Chemin de fer Orbe – Chavornay

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Chavornay-Orbe
Route of the Chemin de fer Orbe – Chavornay
Timetable field : 211
Route length: 3,898 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 750 volts  =
Maximum slope : 30  ‰
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Jura foothills line of Lausanne
Station, station
 0.0 Chavornay ( wedge station ) 447  m above sea level M.
   
 Jura foot line to Olten
Station, station
 2.5 Les Granges (Orbe) 445  m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 3.5 St-Eloi 470  m above sea level M.
End station - end of the line
 3.9 Orbe 473  m above sea level M.

The Chemin de fer Orbe-Chavornay - abbreviated OC, German : Orbe-Chavornay-Bahn - is a former railway company and a railway line ; it was the first electric standard-gauge railway in Switzerland .

history

Orbe station with Be 2/2 14 railcars on the house platform
St-Eloi stop , 2003
Orbe station - the BDe 4/4 13 (front) has been running on the Buckower Kleinbahn since 2017

The Compagnie de l'Ouest Suisse trains had been traveling through the Orbe plain since May 1856 and stopped in Chavornay . The district capital Orbe, which is about four kilometers away, had no rail connection. When the industry there expanded with mills and a Nestlé factory, a suitable connection to the Swiss railway network had to be found. On April 17, 1894, the route from Orbe to Chavornay was opened. Since the route in front of the Orbe terminus rises at a short distance of 30  per thousand , the decision was made to use electric traction . One chose direct current with 750  volts . The three CFe 2/2 railcars initially obtained their electricity from the overhead contact line with roller pantographs , and their two motors developed 70  horsepower (51.5  kW ). Passenger traffic was modest, but the heavy freight traffic quickly demanded even more powerful locomotives. In 1902, a freight railcar that was twice as powerful was procured .

Today, Chemin de fer Orbe – Chavornay handles passenger traffic with a modern electric railcar , and freight traffic with two electric locomotives and one diesel locomotive .

On June 1, 2003, Travys took over the management of Chemin de fer Orbe-Chavornay and subsequently bought the shares of the Usines de l'Orbe (Orbe power plants, abbreviated to UO). The traction current is also obtained from these . In 2008 the company was fully integrated into the Travys through a merger.

Rolling stock

Railcar Be 2/2 14 in Les Granges (Orbe), 2003
Fe 2/2 32 in Orbe station, 2009
Shunting locomotive Ee 2/2 2 in Orbe station
Br 26 social car in Orbe, 2003
Railcars and luggage railcars

Control car

  • Bt 51 La Sihl (1960/2006), formerly Sihltal-Zürich-Uetliberg-Bahn, Bt 912, originally Uetlibergbahn, Bt 17

Passenger cars

  • C2 22–23 (1895/1862), formerly SBB A 251 and 253, formerly Jura-Simplon-Bahn A 11 and 13, demolished in 1958
  • Br4 26 (1955/1987/1994), formerly B 26, formerly SBB B 20-33 024, formerly SBB 5937, 2007 sold to Verein RVT-Historique

Shunting locomotives

  • Ee 2/2 1–2 (1970), (envisaged numbers Ee 927 601–927 602)
  • Em 3/3 3 (1985), (planned number Em 837 603), new 98 85 5837 803-6 CH-TVYS, diesel locomotive Henschel DHG 700 serial no. 32724

Historic vehicles

  • CFe 2/2 11 (1895), formerly 1, reserve shunting railcar until 1970, exhibited in the Verkehrshaus since 1974 , in its original state
  • C2 12 (1894), formerly C 21, sold in 1980 to Rive-Bleue Express, after its liquidation in 2005 transferred to the Verein Historische Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn
  • De 2/2 32 (1902), largely in the original condition
  • C2 21 (1894) 1980 sold to Rive-Bleue Express, 2005 to Verein historical Mittelthurgaubahn, resale to private, stored since approx. 2014 in Locorama Romanshorn, desolate condition
  • C2 24 (1984, rebuilt 1918), formerly Ce 2/2 1 (1894), sold in 1980 to Rive-Bleue Express, after its liquidation in 2005 transferred to the Verein Historische Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn, resale to private customers, parked since approx. 2014 in Locorama Romanshorn, desolate condition
  • C2 25 (1892/1950), formerly SiTB C 22, sold in 1986 to Rive-Bleue Express, after its liquidation in 2005 transferred to the Zürcher Museums-Bahn (ZMB)

Service vehicles

  • X2 41 (1902), lore for clearing snow
  • X2 42 (1948), trolley for weed killing
  • X3 43 (1910/1970/1997), escort car for Br 26, formerly SBB crew car (Rottenküche) X 40 85 96 32 237-5, formerly SBB 95564

Infrastructure

In Orbe there is a depot and a workshop, in Les Granges (Orbe) there is a simple coach house .

Web links

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