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Railcar Be 4/4 1001 with train in Montreux

Year of construction: 1955
V max: 70 km/h
Manufacturer: ACMV and BBC
Photographer: Sven Manias, 08-04-93

The railcarwas built for the railway Lugano-Cadro-Dino (LCD), which was closed in 1973. The LCD sold it to the MOB, where it was adapted for the duty on the MOB line.

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Railcar Be 4/4 1003 in Chāteau d' Oex

Year of construction: 1951
V max: 70 km/h
Manufacturer: SWS and SAAS
Photographer: Walter Mani, 09-06-96

In 1981 the MOB bought this railcar from the Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa (FLP). It is used normaly for regional services.

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Railcar BDe 4/4 3004 in Zweisimmen

Year of construction: 1944
Power: 463 kW
V max: 75 km/h
Manufacturer: SIG and BBC
Photographer: Tobias B. Köhler, March 1994

The railcars of class 300x are used with Super-Panoramic-Express. They got a special colour scheme and a wooden fitting-out.

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Double piece railcar ABDe 8/8 4003 in Zweisimmen

Year of construction: 1968
Power: 880 kW
V max: 70 km/h
Manufacturer: SIG, BBC and SAAS
Photographer: Klaus P. Canavan, 03-23-96

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BDe 4/4 5001 with ABt 5301 in Chernex

Year of construction: 1976
Power: 448 kW
V max: 80 km/h
Manufacturer: SIG and SAAS
Photographer: Klaus P. Canavan, 04-16-96

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Ge 4/4 8001 and 8003 with Arst 151 in Chernex

Year of construction: 1994
Power: 2400 kW
V max: 100 km/h
Manufacturer: SLM and ABB
Photographer: Klaus P. Canavan, 04-09-96

The locos are here on a test run.

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ABDe 8/8 on Manche-Viadukt nearby Flendruz

Year of cnstruction: 1968
Power: 876 kW
V max: 70 km/h
Manufacturer: SIG, SAAS and BBC
Photographer: Stefan Dringenberg, 08-21-93

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Crystal-Panoramic-Express Arst 151 and railcar Be 4/4 1003

Photographer: Stefan Dringenberg, 08-21-93

On the picture the place of the engineer can be seen over the main window of Arst 515. Behind the small hole on the front a video camera is mounted for a better view on the tracks.

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Ge 4/4 8002 with regional train in Zweisimmen

Photographer: Klaus P. Canavan, 03-23-96

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GDe 4/4 with Panoramic-Express at Zweisimmen

Year of construction: 1983
Power: 1053 kW
V max: 90 km/h
Manufacturer: SLM and BBC
Photographer: Sven Manias, 08-05-93

In 1983 GDe 4/4 6003 got the speed record for swiss narrow gauge locos with a speed of 110 km/h. The coaches are the "classical" coaches of Panoramic Express.

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