	4001-4011 + 4101-4111	r + t + a	Bo'2'Bo '+ Bo'2'Bo'	2018	Stadler Rail
100 and 200: passenger coaches
	A 2	101	az		1904/48	SIG	1948 ex B3 17, converted to saloon car in 1995, restored as a historic vehicle in 2011–2016, since then again upholstered class interior
	ABt	111-115	azz	FFA2 , Dg: FFA-LDG-80-Z	1981	FFA / BBC	2018 sold to Achenseebahn
	ABt	116-117	azz	PA-90 , Dg: SIG-90	1993	SWA / SIG / FIG	117 still red with a white stripe
	B 2	118 - 119	azz		1904 / 16.29	SIG	116 ex 111 at Jagsttalbahn File: Jagsttalbahn other side.jpg 118 ex 113 canceled in Gais in 2012 119 ex 117 ex 112 restored in 2009 as a historic vehicle
	ABt	121-123	azz	RJ-NfS , Dg: SIG-90	2004, (Dg: 1993)	RJ / MOB	Bogies 1993 ex B 292, AB 191 and reserve since 2018 reinforcement vehicles for ABe 4/12 "Walzer"
	ABt	141-143 (ex 131-133)	a	FFA2 , Dg: FFA-LDG-80	1986	FFA / BBC	2008–09 equipped with translation windows. 2019 sold to Abidjan-Niger-Bahn
	ABt	144-145 (ex 134-135)	a	PA-90 , Dg: SIG-90	1993
	ABt	146	a	FFA1 , Dg: SIG-T	1968/98	FFA / SIG / MFO	Canceled in June 2015, similar ABt 147 canceled in 2004 after derailment in landslide
	D 2	161 -162	azz		1889/1964	VSB / SGA	Bike wagon, equipped with a new steel box in 1964. 161 sold to Bergün as a farm shop in July 2012
	D 2	165	az		1889/1947	VSB / SGA	Similar D 163 converted to Ai 163, retraced to 750 mm on Rügen Kleinbahn ( File: 20070718S523 Ai163.jpg )
	D.	166	az		1913/1982	SIG / SGA	1982 converted from B 62 (ex CF4 12 ex 2), April 2011 demolished in Altstätten
	Branch	181	azz	Dg: SIG-T	1964/2001	SIG / RJ	Conversion from B 82, "Rubino", discarded in 2017
	A.	1	a		1903/76	SIG / AB	Sold to the steam locomotive association in 2013, given to the Appenzell Historical Railway Foundation in 2019, intended as an exhibition car
	C.	203	azz		1899/1971/2008	VSB	Delivered in 1899 as optional car CL3 203, used either as summer car or freight car, 1948 CL3 143, 1953 K3 114, Hck 214, 2008 dismantling / redesigned to C 203
	B.	5	a		1886/1944 (Dg 1874)	SIG / Kh	Restored in 2012 with paint from the 1930s, served as an exhibition car for the 100th anniversary of the Säntisbahn , blown over by the Laseyer (fall wind) in Wasserauen station on January 4, 2015, total loss
	Br	10	a	Dg: SIG-T	1946/1981	SIG / AB	Buffet car, 1969–1981 temporarily from 10
	B.	11	a		1933	SIG	In 2009 the side panels were cut open during a rescue exercise, repaired in 2012, sold to the steam locomotive association in 2013, given to the Appenzell Historical Railway Foundation in 2019
	C.	13-14	a		1912	SWS	" Säntisbahn " (AWW)
	Brs	16	t		1909/1994	SWS / TB	1958 new steel box, 1994 party car with pantograph, sold to Sennwald in 2017 (Lögert 15, stationary use)
	B 2	GTC 13 223	azz		1911	SIG	"AGB", at SGA No. 123; Carriage 121 at Jagsttalbahn File: Jagsttalbahn green and Post.jpg
	Ck	39 (ex 24)	a		1889/1975	SIG	ex Hack ex J 104, 1943 ex C 24, open summer car; Hack 102 and 103, 1947 ex C 22–23, 1991/92 to Stern & Hafferl , there summer car 23.221 file: B4i 23.221.JPG , file: StH Traunseebahn Güterwagen.JPG
	B.	125-126	azz		1905 / 55-56	SIG	Conversion from Brünigbahn three-axle SBB 629,628, sold in 2003/04 to Plougonver, Brittany (on the Guingamp – Carhaix line),; 124 (ex SBB 630) 1993 to DFB, there B 2224, then X 2924, 2020 to Biebertal, Germany.
	B.	236-238	a	SWP1 , Dg: SWP-68	1968/1983	SWP / RhB	1983 ex FLP 33,34,35, 2003 equipped with Vstl, 2009 with bellows sold to Abidjan-Niger-Bahn in 2019
	B.	245 (ex 248 ex 22) 241 (ex 231 ex 23) 244 (ex 232 ex 24) 242 (ex 233 ex 25) 246 (ex 26) 243 (ex 247 ex 27)	a	FFA1 , Dg: SIG-T	1964/96 / 1964/87/2004 1964/87 1966/87/2004 1966/96/2008 1973/97/2007	FFA / SIG	Vacuum toilets since 1987–97, 241, 242 and 244 without toilets since 2004, translation windows at 241–243 and 246 since 2004–08, 2019 sold to Abidjan-Niger Railway
	B.	247-248 (ex 234-235)	a	PA-90 , Dg: SIG-90	1993	SWA / SIG	since 2018 reinforcement vehicles for ABe 4/12 "Walzer"
	By	251	azz		1889/1998	VSB / Stadler	Summer car conversion Stadler from Gk 211
	B.	281 (ex 81) 283 (ex 83)	azz	Dg: SIG-T	1964	SIG	B 82 converted to branches 181, 281 and 283 canceled in 2015
	B.	282 (ex 73)	azz	Dg: SIG-S	1948	SIG	B 71–72 sold in 2004 to Chemins de fer de Provence (Image: CP XR 1372 ), 282 since 2015 Wasserauen exhibition car
	B.	291-294	az	PA-90 , Dg: SIG-90 , 292: Dg: FFA-LDG-80-Z	1993	SWA / SIG	2004 bogie exchange on B 292; 291 and 293–294 since 2018 reinforcement vehicles for ABe 4/12 "Walzer"
	B.	295 (ex B 192) 296 (ex AB 191)	295 = az 296 = a	PA-90 , Dg: SIG-90 , 296: Dg: FFA-LDG-80	1993	SWA / SIG	295 renumbered in 2003, 296 2004 conversion from AB 191, bogie exchange, equipped with bellows in 2010
300, 400 and 700: Freight cars, today only in use as a company car
	Gk	304 ex = 204 K 104 201 -206 210	azz		1889 1904	VSB SIG	304 last Gk with Liechty steering axles 201 canceled in March 2006, 202, 205 and 210 April 2011 demolished in Altstätten, sold in April 2011, in use as a tool shed in Zürchersmühle ( Fig. 203 )
	Gk (Hck)	214	azz		1899/1971	VSB	Velowagen 2008 conversion / redesign to C 203
	Gk	221 222	azz		1888/1954 1891/1954	SIG Basel	221 Base 1998 for X 1022 " 222 broken off in March 2006
	Ek	308	azz		1904/1933	SIG	Liechty steering axles canceled in 2008
	Fd	351-353	azz		1976	SWP
	Ek	360	azz		1911	SIG	ex AG L 71
	Ek	361	azz		1922	SIG	ex AG L 61
	Kklm	401	azz		1911	SIG	ex AG M 81
	Kkl / X	411, 412, 1061 (ex 413), 414, 1062 (ex 415) 1063 (ex 416), 417	azz		1888/1944 1899/1968	VSB	1061–63, 412 and 414 for rail transport 411-415 ex L3 151-155 416–417 ex L 303, 305 ex 159, 161
	Rkm	701	a		1897/1989	SIG / AB	ex Eak 201, 1958 ex FZ4 82, 2016 demolition
	Gk-v	33 35	t		1903/1944 1930	SWS	in use as a mail wagon until 2007 33 2007 sold Furrer & Frey X 20081 for construction Glattalbahn 35 2007 to BTG
	Gk	36	t		1907/1943	SWS / TB	ex L 53, from 1997 tower car, broken off in November 2011
	Ek	55	t		1910	SWS	ex UOe L 63, modernized in 1996, 2015 to Museum Holzhausen, Oetwil
	Ek	56 (ex 47)	t		1906	SWS / TB	Modernized in 1998, 2015 to the Sernftalbahn Association, Engi
	Gbk	61-62	t		1903/1962	SWS / TB	61 1962 ex L 41, stored in St. Gallen, 2015 to Chemin de fer historique, France 62 1962 ex L 42, 2007 to Furrer & Frey
800/1000: company car
	X	1001	azz		1889/1974/2011	VSB	Auxiliary and tool car originally B3 15 2011 Car body broken off, Altstätten – Gais bicycle car
	X	803	a		1931/1996	SWS / AB	Auxiliary car ex D2 75 (ex Zi 2), new steel box
	X	806	a		1886/1946	SIG / AB	Snow plow, 2012 at the Kerzers Railway Museum
	X	1011	az		1941/61	SLM	snow plow
	X	1012	az		1996	FROM	Track plow
	X	1021	azz		1899/1987	VSB / SGA	Tank truck ex 1023 ex Ek 304 ex 160
	X	1022	azz		1889/1998	VSB / AB	Carrying trolley for lifting platforms ex Gk 221, (1022 in first occupation ex Ek 309 (1904/1985)), demolished in 2014
	X	1023 1024	a		1889/1991 1899/1987	SIG / AB	Coupling car ex Ek 323–324 ex Brünig, 1023: April 2011 demolished in Altstätten
	Xa	1025	az		1909/1988	SIG / SGA	Library, which was in Gais, Bühler, Teufen and Urnäsch on a daily basis, in the end only used stationary in Gais, from 1997 with pantograph for heating, discarded in 2009, demolished in Altstätten in April 2011
	X	1026	az		1889/1991	SIG / SGA	Crane truck, ex L 301 ex 157, broken off in 2004
900: Rolling stands for the transport of standard gauge wagons
	Including	901A-912B	a		1977	ACMV	909–912 1990 ex BD Ua 203.04.01.02 905 2009 sold CFBS 903B, 904A + B, 907A + B, 908A canceled according to official announcement 2005; 903B and 907A + B available in Gossau in 2014 910 Discarded in 2004 / converted to Gais 906A + B, 911A + B, 912A + B autumn 2017 in Landquart; 901B, 902A + B, 903A, 909A + B 2018 sold F + F remainder drawn

swell

• * "Directory of rolling stock of the Swiss private railways, status 1.1.2015". Published by: VRS, 8401 Winterthur.
• Mathias Rellstab: Wear problems with the new Tango trains in Appenzellerland. In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 12/2018. Minirex, ISSN  1022-7113 , p. 653.

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jürg D. Lüthard: New infrastructure and new trains for the Appenzeller Bahnen. In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 11/2017, pp. 583-585.
2. ↑ «Off» for freight traffic. SBB Cargo closes the Appenzell and Urnäsch stations for freight traffic. In: Appenzeller Zeitung . October 30, 2003.
3. ↑ Last TB train to South Tyrol. In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 1/2018. Minirex, ISSN  1022-7113 , p. 9.
4. ↑ Blog Railway Amateur August 9, 2019
5. ↑ only business trips
6. ^ ^{A b c} Mathias Rellstab: The new fleet of the Appenzeller Bahnen is rolling. In: Swiss Railway Review. No. 5/2018. Pp. 275-278.
7. ↑ A rail car as a mobile sales stand on the Biohof Bergün homepage, accessed on October 23, 2013
8. ↑ Bogies of wagons with wooden underframes from the Kirchheim an der Teck machine works, which had to be parked in 1885 after only ten years of operation.
9. ^ Homepage of the Association des Chemins de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord
10. ↑ passion-metrique.net
11. ↑ Turntable Online Forums
12. ↑ Furrer & Frey flat car license plate X 20081