Montreux-Bernese Oberland Railway

Logo of the Montreux-Bernese Oberland Railway

The GoldenPass Panoramic Express near Rougemont

Historic train consisting of motor vehicles BCFe 4/4 11 and BC ⁴ 22 in 2012

Share over CHF 500 in Comp. du CdF Montreux-Oberland Bernois dated December 31, 1904

The Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn , abbreviated MOB , French Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois is a Swiss railway company. Today it is entered in the commercial register with the spelling Compagnie du Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois SA and Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn AG , until 2010 the German spelling was Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn . It is both a railway company and a railway infrastructure company ; it essentially operates the meter-gauge Montreux – Lenk railway in the Simmental . The company was founded in the late 1890s with a view to building the line.

vehicles

Overview

The Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn procured a large number of four-axle railcars and two-axle trailer cars for the opening of continuous operations in 1905. Many trains required double traction due to the steep incline. However, the short two-axle vehicles did not offer particularly good driving comfort. From 1906 four-axle were dining cars of the Swiss dining car company used and the MOB replaced until the Great Depression in 1929, part of the two-axle vehicle with four-axle passenger cars. At around eleven and a half meters, the first deliveries were only slightly longer than the two-axle vehicles (9.34 m), the last delivery (1929) was 16.47 meters. With this rolling stock, especially the upholstered class, the aim was to offer well-to-do customers who stayed overnight in the then well-known tourist regions of Montreux and Gstaad, attractive transport options. The development reached its peak when the CIWL procured four Pullman cars for a "Golden Mountain Pullmann Express" (label on the car). They were used from 1931. When the six-axle baggage locomotives designed for this train arrived the following year, the luxury train was already history.

GDe 4/4 with Golden Pass Classic between Gstaad and Gruben

With the global economic crisis, the economic situation of the MOB deteriorated and investments and renovations had to be dispensed with. It was only when the Private Railway Aid Act came into force in the 1940s that new railcars and coaches could be procured. With the entry into force of the Railway Act , the situation improved noticeably and from 1962 the vehicle fleet could be systematically renewed. Finally, new concepts were designed and air-conditioned panorama cars were created, largely in the company's own workshop in Chernex . In order to save costs, bogies, underframes and other useful components of old cars were reused.

Since then, the MOB has established itself on the GoldenPassLine from Montreux via Gstaad , Zweisimmen and Interlaken to Lucerne with the brand names Panoramic Express, Super Panoramic Express, Crystal Panoramic Express, Golden Pass Panoramic and Golden Pass Classic (some of which have since disappeared) . The continuous marketing with a few uniformly gold-colored vehicles could not eliminate the lack of having to change trains in Zweisimmen. An idea of ​​a three-rail track Zweisimmen – Spiez – Interlaken, pursued since the 1980s, could not be financed. The MOB researched in a different direction and was finally able to present the prototype of a re-trackable bogie for the panorama car. In April 2011, the federal government and the cantons involved agreed to finance the required gauge changing facilities in Zweisimmen. In a first phase, two-hour trains Montreux – Spiez are to form a connection between the long-distance routes Lausanne – Brig and Bern – Brig without changing trains, with individual trains going through to Interlaken.

Electric traction vehicles

Initially, the MOB was mainly based on four-axle railcars, the low power of which did not allow any noteworthy trailer load given the steep gradients. By 1924, four generations of a total of 30 railcars followed, each time with slightly increased power (numbers 1–3 132 kW, 4–22 and 1001–02 192 kW, and later for some cars 252 kW, 23–26 336 kW, 27–28 388 kW), which however often had to be used in double traction. In 1932, the MOB procured two six-axle baggage locomotives (2000 series, 738 kW) to transport the increasingly heavy cars, including dining cars and Pullman cars . When they were delivered, the economic crisis had caused a slump in tourism and the two locomotives were also useful in freight transport. They were ultimately used in front of heavy trains until 1996. The DZe 6/6 2001 was dismantled and an overhaul started, the parts then stored. In 2008 DZe 6/6 2002 was handed over to the Blonay – Chamby museum railway together with various spare parts from 2001.

Even during the Second World War, powerful light railcars came into operation (Series 3000, hourly output 440 kW, in contrast to the other French usage of the MOB as autorails instead of automotrices), which were first equipped with multiple controls for the MOB. This allowed the use of a double traction with only one engine driver. After a twenty-year break in procurement, four double railcars (Series 4000) with the same output (total 880 kW) were put into operation in 1968. After the experience with the light railcars, it was decided not to be able to use the cars individually. Around ten years later, another four railcars of the same power (5000 series, 448 kW) came into operation, this time again as a single railcar, but with a control car. These units were procured for suburban traffic from Montreux and the reopened Zweisimmen – Lenk line. From 1973 on, railcars were repeatedly acquired from other railways for local trains and shunting (Series 1000, second occupancy and numbers 36-38). It started with two, at that time still relatively modern, railcars from the discontinued Ticino Railways.

After the introduction of the panorama cars and the launch of the Panoramic Express, locomotives have now been procured. 1983 first luggage locomotives (Series 6000), whose continuous output (1000 kW) exceeded that of the double multiple units. The performance of the locomotives (Series 8000), which are closely related to the RhB Ge 4/4 III, was purchased eight years later. Two years later, four Stadler articulated multiple units (Series 7000) for suburban traffic went into operation in the Montreux / Vevey region, which were only co-financed by the canton of Vaud and therefore belong to MVR. In August 2012, 17 narrow-gauge multiple units were put out to tender together with the MBC , the Travys and the TPF . Stadler received the order and in 2016 delivered four two-part ABe 4/4 + Be 4/4 multiple units .

Thermal traction vehicles

The MOB had procured two three-axle steam locomotives from SLM as construction locomotives, which were hardly needed after completion of the construction work and were finally sold to Luxembourg in 1906 and 18. In 1941 a diesel tractor was purchased for the renewal of the catenary, but it was sold on in 1950. From 1971 onwards, various tractors and overhead power units were procured on the second-hand market. For heavy construction trains, two four-axle diesel locomotives built in France (numbers 2003 and 2004) were added to the vehicle fleet in 1976 and 1982, but thanks to their top speed of 80 km / h they occasionally also helped with passenger traffic.

Two-motor vehicles

The MOB ordered from Stadler 2015 three-axle electro-diesel locomotive Gem 2.2 from 2502 to 2504 for the construction services. They come from a joint order of nine vehicles, which also includes Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (MVR), Transports Publics du Chablais (TPC), Freiburgische Verkehrsbetriebe (TPF) and Chemin de fer Nyon-Saint-Cergue-Morez (NStCM) ) involved.

Passenger cars

The passenger cars of the Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn can essentially be divided into five categories:

1. short wooden box four-axle and two-axle vehicles from the early days (1900s)
2. Wooden box four-axle vehicle (1910s to 1940s), some of which are very comfortable
3. Car body in a light mixed design (1940s)
4. Car body made of light metal of the standard design (from the 1960s)
5. Panorama car (from the 1970s).

Of the passenger cars in categories 1 to 3, only two saloon cars are still in use at the MOB.

Short wooden box two-axle vehicles from the early days

In 1904/05, a total of 21 wooden box two-axle vehicles with a small wheel base (3.6 m) were procured from SIG for the expansion of rolling stock in connection with the network expansion. Four cars were pure upholstery class cars B 301–304, nine were mixed class BC 351–359, these two series had four windows. There were also eight five-string C 401–408. Between 1910 and 1913, the MOB extended the wheelbase of six cars to 5.3 meters. In 1914 and 1926 a total of ten cars were sold to other railways, eight of which were in the 1960s on the two narrow-gauge railways FLP (B2 13-18) and LT (B2 13-14) that started out from Lugano . Eleven cars remained, five of them with a short wheelbase. From 1964 to 1966 the MOB broke off nine cars and used the underframes to build the cement silo cars OB 881-888, which were broken off again from 1968 to 74.

Short wooden box four-axle vehicles from the early days

The first three four-axle vehicles (BC4 21-22 and 51) of the MOB were delivered by SIG in 1901 and were only 11.5 m long. Two had narrow windows, one was a summer carriage. After more cars were delivered, the upholstery class compartments were removed in 1911/12. In 1906, SIG supplied six short, only 11.63 m long cars without a toilet (BC4 23-26, B4 61-62), but now with wide windows.

Long four-axle wooden box

The first long cars to appear in 1906 were two dining cars owned by the SSG, and a third followed in 1907. They were 14.35 m long, were built by Ringhoffer, Prague-Smichov and had closed platforms.

• Dr4 11–13, taken over by MOB in 1941, converted to C4 (from 1956 B4) 51–53 with open platforms in 1947, 48 and 51, broken off in 1966 (B4 53) and 1977, underframe B4 53 for OC 81 ″ continued to be used.

The order of a fourth dining car from Ringhoffer, Prague-Smichov in 1911 was followed by the MOB with an order for four long passenger cars, but with open platforms. SWS delivered two more cars. These six cars were the first to have toilets; Until then, they were only available in the railcars. The cars all came into operation in 1911, but were of different lengths.

• Dr4 17 (Ringhoffer, 15.55 m), taken over by MOB in 1941, converted to B4 54 with open platforms in 1957, demolished in 1978.
• C4 (from 1956 B4) 41–42 (Ringhoffer, 15,325 m), 1973 and 82 to CFV .
• A4 81–82 (Ringhoffer, 14.30 m), broken off 1967–1968, underframe for B 203–204 reused.
• AB4 73–74 (SWS, 14.20 m), converted to ABC4 in 1935 (from 1956 AB4) 94–95, broken off 1969–1971, underframe for B 205–206 reused.

In 1914, SWS again delivered three cars of the same length (15.55 m) as the fourth dining car and, like the dining car, with closed platforms.

• C4 (from 1956 B4) 46, open platforms in 1945, discarded in 1979.
• A4 83, redrawn to AB4 in 1930 (since 1956 A4) 101 , in use.
• AB4 75 with bay windows, redrawn to A4 84 in 1927, to AB4 in 1931 (since 1956 A4) 102 , in use. This car was the prototype for the CIWL Pullman cars 103-106 delivered in 1931, which were sold to the RhB in 1939.

In 1924 SIG delivered four passenger cars 15,325 m in length, but again with open platforms.

• C4 (from 1956 B4) 47, broken off in 1979.
• A4 85, broken off in 1970, frame for Z 33 still in use.
• ABC4 (from 1956 AB4) 91–92, 1972 and 76 canceled.

In 1929, SIG finally delivered two more passenger cars, now with a length of 16,465 m.

• ABC4 (from 1956 AB4) 93, 1981 sold to CFV , withdrawn in 1990, drawn in Vevey
• C4 (from 1956 B4) 48, canceled in 1979

Four-axle lighter mixed design

Together with the railcars 3001-3006, the MOB procured five light, 16.52 m long passenger cars (C4 49-50, ABC4 96-98), which were made of a mixed steel / wood construction (wooden frame with modern metal cladding) for economic reasons due to a lack of materials. were created.

Standard car

→ Main article : Standard car (Switzerland, narrow gauge)

1963–1964 ten standard cars of the FFA type I were delivered, in addition there were four partially self-built cars in 1968/70, and in 1973 five standard cars of the SIG type I, this generation of cars has either been converted (13 cars), sold (two cars) or parked ( four cars). 1979–1980 nine standard cars of the much more comfortable (larger seat divider , new bogie type, warm air heating) standard car II of the SIG type came into operation, these still meet the requirements today.

Panorama car

→ Main article : Panorama car (Switzerland, narrow gauge)

and

→ Main article : Low-floor wagons (Switzerland, narrow gauge)

Freight wagons

In 1901 and 1903 the MOB put four open and covered four-axle freight cars into operation, but from 1904 switched to two-axle vehicles, which were two tons lighter with the same car length. Four-axle vehicles were still purchased for the flat wagons, but these were much longer. Some of these flat cars are still in use today as company cars. For the transport of heating oil and cement, existing vehicles were initially equipped with containers, later specialized vehicles were used. It is particularly worth mentioning that the army had stationed tank wagons for aviation fuel on MOB and GFM to supply the mountain airfields. In 1948 and 1971, fifteen such OKK tank cars were put into operation on different meter -gauge railways . They were often used in block trains and were moved between the railways for this purpose. They could therefore be equipped with different coupling systems, from which the MOB still benefits today in the form of the X 49 and 50 coupling cars, which are used when RhB vehicles are rented for construction work.

Historic vehicles

Although the MOB itself does not maintain any historical vehicles, comparatively many of them have been preserved through private initiatives, especially with French museum railways and the Blonay – Chamby museum railroad. For example, the BCFe 4/4 11 motor vehicle and the BC4 22 passenger car (now the C4 45) from the early years were restored there. Both are in working order. The list of vehicles on the Blonay – Chamby museum railway provides a detailed overview .

The Rhaetian Railway owns the four saloon cars As 1141 to 1144. They were originally procured by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits for the Golden Mountain Pullman Express . Because of the global economic crisis , this train was not a success, the Pullman Express only ran as a scheduled train for one summer season from June to September 1931. Since there was no sign of any new application, the CIWL sold the four cars to the Rhaetian Railway in 1939.

Table of the vehicle fleet and their whereabouts

The following vehicles were procured from the Montreux-Berner-Oberland-Bahn. Discarded or sold vehicles are shown in italics, type designations in bold stand for historical vehicles, designated according to the three-class system.

Tables traction vehicles

Table locomotives and railcars

This list is not up to date with regard to the MOB Be 4/4 1001 "ex LCD Be 4/4 9. See discussion. Corrections are welcome.

Image reference	Designation until 1956	Designation from 1956	Number, name	Wheel arrangement type	Construction year	origin	particularities
Traction vehicles
	G 3/3		1 Montreux and 2 Zweisimmen	C n2t	1903	SLM 1512 and 1513	Construction locomotives, parked in 1906, sold in 1906 and 1918 to Chemins de fer Secondaires Luxembourgeois 13 and 14
	BCFe 4/4 from 1912 CFe 4/4		1-2	Bo'Bo 'g4	1901	SIG / EGA	narrow window, No. 1 1951 demolition No. 2 1918 BZB CFe 4/4 25 1922 SZB 19, 1955 demolition
	BCe 4/4 from 1912 Ce 4/4		3	Bo'Bo 'g4	1901	SIG / EGA	narrow window, 1918 Bern-Worb-Bahn BWB Ce 4/4 44, 1927 VBW 34, broken off in 1954
	BCFe 4/4	ABDe 4/4	4th	Bo'Bo 'g4	1903	SIG / EGA	open, 1904 installation of windows, broken off in 1968
	BCFe 4/4	ABFe 4/4	5-6	Bo'Bo 'g4	1903	SIG / EGA	narrow window, broken off in 1968 and 1957
	BCFe 4/4 (AsBFe 4/4)	ABDe 4/4 BDe 4/4	7-20	Bo'Bo 'g4	1904-06	SIG / EGA 12: SIG / MFO	1909 conversion 9 after Brand to CFZe 1003, 1910 conversion 17,18,20 to AsBFe, 1913 conversion 13–14 to CFZe 1004–05, 1914 demolition 17 after Brand, 1925 dismantling 18.20 to BCFe, 1948 conversion 19 to BFZe 31 , 1956 abort 12, 1968 abort 8.10, 1969 abort 7, 1970 declassification BDe, 1982 abort 15, 1988 abort 18, 1993 transfer 20 to BC (there 1994 demolition), 1999 transfer 11 to BC, 1993 transfer 16 to the former Verein Aktion pro MOB 16 / ESZ 3, passed on to TVB, handed over to BVSB, canceled in 2020
	BCFe 4/4		21-22	Bo'Bo 'g4	1908	SIG / EGA	1953 sold to BTB there 5 and 6, 1966 demolished
	CFZe 4/4	BDZe 4/4	1001 1002	Bo'Bo 'g4	1905	SIG / EGA SIG / MFO	Narrow windows, demolished in 1968 and 1956, underframe 1002 sold to VZ X4 2941
	CFZe 4/4	BDZe 4/4	1003	Bo'Bo 'g4	1905/07	SIG / EGA	Narrow windows, 1907 new box on base BCFe 9 after fire, demolished in 1970
	CFZe 4/4	Xe 4/4	1004-1005 21 "-22"	Bo'Bo 'g4	1905/13 / 56.58	SIG / EGA / MOB	1913 ex BCFe 13-14, 1956 and 1958 conversion Xe, 1967 and 1970 demolition
	BFZe 4/4	ADZe 4/4 Xe 4/4	31 22 III	Bo'Bo 'g4	1906/48/70	SIG / EGA / MOB	1948 conversion for Zweisimmen – Lenk ex BCFe 19, 1970 conversion Xe 21, 1989 demolition
	BFZe 4/4	ADZe 4/4 BDe 4/4 De 4/4, Xe 4/4	23-26 26	Bo'Bo 'g4	1912	SIG / EGA	Express train multiple units up to 1968, 1968, 70, 71 declassification to BDe 24,25,26, 1969 demolition 23, 1970 redesignation to Xe 24, 1979,91 declassification to De 25,26, 1980 demolition 24, 1988 demolition 25, 1995 transfer 26 to Model railway group Obersimmental-Saanenland (MOS) as a club bar in Saanen, together with B4 61
	CFZe 4/4	BDZe 4/4 BDe 4/4 De 4/4	27 -28	Bo'Bo 'g4	1924	SIG / BBC	Freight railcar, 1968 and 1970 conversion to BDe, 1992 redesignation De 4/4, 2002 demolition 27
		BDe 4/4	36	Bo'Bo 'g4	1913/51	SIG / VBW / WSW / MFO	1988 ex RBS ex VBW ex WT CFe 4/4 101, year 2007 sold to "Verein Ds Blaue Bähnli"
		BDe 4/4	37	Bo'Bo 'g4	1913/58	SIG / VBW / SWS / MFO	1988 ex RBS ex VBW ex WT CFe 4/4 102, year 2000 demolition
		BDe 4/4	38	Bo'Bo 'g4	1913/46	SIG / VBW / SWS / MFO	1988 ex RBS ex VBW ex WT BDe 4/4 103.1993 sold to Écomusée d'Alsace / Tramverein Bern
		Be 4/4	1001 "	Bo'Bo 'g4	1955/55/73	ACMV / SWS / BBC	1973 ex LCD Be 4/4 9, refurbished with bogies and parts of the VBZ Be 4/4 «Elefant» 1329 and 1327
		Be 4/4	1002 "	Bo'Bo 'g4	1951/75	SWS / SAAS	1975 ex BA ABe 4/4 4, demolished in November 2017
		Be 4/4	1003 ″	Bo'Bo 'g4	1958/81	SWS / BBC	1981 ex FLP Be 4/4 5 ex ABe 4/4, demolished in November 2017
		Be 4/4	1004 "-1005"	Bo'Bo 'g4	1948/88	SWS / BBC	1988 ex RBS Be 4/4 72–73 ex VBW 41–42 (RBS 71 ex VBW 40 taken over as spare parts donor); 1005 not put into operation; 1996 demolition
		Be 4/4	1006-1007	Bo'Bo 'g4	1966, 71/2012	SWS / MFO	2012 ex ASm Be 4/4 301 and 303
	FZe 6/6	DZe 6/6	2001-2002	Bo'Bo'Bo 'g6	1932	SIG / BBC	dark blue / cream, intended for Pullmanexpress, in use until 1996, 2001: disassembled, 2002: handed over to BC in 2008.
		Gm 4/4	2003-2004	B'B 'de	1976 1982	Moyse 4051 CFD 825
		According to 2/2	2502-2004	Bo		Stadler	Two-engine locomotives
	CFe 4/4	BDe 4/4	3001-3004	Bo'Bo 'g4	1944	SIG / BBC	3001: 1979 redrawing 3004 ″, 1979 dark blue, November 2006 blue official vehicle paint; 2010 demolition 3002: 1974 coat of arms "Château-d'Oex" shuttle train with ABt 3302, 2012 blue official vehicle painting 3003: 1982 dark blue 1996 demolition 3004: 1979 redesigned 3001 ", 1981 coat of arms" Rougemont ", shuttle train with ABt 3301; Cancellation 2019
	CFe 4/4	BDe 4/4	3005-3006	Bo'Bo 'g4	1946	SIG / BBC	1985/86 one driver's cab each (3005 side Zweisimmen, 3006 side Montreux) expanded for Ast 116/117, dark blue, 1986 Châlet interior, 2007/2004 blue company vehicle paint
		ABDe 8/8	4001-4004	Bo'Bo '+ Bo'Bo' g8	1968	SIG / SAAS	Name and coat of arms: 4001 «Suisse»; 4002 "Vaud"; 4003 «Bern» aborted 2018; 4004 "Friborg"
		Be 4/4	5001-5004	Bo'Bo 'g4	1976.79	SIG / SAAS	1 driver's cab, delivered with ABt 5301–5304. 2004–2009 conversion, new without driver's cab, with low-floor ABt 341–344 and Bt 241–244
		GDe 4/4	6001-6006	Bo'Bo 'g4c	1983	SLM / BBC	original names: 6001: «Vevey»; 6002: "Rossinière"; 6003: "Saanen"; 6004: “Interlaken” 6005–6006 2007 ex TPF 101 “Ville de Bulle”; 102 “Neirivue” current condition (2017): 6001 beige / “Raiffeisen / musee-chateau-doex.ch”, 6002 night blue “ Isabelle von Siebenthal ”, 6003 golden “Train du Chocolat”, 6004 night blue / cream (Crystal Panoramic), 6005 (2019) night blue / champagne white striped, 6006 crème / "Aigle les Murailles".
		Be 2/6	7001-7004	2'Bo'2 'g2d	1997-1998	Stadler / ACMV / ADtranz	Owned by MVR, also used in Montreux – Les Avants from the start, sold to ASm in 2017
		ABeh 2/6	7501-7508	2'Bzzo'2 'g2d	2015-2017	Stadler	Ownership of MVR
		Ge 4/4	8001-8004	Bo'Bo 'g4d	1995	SLM / ABB	8001: Current condition (2019): night blue / champagne white, Schwab autom. coupling
							8002: Current condition (Dec. 2019): night blue / champagne white, Schwab autom. coupling
							8003: last condition before sale black «Gstaad Menuhin Festival». Sold in 2019 to RhB, there Ge 4/4 III 653
							8004: Current condition (2019): night blue / champagne white, Schwab autom. coupling
		Be 4/4	9201-9204	Bo'Bo 'g4d	2016	Stadler
		ABe 4/4	9301-9304	Bo'Bo 'g4d	2016	Stadler

Table of company vehicles

Image reference	Designation until 1956	Designation from 1956	Number, name	Wheel arrangement type	Construction year	origin	particularities
Service vehicles
		Tm 2/2	1	B dm	1931/41	MBA	1950 Sale of Rieder St. Stephan, 1979 buyback, 2006 to the Blonay – Chamby museum railway
		Tm 2/2	2	B ie	1953	KHD 55486	1971 ex Juister Inselbahn L14, 1966 ex Herford small railway V14. 2006 at CFBS
		Tm 2/2	3	B ie	1954	KHD 55736	1984 ex Verkehrsbetriebe Grafschaft Hoya V 121 (1971–1984 standard gauge), 1966 ex Euskirchener Kreisbahn V 22
		Xm 2/2	4th	B dm	1934/57	Daimler-Puch / Saurer	1995 ex RhB Xm 2/2 9913 ex 9037, 1942 ex Chur – Arosa Xm 16, Saurer-Diesel 1957
		Tm	5-6	B.	1977.80	Gmeinder 55 .., 5586	2008 ex Benkler Villmergen, 1994 ex Halberghütte Brebach 25–26; 2016 sold to Sersa-Group
		Tm 2/2	7th	B dm	1950	RhB / Pfingstweid / MFO	2008 ex RhB Xm 2/2 9914

Tables of passenger and baggage cars

Image reference	Designation until 1956	Designation from 1956	Number, name	Wheel arrangement type *)	Construction year	origin	particularities
Passenger car: 1st short wooden box four-axle and two-axle vehicle from the early days (1900s, without toilet)
	BC 4 C 4	B.	21-22 44-45	11.5 m; 6x2F	1901-02 / 11-12	SIG	44: narrow window, demolished in 1968
							45: narrow window, 1971 on the Blonay – Chamby museum railway
	BC 4 C 4	B.	51 43	11.5 m; 6F	1902/11	SWS	Summer car , declassified in 1911 and equipped with windows, discarded in 1969, provisional station office in Saanenmöser, demolished in 1975
	B C	A 2 B 2	301-304 406 "-407"	9.34 m; 4F	1905	SIG	301: 1926 sold to Lugano-Tesserete-Bahn as C 14
							302: 1929 conversion to C 406 ". 1972 on the Blonay – Chamby museum railway, demolished there in 1980
							303: 1964 demolition, subframe for OB 881
							304: 1929 conversion to C 407 ", 1964 demolition, underframe for OB 883
	BC	FROM 2	351-354 355-359	9.34 m; 4F	1904 1905	SIG	351: In 1910 the wheelbase increased from 3.6 to 5.3 meters. 1964 demolition, underframe for OB 884
							352: 1926 sold to Lugano-Tesserete-Bahn as C 13
							353: 1966 demolition, subframe for OB 888
							354: 1914 sold to Chemin de fer Saignelégier-La Chaux-de-Fonds (SC) as BC 22, CJ BC 18
							355: 1926 sold to Bellinzona-Mesocco-Bahn as BC 91, then C 53, RhB C 2010 ″, 1947 to FLP C 18, demolished there in 1968
							356: 1926 sold to Lugano-Ponte-Tresa-Bahn (FLP) as BC, then C 15, demolished there in 1968
							357 1926 sold to Chur-Arosa-Bahn as BC 24, RhB BC 1409 ", then B 1001, 1956 to FLP C 16, there in 1969 demolition
							358: Declassified to B in 1960, demolished in 1966, underframe for OB 886
							359: 1926 sold to Lugano-Ponte-Tresa-Bahn as BC, then C 17, demolished there in 1968
	C.	B 2	401-408	9.34 m; 5F	1905	SIG	401: 1914 sold to FLP as C 13, demolished there in 1968
							402: 1964 demolition, base for OB
							403: 1964 demolition, subframe for OB 881
							404: 1964 demolition, underframe for OB
							405: 1968 aborted
							406: 1914 sold to SC as C 23, CJ C 35
							407: 1929 renumbered to C 401 ", 1964 demolished, underframe for OB 882
							408: 1914 sold to FLP as C 14, demolished there in 1968
	BC 4	FROM	23-26	11.63 m; 6F	1906	SIG	23.26: 1968/74 termination; 24-25: 1980/79 to Chemin de Fer du Vivarais
	B 4	A.	61-62	11.63 m; 5F	1906	SIG	61: Declassified to B 4 in 1956 , 1979 to the Obersimmental – Saanenland (MOS) model railway group as a club in Saanen, 2015 to the Blonay – Chamby (BC) museum railway, comprehensive revision completed in 2018; 62: 1965 abort
Passenger car: 2nd four-axle wooden box (1910s to 1940s), some of which are very comfortable
	A 4	Ars	101	14.55 m	1914	SIG	Built as A83; 1930 conversion to Pullman car with wooden box AB4 101; 1956 renamed MOB A, normal MOB livery; 1968 conversion to Ar; 1976 dark blue / cream Golden Mountain Pullman Express; 1983 conversion to Ars; 1986 CIWL emblem and repainted dark blue / cream; 214 Conversion to compressed air line
	A 4	As	102	14.55 m	1914	SIG	Built as A75; 1931 conversion to Pullman wagon steel box AB4 102; 1956 renamed MOB A, normal MOB livery; 1969 renamed to As; 1986 CIWL emblem and repainted dark blue / cream; 1994 conversion to all-metal box (roof still wood)
	FROM 4		103-106	16.465 m	1931	SIG	1939 sale as AB 4ü 241-244 on RhB
Passenger car: 3rd car body in a slightly mixed design: wooden frame with modern metal cladding (1940s)
	C 4	B.	49-50	16.52 m	1943	SIG	49: 1998 to Chemin de fer de La Mure ; 50: canceled in 1989
	ABC 4	AB ABt	96-97 3302,3301	16.52 m	1943	SIG	1974 and 1981 conversion in ABt 3302 and 3301 to BDe 4/4 3002 and 3001, broken off in 2007 and scrapped in 2009
	ABC 4	FROM	98	16.52 m	1946	SIG	1998 at Chemin de fer de La Mure
Passenger car: 4th car body made of light metal of the standard design (from the 1960s)
		A.	103-107	FFA1 , Dg: SIG-T	1964	FFA	103: Conversion 2005 to Brs 201 Goldenpass Classic
							104: 2000 modernized, new roof, seating as B 218 , 2012 air brake, 2018 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white
							105: 1991 equipped with bellows, canceled in March 2016 at Thevenaz-Leduc
							106: modernized in 1999, new roof, air brake in 2010
							107: Conversion in 2004 to As 103 Goldenpass Classic, in 2019 Schwab modernized autom. coupling
		B.	201-202	FFA1 , Dg: SIG-T	1964	FFA	201: Conversion 2005 to As 107 Goldenpass Classic, in 2019 Schwab modernized autom. coupling
							202: Conversion in 2006 to Bs 202 Goldenpass Classic, in 2019 Schwab modernized autom. coupling
		FROM	301-303	FFA1 , Dg: SIG-T	1963-1964	FFA	301: 1999 modernized as intermediate car B 216 for Be 4/4 5000, 2011 compressed air brake, 201x modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white for 9000 series TW
							302: 1999 modernized as intermediate car B 217 for Be 4/4 5000, 201x modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white for 9000 series TW
							303 : 1996 modernized, new roof, 2017 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white
		B.	203-206	FFA-U , Dg: SIG-T	1968.70	FFA / MOB	203: 1967 built on underframes from A 82, 1995/97 conversion to B203 standard car doors , in 2016 Schwab modernized autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white for 9000 series TW
							204: 1967 built on underframes of A 81 as B204. 1995/97 conversion to BD 204 , new roof, extended, standard car doors, 201x modernized Schwab autom. coupling
							205: 1971 built on underframe from AB94 as B205, 1995 conversion to BD 205 , new roof, extended, standard car doors, 201x modernized Schwab autom. coupling
							206: 1971 built on the base of AB95 as B205, 1995 conversion to BD 206 , new roof, extended, standard car doors ; 2020 sale to Chemin de Fer de La Mure.
		B.	207-210	SIG1 , Dg: SIG-T	1973	SIG	207–209: 2012 sold to TPF
							210: aborted 1996
		FROM	304	SIG1 , Dg: SIG-T	1973	SIG	304: canceled in 2016
		B.	211-215	SIG2 , Dg: SWP-74	1979	SIG	215: 2012 sold to TPF
		FROM	305-308	SIG2 , Dg: SWP-74	1979-1980	SIG	305: can be used as an intermediate car for 5001–04 / 5301–04 until 2009, cream / blue with blue decorative stripes, 2012: logo goldenpass
							306: can be used as an intermediate car for 5001–04 / 5301–04 until 2009, cream / blue with blue decorative stripes, 2012: logo goldenpass
							307: can be used as an intermediate car for 5001–04 / 5301–04 until 2008, 2010: white / gold logo goldenpass
							308: can be used as an intermediate car for 5001–04 / 5301–04 until 2009, cream / blue, 2012: logo goldenpass
Passenger car: 5th panorama car (from 1976)
		As	110	Pano> 12850 <, Dg: SIG-T	1976	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, 1986 control line to BDe 3000, 2008 golden, 2016 Panoblau
		As	111	Pano> 12850 <, Dg: SIG-T , 2000 Pano> 14630 <	1979/2000	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, wore the royal English coat of arms from 1980, 2001 crystal blue, 2002 gold, 2015 night blue / champagne white, 2018 modernization Schwab autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white
		As	112	Pano> 12850 <, Dg: SIG-T , 2001 Pano> 14630 <	1982/2000	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, 2001 Crystal blue, 2003 golden, 2016 Modernization Schwab autom. Coupling night blue / champagne white
		As	114	Pano> 12850 <, Dg: SIG-T , 2003 Pano> 14630 <	1983	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, 2003 golden, 2016 modernization Schwab autom. Coupling, midnight blue / champagne white
		Branch	116	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T	1985 /1995	R + J, MOB	Lausanne coat of arms, pano blue, Vst for BDe 3000, 1995 crystal blue, Vst for locomotive, 2003 gold, 2012 gold / white striped
		Branch	117	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T	1986 /1995	R + J, MOB	Coat of arms Château-d'Oex, Panoblau, Vst zu BDe 3000, 1995 Crystal blue, Vst zu Lok, 2002 golden, 2013 gold / white striped, 2020 Schwab autom. Coupling, night blue / champagne white, compatible with Be 4/4 8000 and ABe 4/4 9200 as well as Be 4/4 9300.
		As	118	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-90	1993	R + J, MOB, FIG	Pano blue, 2001 crystal blue, 2003 gold
		As	119	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-90	1993	R + J, MOB, FIG	Pano blue, gold in 2002
		Branch	151	Pano> 14630 <, Dg: SIG-90	1993	Breda	Crystal blue, 2002/03 golden, 2020 Schwab autom. Coupling, night blue / champagne white, compatible with Be 4/4 8000 and ABe 4/4 9200 as well as Be 4/4 9300.
		Branch	152	Pano> 14630 <, Dg: SIG-90	1993	Breda	Crystal blue, gold 2002/03.
		Bs Brs BDs	220	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T , 2001 Pano> 14630 <, 2010 Dg: EV09 2016 Dg: SIG-T	1979 /1987 /2001	R + J, MOB	Pano blue, 2001 golden, 2010 test vehicle Umspur bogies EV09, 2016 night blue / champagne white, again Pano SIG-T bogies
		Bs Brs Bs	221	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T	1979 /1987 /2013	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, 1995 Crystal blue, 2002 golden, 2013 extended and modernized, white, 2019 new gauge bogies (further development & TSI) modernized Schwab autm. Coupling, no longer intended for GPE
		Bs	222	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T	1982	R + J, MOB	Pano blue, 2001 anniversary painting, 2006 gold
		Brs Bs Bs	223	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T	1982 /1987 /2004	R + J, MOB	Pano blue, 2004 gold
		Bs BDs	224	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T , 2002 Pano> 14630 <	1982 2002	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, 2002 golden, 2020 Interior conversion to 1st class? Temporary? 1st class on the go with fewer seats, midnight blue / champagne white. Description still BDs!
		Bs BDs	225	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T , 2002 Pano> 14630 <	1983 2002	R + J, MOB	Panoblau, 2002 golden, 2020 Interior conversion to 1st class? Temporary? 1st class on the go with fewer seats, midnight blue / champagne white. Description still BDs!
		Bs	226	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-90	1989	R + J, MOB	Pano blue, 2001 gold
		Bs	227	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-90	1990	R + J, MOB	Pano blue, 2001 golden, turned off in 2012 (rust damage), demolished in 2015
		Ars Brs	115 228	Pano> 13150 <, Dg: SIG-T	1985 /1995	R + J, MOB	Pano blue, control line to BDe 3000, 1995 crystal blue, 2003 gold
		Bs	231-238	Pano Nf, Dg: Centro-1000	1985 /1995	R + J, MOB	231: white «Transgoldenpass», 2019 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling, conversion for GPE planned
							232: white «Transgoldenpass», conversion planned for GPE
							233: gold Panoramic Express, conversion planned for GPE
							234: gold Panoramic Express, conversion planned for GPE
							235: gold Panoramic Express, 2017 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue champagne white
							236: gold / white Golden Pass, 2018 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling; 2020 night blue / champagne white
							237: gold / white Golden Pass, 2016 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue champagne white
							238: gold / white Golden Pass, 2017 modernized Schwab autom. Coupling night blue champagne white
		As Bs	153-154 251-252	Pano> 14630 <, Dg: SIG-90	1993 (2000)	Breda, MOB	Crystal blue, gold from 2002/03
Passenger car: 6th panorama car for Goldenpassexpress Interlaken Ost - Zweisimmen (change of lane) - Montreux (year of construction from 2019)
		Bs	291-293	Dg:?		Stadler	Goldenpassexpress interface car; The only standard gauge wagon type 1435mm MOB
		Branch	181-184	Dg: MV18	under construction	Stadler	Goldenpassexpress lane change trolley (1000mm / 1435mm) 9 seats in VIP, 21 seats in 1st class
		Let	?	Dg: MV18	under construction	Stadler	Goldenpassexpress lane change trolley (1000mm / 1435mm) 2nd Class
		As	191-194	Dg: MV18	under construction	Stadler	Goldenpassexpress lane change trolley (1000mm / 1435mm) 36 1st class seats
		Bs	?	Dg: MV18	under construction	Stadler	Goldenpassexpress lane change trolley (1000mm / 1435mm) 56 2nd class seats

*) F = window, Dg = bogies, Nf = low floor,> 000 <= total wheel base in mm

Tables for freight and company cars

Image reference	Designation until 1956	Designation from 1956	Number, name	Wheel arrangement type	Construction year	origin	particularities
	K	X	101 102-104	2'2 '	1901 1903	SIG	101 and 103 used as a snow plow in winter. 1964 conversion of K 101 into X 101, 1969 demolition K 103, 1970 demolition K 102, 1971 demolition K 104, 1985 redrawing X 101 in Xa 21
	L.	X	151 152-154	2'2 '	1901 1903	SIG	151 and 153 used as snow plows. 1963 conversion of X 151 to L 151, 1968 conversion of X 154 to L 154. 1969 demolition of L 151, 1971 demolition of L 1 152 and 154, conversion of L 153 to snow plow. 1979 renamed 153 in Xa 9, handed over to the Blonay – Chamby museum railway in 2006 and renamed L o 153 in 2010 .
	N	N up to 1988 X from 1988	80–81 until 1922 80A – 80B from 1922		1902	SIG
		Ucek until 1982 X from 1982	881 I up to 1982 5 I from 1982			MOB, Chernex workshop	Reconstruction in 1962 from B 2 403, demolished in 1987
		Ucek	882 II			MOB, Chernex workshop	Conversion 1979 from Ek 619, 1979 demolition
		Uce	882 I to 888 I.			MOB, Chernex workshop	882 I to 885 I , conversion in 1965 from old passenger cars 886 I to 888 I , conversion in 1966 from old passenger cars; 884 I to 885 I , 1966 termination 886 I to 888 I , 1968 termination 883 I , 1970 882 I , 1974 termination
		Uacek until 1981 Rkmo until 1984 X from 1984	882 III until 1981 802 to 1984 20 from 1984			MOB, Chernex workshop	Conversion 1979 from Rkmo 802 and the bogies of the Rko 824, 1981 sale of the tank to BVZ.
		Uacek until 1982 X from 1982	883 III until 1982 4 to 1982 25 from 1989			MOB, Chernex workshop	Reconstruction 1979 from Ua 854

literature

• Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne and Jean-Louis Rochaix: Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland Bernois. Du Léman au Pays-d'Enhaut , Volume 1. Bureau vaudois d'adresses (BVA), Lausanne 1992, ISBN 2-88125-008-4
• Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne and Jean-Louis Rochaix: Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland Bernois, Du Léman au Pays-d'Enhaut , Volume 2. Bureau vaudois d'adresses (BVA), Lausanne 1994, ISBN 2-88125- 009-2
• Jean-Louis Rochaix et al .: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 1873-2000. Editions La Raillère, CH-1092 Belmont 2000, ISBN 2-88125-011-4
• Jean-Louis Rochaix et al .: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 2000-2009. Editions La Raillère, CH-1092 Belmont 2009, ISBN 978-2-88125-012-5
• 75 years of MOB, 75 years of MOB, 1901–1976 . (Bilingual: French and German), Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB), Montreux, 1976, without ISBN.
• Edward W. Paget Tomlinson, Roger Kaller and Pierre Stauffer: The Montreux-Berner Oberland Railway, Le Montreux-Oberland Bernois, The Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway . (Trilingual: English, French and German), Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB), Montreux, 1985, without ISBN.
• Jean-Michel Hartmann: Magic of MOB, Magic of MOB . (Bilingual: French and German), Ott Verlag, Thun, 1985. ISBN 3-7225-6331-3
• Wolfgang Finke: The vehicles of the Montreux-Oberland-Bernois-Bahn . Two volumes, tram-TV Verlag, ISBN 978-3-943846-45-4 .

Web links

Commons : Montreux-Berner-Oberland-Bahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Montreux – Lenk railway in the Simmental

• Goldenpass.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürg Lüthard, Urs Wieser: New multiple units for Western Switzerland meter gauge railways. In: Swiss Railway Review. No. 6/2016, pp. 301–307 and no. 7/2016, pp. 361–367.
2. ↑ Stadler Rail (Ed.): Two-power diesel cogwheel locomotive . ( stadlerrail.com [PDF]).
3. ↑ www.x-rail.ch, AB 93 (accessed June 27, 2011)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Patrick Belloncle, Jürgen Ehrbar, Tibert Keller; The big book of the MOB Montreux – Berner Oberland-Bahn / Le grand livre du MOB Montreux – Oberland bernois , Edition Viafer, Kerzers 2009, ISBN 3-9522494-2-4 , page 223
5. ^ Theo Stolz, Paul Bucher; Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn SZB 1979, pages 42-43
6. ↑ Jürg Aeschlimann: Regional traffic Bern-Solothurn. Part 1: Lines G and W. Volume 301, Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 1998, ISBN 3-907579-07-0 , page 142
7. ↑ http: //www.bemo-modellbahn.de,/ BEMO Modelleisenbahn, Article 1283 310, MOB ABDe 4/4 20 nostalgic railcars, quote: ... the MOB 1904-06 procured a total of 14 railcars ... (accessed on August 9, 2013)
8. ↑ 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.
9. ↑ Curriculum vitae on the homepage of the association Ds Blaue Bähnli  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ ^{a b} Facebook, Andreas Zimmermann. Retrieved November 10, 2017 . 
11. ^ Photo by Agent M