Railway History Association Solothurn-Bern

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Transfer of the BDe 4/4 38 to Egolzwil in March 2017.

The Railway History Association Solothurn-Bern , abbreviated BVSB , is an association based in the city of Bern in Switzerland. The aim of the association is to preserve historical railway vehicles from the cantons of Bern and Solothurn with a focus on the meter-gauge vehicles of the regional traffic Bern-Solothurn , abbreviated RBS, and its predecessor companies.

The association was established in 2016 in advance of the establishment of the BERNMOBIL historique foundation , because the Bern Tram Association, or TVB for short, had to give up its vehicles for financial reasons. When it was founded, the Solothurn-Bern Railway History Association took over four railway vehicles from the Bern Tram Association. If the vehicles were parked in a hall in Aarberg when the association was founded, they were moved to a hall in Egolzwil in the canton of Lucerne in March 2017 due to the new hall owner's own needs . As of 2019, the association is striving to take over the RBS Gem 4/4 121 , the former BZB Fe 4/4.

vehicles

Original owner description Name and number Construction year Manufacturer target Remarks
SZB Motor vehicle BDe 4/4 6 1950 SWS / MFO Museum processing originally until 1956 SZB BCFe 4/4 6.
SZB Control car Bt 222 1954 SWS / MFO possession Formerly SZB Bt 82, originally Ct 82 until 1956.
VBW Motor vehicle BDe 4/4 38 1913 SIG / MFO possession Not to be confused with the similar type BDe 4/4 36 multiple unit of the Ds Blaue Bähnli association .

Former vehicles

Original owner description Name and number Construction year Manufacturer Former destination Remarks
MOB Motor vehicle BCFe 4/4 16 1905 SIG / Alioth Delivery to a suitable organization Not to be confused with the similar type BDe 4/4 11 railcar of the Blonay – Chamby museum railway . 1993 Takeover by the former Aktion pro MOB 16 / ESZ 3 association , 1996–2016 at the Bern Tramverein. With BVSB since 2016, demolished in 2020

Receipt

A workshop was set up in the luggage compartment of the BDe 4/4 6.

The primary work goal of the Railway History Association Solothurn-Bern is the museum-compatible processing of the BDe 4/4 6. To this end, the association is organizing working days in the hall in Egolzwil as of 2019. These working days usually take place on a Saturday.

Operation (public events)

The Solothurn-Bern Railway History Association held the first event in 2017 at the Solothurn Culture Night. Between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. the CFe 4/4 11 of the Bern Solothurn regional traffic offered half-hourly trips from Solothurn to Lohn-Lüterkofen and back. 233 people took advantage of this offer. A buffet service was also offered on track 10 of Solothurn's main train station in Bre 4/4 1 "Pendler Pintli". With the support of RBS, guided tours through the Solothurn depot could also be offered. These were visited by around 70 people.

Web links

Commons : Bahnhistorischer Verein Solothurn-Bern  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Homepage of the Solothurn-Bern Railway History Association

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Schopfer, Sascha Attia: The Gem 4/4 121 of the RBS should be preserved! in: Eisenbahn Amateur (magazine) No. 5, 2019, pages 194 and 195
  2. ↑ www.bernerzeitung.ch Article Almost one hundred year old «Blaues Bähnli» is transported to Landquart (from February 15, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2011)
  3. ↑ News in a nutshell (Nik), BVSB, in: Railway Amateur. (Journal) No. 4, 2020, p. 170. The BCFe 4/4 was canceled due to the very poor condition in February.
  4. ^ Website of the Solothurn Culture Night