Club del San Gottardo
The Club del San Gottardo is an association for the preservation of historic railway vehicles . It was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino . There he also has a coach house . In December 2006, the association took over the Ae 6/6 - prototype locomotive 11401 No as long-term loan from. SBB Historic . In March 2007 they wanted to start the restoration. The project failed due to a lack of financial resources; the locomotive was transferred to Horb am Neckar on May 20, 2010 . Since then, it has been rented by the Stuttgart rail transport company.
The club operates the Italian Valmorea Railway and its Swiss part, the Mendrisio – Stabio railway line , as a museum railway .
Own vehicles
- SBB E 3/3 No. 8463, SLM serial number 1623
- SBB E 3/3 No. 8501, SLM serial number 2076
- SBB Ce 6/8 II No. 14276, SLM serial number 2773
- GBS Ce 4/4, formerly GTB Ce 4/6 No. 312, SLM serial number 2494 (since 2013 at the BLS Foundation in Burgdorf)
- SZU Em 836 No. 506 "Leu"