Centralbahn AG

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Logo of the Centralbahn AG

The Central Railroad, Inc. , headquartered in Basel is a private railway company in Switzerland . The main business is the implementation of special train journeys with own vehicles. Freight traffic is also handled with our own locomotives. The managing director is the former owner of the Freiburger Eisenbahn-Kurier and former co-owner of the Munich-based Geramond publishing house , Rudolf Josef Wesemann.

Traction vehicles

1042 520-8 in Andernach train station
110 383 with a special train on the Dill route near Dillbrecht (February 2017).
110 383 with a special train at Dillenburg station on the Dill route (February 2017).

The Centralbahn owns 14 of its own locomotives, which come from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Centralbahn AG traction vehicles
number Manufacturer / serial number power Wheel alignment Construction year Type origin
Re 4/4 I 10006 SLM / 3882 1,800 kW Bo'Bo ' 1946 Re 4/4 I. SBB
Re 4/4 I 10008 SLM / 3889 1,800 kW Bo'Bo ' 1946 Re 4/4 I. SBB
Re 4/4 I 10019 SLM / 3953 1,800 kW Bo'Bo ' 1946 Re 4/4 I. SBB
Te III 130 SLM / 3946 250 kW B. 1946 Te III SBB
Tem I 275 Tuchschmid 250 kW B. 1946 Tem I SBB
1042 520 SGP / 18361 4,000 kW Bo'Bo ' 1968 1042 ÖBB
1142 704 SGP / 72832 4,000 kW Bo'Bo ' 1977 1142 ÖBB
1046 022 SGP / 17880 1,400 kW Bo'Bo ' 1959 1046 ÖBB
1046 024 SGP / 17882 1,400 kW Bo'Bo ' 1959 1046 ÖBB
357 512-3 Deutz / 57512 200 hp B. 1962 KS 230 B armed forces
357 515-6 Deutz / 57515 200 hp B. 1962 KS 230 B armed forces
357 524-8 Deutz / 57524 200 hp B. 1962 KS 230 B armed forces
110 278 Krauss-Maffei / 18947 3,620 kW Bo'Bo ' 1963 110 DB
110 383 Krauss-Maffei / 19158 3,620 kW Bo'Bo ' 1965 110 DB

Fleet

1st class compartment car of the Centralbahn AG (former Am 208 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn)

The fleet includes over 75 of our own passenger coaches, which are mainly used in special trains:

  • 22 1st class cars
  • 20 2nd class cars
  • 5 party cars
  • 5 "Rolling Wine Bar" social carriages
  • 6 dining cars
  • 1 TEA bar cart
  • 1 TEE bar cart with piano
  • 5 luggage and bicycle trolleys
  • 1 generator car
  • 1 exhibition car

Incidents

On the evening of October 19, 2019, a fire broke out in a special train from Berlin to Freiburg occupied by fans of SC Freiburg shortly after departure. Four passengers suffered slight smoke poisoning and one wagon burned out completely. The cause of the fire was a defective heating system.

Picture gallery

  • 1042 520-8 with a special train of the Centralbahn in Andernach

  • 242 151 with a special train of the Centralbahn near Sinn on the Dill route

  • Re 4/4 I 10008 in Duisburg (August 19, 2007)

  • Re 4/4 I 10019 in Duisburg (August 19, 2007)

Web links

Commons : Centralbahn AG  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] "'Jew' as a swear word in the special train", Westfalenpost, May 28, 2016
  2. ↑ Departure times special train Union. Supporters Crew Freiburg eV, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Joachim Röderer, David Weigend, Tamara Keller, Konstantin Görlich: Experts inspect the burned-out wagon of the SC special train. In: Badische Zeitung. Badischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, October 21, 2019, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ The cause of the fire in Zug remains unexplained. In: Tagesspiegel Online. Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH, October 21, 2019, accessed on October 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Interim report . (PDF; 313 kB) Federal Railway Accident Investigation Agency, January 17, 2020, accessed on June 4, 2020 .