Oensingen-Balsthal Railway

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Oensingen-Balsthal Railway
Timetable field : 412
Route length: 4.01 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope : 12  ‰
Minimum radius : 250 m
Oensingen – Balsthal railway line
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Gäubahn from Solothurn
Station, station
 0.00 Oensingen wedge station 462 m above sea level M.
   
 Gäubahn to Olten
   
 Siding
   
 1.52 Maiacker shut down 469 m above sea level M.
   
 2.62 Von Roll Klus siding
Station, station
 2.62 Klus 481 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 3.32 Thalbrücke 483 m above sea level M.
End station - end of the line
 4.01 Balsthal 489 m above sea level M.
   
 depot

The Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn AG (official initials OeBB , also to distinguish it from the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB) based in Balsthal is a private railway company in the canton of Solothurn (Switzerland). Its four-kilometer normal-gauge route leads from Oensingen to Balsthal.

history

Oensingen-Balsthal Railway Company dated December 31, 1919

The desire arose early on to establish a rail link with Basel through the Klus von Balsthal and under the Passwang or Unteren Hauenstein . In 1873 the construction of the Wasserfallenbahn between the Baselbieter town Reigoldswil and the Solothurn town Mümliswil behind Balsthal began, but after a year the construction of the tunnel and the access routes had to be stopped due to financial difficulties. The Jura-Gotthard Railway project did not even get beyond the planning stage .

In the 1890s, the Balsthal-Klus ( Von Roll ) industry sought a connection to the Jura foot line in Oensingen. On July 17, 1899, the short branch line was able to start operating. The OeBB line has been completely electrified since 1943.

today

  • Oensingen train station, left area of ​​OeBB, right area of ​​SBB

  • RBDe 4/4 of OeBB ex SBB in Klus station

  • Balsthal station building

With the implementation of Bahn 2000 and the “Thal 2005” traffic concept, a half-hourly service was introduced, which is supplemented by Postbus courses at peak times . Before that, there was a timetable for a few years with postbus courses as a basic offer and some trains at peak times. For the introduction of the half-hourly service, a shuttle train set was initially acquired from Regionalverkehr Mittelland (RM), but this was soon replaced by an SBB-RBe 540 shuttle train set . The external addresses of the shuttle train taken over by SBB were changed to OeBB, the paintwork was retained. Since the takeover of an NPZ prototype set from the SBB in 2007/2008, it has generally operated with the RBe-540 shuttle train as a replacement. When the timetable changed at the end of 2015, OeBB rented a modernized “Domino” composition from SBB. Since the Domino ran a whole 1st class car, the exterior address of the 1st class car was changed to one third of the first class and two thirds of the second class. The equipment of the former 1st class was not changed. The OeBB logo was affixed to the outside of the still existing 1st class. For the timetable change at the end of 2018, the OeBB domino was adapted to that of the SBB and different domino sets operate on the OeBB, each of which is supplied from Biel / Bienne.

Vehicle fleet

OeBB has many former, partly historic, SBB and BLS vehicles and can therefore also offer nostalgic trips, for example with the “ Red Arrow ”. Discarded and sold vehicles are shown in italics.

Locomotives

  • E 3/3 1 (1899 SLM 1219), sold to Chemische Fabrik Uetikon in 1943, demolished in 1961
  • E 3/3 2 (90 85 0008 542-2, 1899 SLM 1220), 1943 sold to von Roll, 1967 back to OeBB
  • E 3/3 1 "(90 85 0008 651-1, 1909 Maffei 2983), 1976 ex Von Roll 1 ex SBB 8651 ex KLB
  • E 3/3 6 (1910 SLM 2076), 2004 ex von Roll, ex SBB 8500, drawn
  • E 3/3 7 (1907 SLM 1879), 2004 ex von Roll, ex SBB 8483, drawn
  • Em 4/4 20 (1982 LEW 17690), purchase 2004 ex BLS 845 001 ex DB / DR 345 164-8 ex 105 164-8
  • Em 4/4 22 (1968 LEW 12246), purchased in 2004 from the Estavayer canning factory
  • Tm 24 (1966 RACO 1699), purchased in 1997 ex von Roll
  • Ce 2/2 101 (1944), sold to SBB in 1958, Te III 138, discarded in May 2000
  • Ce 2/2 102 (1944), turned off
  • Ce 2/2 103 (1947), turned off
  • De 6/6 15301 (1926 SLM 3056) « Sea metal crocodile »; ex SBB

Railcars and multiple units

  • Fm 2/4 123 (1930 SLM 3407), steam railcar, after electrification at Color Metall Zurich, parked for sale, demolished in 1956
  • Be 2/4 201 (1935), purchased in 1958 ex BLS 721 ex 787 “Blue Arrow”, discarded in 1995, at the Klus Fire Brigade School (Balsthal) , available as a training object in 2018
  • RBe 2/4 202 (1938), bought 1974 ex SBB 1007 ex 607 ex CLe 2/4 207 “ Red Arrow ”, blue after purchase, now red again
  • BDe 2/8 203 (1938), purchased in 1982 ex GBS ABDe 2/8 704 ex GTB Ce 2/4 692 and BCF4 471, discarded in 1985 after a collision
  • BDe 4/12 204 (1935), 1986 ex DB 425 120 + 825 020 + 425 420 (plus 425 110 as spare parts donor), sold in 1993 to private, Stuttgart
  • ABDe 4/8 244 (1945), taken over in 1991, discarded in 2006
    ex BLS ABDe 4/8 744, formerly GBS 742, now in the Kerzers / Kallnach Railway Museum
  • ABDe 4/8 245 (1945), taken over in 1991, shut down in 2000, discarded in 2004, demolished in 2005
    ex BLS ABDe 4/8 745 previously SEZ 741
  • RFe 4/4 601 (1944 SLM 3693), taken over in 1994, engine failure in 1995, in operation as 601 in 1997, sold to RailIn in 2005, to Classic Rail in 2007
    ex SBB RFe 4/4, later BT Fe 4/4 51, BT De 4/4 25, then SZU 51
  • BDe 4/4 641 (1954), taken over in 1997 ex SBB BDe 4/4 1641, sold in 2013, new CH-DSF 94 85 7570 641-1
  • BDe 4/4 651 (1954), taken over in 1997 ex SBB BDe 4/4 1651, sold in 2013 as a spare parts dispenser
  • BDe 576 250 (1966) “ High-performance railcar ”, taken over in 2004, passed on in 2005, demolished in 2007
    ex RM BDe 4/4 II 576 250 with B 551 and ABt 991 taken over in 2004, replaced by SBB RBe 540 in the following year . The train first went into private ownership and was soon scrapped.
  • RBe 540 019/074 (originally 1421 and 1477, 1964/1965), taken over in 2005/2006 as RBe 205/206 together with AB EW II 505 and BDt EW I 905
  • RBDe 560 000, ex SBB (originally 2100). Takeover as RBDe 207 with AB EWI 507 and Bt 907. Equipped with the coat of arms of the municipality of Balsthal on April 28th, 2008 in commercial use

Passenger coaches

Control car

  • Bt 900 (1949), taken over in 1997 from SBB Bt 50 85 29-33 900
  • ABt 991 (1978), purchased in 2004 ex RM 50 38 29-33 991, resold in 2005 , demolished in 2007
  • BDt 905 (1959), takeover in 2005 ex SBB BDt 50 85 82-35 977 EW I 2017 demolition
  • Bt 50 85 80-34 000-9 ex Bt 907 (1984), NPZ control car, purchase 2008 ex SBB 50 85 29-34 900
  • ABt 505 (1970) purchase 2005 ex SBB 50 85 39-35 033 EW II

Dining car

  • WR 401 (1937), 1976 ex SBB 17-59 007-2 ex 2060 ex AB4ü 2848
  • WR 402 (1907), 1976 ex SBB X 9732 612-0 ex WR 10214
  • WR 403 (1906), 1980 ex SBB X 9722 300-4 ex WR 10206, 2010 to the Kallnach Railway Museum

Passenger cars

  • As 411 (1913), 1979 ex SBB X 99-43 102 ex 91101 ex 99701, "Schräger Max"
  • As 412 (1937), 1983 ex SBB A 17-59 009-8 ex 2062 ex AB4ü 2850
  • As 413 (1937), 1985 ex SBB B 50 85 20-03 308-7 ex 8109
  • B2 421 (1968), 1986 ex SBB 99-29 446, "Sputnik"
  • B2 without no. (1966), 1996 ex SBB Db 60 85 99-29 265, red, whereabouts unclear
  • B2 without number (1966–1967), 1986 ex SBB 60 85 99-29 240, 346, 353, whereabouts unclear
  • Bi 501 (1950), 1974 ex SBB 37-03 016 1999 sold to CFTPV Vallorbe
  • Bi 502, 503, .. redrawn to 510 (1950), 1974 ex SBB 37-03 015 and 017
  • Bi 504 (1953), 1976 ex SBB 38-03 013-3, sold in 1999 to CFTPV Vallorbe
  • B 551 (1964), bought in 2004 ex RM 50 38 29-33 551, resold in 2005, demolished in 2007
  • AB 507 (1959), purchase 2008 ex SBB 50 85 30-35 200 EW I

Baggage cart

  • Baggage trolleys (2 pieces D2)

Freight and company cars

  • Freight wagons (10 Gbs, 2 Gklm, G, E)
  • gallery

  • Balsthal station with railcars of the RBDe 4/4 series

  • OeBB shunting tractor Ce 2/2 102 in Balsthal

  • Em 2/2 9 in Balsthal

  • Em 4/4 22 (ex DR-V60) in Klus

  • Be 2/4 201 (at today's location as a training vehicle at the IFA in Klus)

  • Seetal crocodile De 6/6 15301 in Hochdorf

literature

  • Beat Birkhofer: Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn - in the service of the region since 1899 . Verlag OeBB, Balsthal 1999, ISBN 3-905404-06-0
  • Oscar Profos: 50 years of OeBB. 1899-1949. Commemorative publication Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn. Printed by: Vogt-Schild, Solothurn 1949

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see 1st preliminary list of VKMs (published 07/07/2007) on the ERA homepage ( memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.era.europa.eu
  2. ↑ The wooden box wagons were labeled "ÖBB", while the locomotives were labeled OeBB, see Birkhofer Beat: Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn, in service in the region since 1899. 1999, ISBN 3-905404-06-0 , pages 102-104
  3. ↑ Eisenbahn Amateur 6/2008, page 321
  4. ↑ according to VRS rolling stock directory 1990 and the following: bought in 1986, sold to VVT in 1993, bought in 1996

Web links

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