Sernftalbahn

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Schwanden-Elm
Route length: 13.8 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Power system : 800  V  =
Maximum slope : 68  ‰
Legend
   
 0.0 Dwindling 521  m above sea level M.
   
 Connection to SBB Ziegelbrücke-Linthal
   
 1.3 Au
   
 2.1 Soolstrasse
   
 3.0 Wait 657 m above sea level M.
   
 5.3 Au
   
 5.9 Engi- Frontdorf 773 m above sea level M.
   
 Depot and workshop
   
 6.8 Engi-Dörfli
   
 7.6 Engi- Hinterdorf 804 m above sea level M.
   
 8.9 Matt Village
   
 9.7 Matt station 848 m above sea level M.
   
 11.5 Meissenboden
   
 13.8 Elm 962 m above sea level M.

The Sernftalbahn (SeTB) was an electric meter- gauge railway (1000 mm) in the Swiss canton of Glarus , which was operated by the private railway company of the same name. It led - mostly on the valley road - from Schwanden in the Sernftal 14 kilometers along the Sernf up to Elm . The railcar were direct current (first 750, then 800  volts ) from a separate water power plant and a diesel engine - generator group driven. The management was in Engi in the middle of the route.

history

Sernftalbahn motor car in the first year of operation in 1905

The opening of the passenger traffic took place on August 7, 1905 the freight transport followed on September 4, 1905. He was especially for the textile industry and the quarries in Sernftal important. In 1949 three new modern railcars were delivered, which meant that daily operations could be handled with modern rolling stock. Nevertheless, after years of discussions about its future, the railway was discontinued in the course of the expansion of the Talstrasse on May 31, 1969 and replaced by a bus line. The three railcars from 1949 could be sold to the Aigle – Ollon – Monthey – Champéry-Bahn (AOMC) for their valley line Aigle - Ollon - Monthey . From there they were then sold to Stern & Hafferl in Austria, where two are still in operation. The former station buildings in Engi and Elm have been preserved from the infrastructure to this day.

The company name Sernftalbahn was changed to the Sernftal car operation with the change of operations . In addition to the main line, this bus company also operates some regional lines in and around Schwanden . The Sernftal car company has been responsible for rail replacement courses between Schwanden and Linthal since the 1990s .

A museum has existed in Engi since April 2009, the Sernftalbahnmuseum , which is about the former Sernftalbahn (SeTB). This museum is operated by the Sernftalbahn Association, which has existed since October 2006 . In the next few years the museum will move to the very authentic area of ​​the Elm terminus, which is why some exhibits are already on display there, such as the two restored railcars.

Vehicle fleet

Passenger and luggage railcars
  • BCFe 2/2 1 (1905) MAN / MFO, canceled in 1963
  • BCFe 2/2 2 (1905) MAN / MFO, discarded in 1949, base frame reused for the Fe 2/2 22
  • BCFe 2/2 3 (1905) MAN / MFO, canceled in 1969
  • BCFe 2/2 4 (1928) SIG / MFO, handed over to the Blonay – Chamby (BC) museum railway in 1969
  • BFe 4/4 5 (1949) SWS / MFO , handed over to Aigle – Ollon – Monthey – Champéry-Bahn (AOMC) (BDe 4/4 111) in 1969, passed on to Stern & Hafferl (ET 26.110), restored on site in Elm of the future SeTB museum
  • BFe 4/4 6 (1949) SWS / MFO, handed over to Aigle – Ollon – Monthey – Champéry-Bahn (BDe 4/4 112) in 1969, passed on to Stern & Hafferl (ET 26.109), restored in Elm at the location of the future SeTB Museum
  • BFe 4/4 7 (1949) SWS / MFO, handed over to Aigle – Ollon – Monthey – Champéry-Bahn (BDe 4/4 113) in 1969, passed on to Stern & Hafferl (ET 26.108), scrapped in 1987 after severe fire damage. The not entirely logical numbering resulted from the fact that the vehicles were initially registered and used on different routes. Number 7 was the first vehicle to be registered on the Attersee, the other two drove on the Forchdorf-Gmunden route and were only relocated after the depot fire.
  • Fe 2/2 21 (1905) MAN / MFO, canceled in 1959
  • Fe 2/2 22 (1955), then Xe 2/2 22, delivered in 1969 to the former Oberaargau-Jura-Bahnen (OJB), today Aare Seeland mobil (ASm). Because of its poor performance, it could not really be used there, which is why it was retired and canceled in the early 1970s. Developed from the underframe of the BCFe 2/2 2 and the electrical part of the Ce 2/2 143 of the Zurich transport company (VBZ), which was temporarily stationed on the Sernftalbahn
Passenger cars
  • BC 11 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1964
  • BC 12 (1905) MAN, delivered to Eurovapor in 1969
  • BC 13 (1905) MAN, handed over to the Blonay – Chamby (BC) museum railway in 1969
  • B 14 (1926/1955) SWS / PAG, originally electric trams in the canton of Zug (ESZ) C 38, from 1955 to the Sernftalbahn, handed over to Elmag (Adliswil ZH) in 1969
  • B 15 (1920/1957) SWS, originally ESZ C 37, from 1955 to the Sernftalbahn, handed over to Eurovapor (SZB) in 1969, since 1981 re-gauged to 750 mm to the Jagsttalbahn
Freight wagons
  • K 31 (1905) MAN, handed over to the Blonay-Chamby Museum Railway (BC) in 1969
  • K 32 (1905) MAN, broken off in 1969, the car body was used for private purposes (Klöntal), the front in the SeTB Museum was preserved.
  • K 33 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • K 34 (1905) MAN, broken off in 1969, car body continued to be used privately (Wart), has since disappeared
  • K 35 (1929) SIG, almost completely restored in the SeTB Museum in Engi Vorderdorf
  • K 36 (1920) SIG, broken off in 1969, formerly Wetzikon – Meilen-Bahn (WMB) K 45, completely restored in the SeTB Museum in Engi Vorderdorf
  • L 41 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1960
  • L 42 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • L 43 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • L 44 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • L 45 (1905) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • L 46 (1906) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • L 47 (1906) MAN, canceled in 1969
  • L 48
  • L 49
  • L 50
  • M 81
  • M 82
  • M 83

gallery

literature

  • Hans Waldburger: That was the Sernftalbahn . Verlag Tschudi & Co. AG, Glarus 1971. ISBN 3-85948-001-4
  • Hans Waldburger, Jürg Aeschlimann: Sernftalbahn Schwanden – Elm . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 2005. ISBN 3-907579-35-6
  • Adelheid Baumgartner: Memory of the Sernftalbahn . Baeschlin, Glarus 2005. ISBN 3-85546-167-8

Web links

Commons : Sernftalbahn  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flyer Sernftalbahn Museum from April 2009
  2. ↑ Book by Hans Waldburger That was the Sernftalbahn , page 136
  3. ↑ Sernftalbahn, freight and company cars. In: pospichal.net