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Steam locomotive G 3/3 No 6 Waldenburg Railway WB 1912Narrow-gauge steam locomotives of the SLMThe railway between Liestal and Waldenburg was constructed in the middle of the 1880 economic crisis. Curves with very small radii were used to save construction costs, so it was built to a gauge of 750 mm, the narrowest used on any public railway in Switzerland. In 1912, the SLM delivered locomotive No.6. Railway enthusiasts preserved it from being scrapped, and in 1958 it became the first railway vehicle to enter the Transport Museum.
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  • Steam locomotive G 3/3 No 6 Waldenburg Railway WB 1912
    Narrow-gauge steam locomotives of ...

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  • Steam locomotive G 3/3 No 6 Waldenburg Railway WB 1912
    Narrow-gauge steam locomotives of the SLM

    The railway between Liestal and Waldenburg was constructed in the middle of the 1880 economic crisis. Curves with very small radii were used to save construction costs, so it was built to a gauge of 750 mm, the narrowest used on any public railway in Switzerland. In 1912, the SLM delivered locomotive No.6. Railway enthusiasts preserved it from being scrapped, and in 1958 it became the first railway vehicle to enter the Transport Museum.
  • Inventory No.VHS-3
  • Original/modelOriginal-Fahrzeug
  • Object typeObject (three-dimensional)
  • Manufacturer/operatorWB Waldenburgerbahn (Waldenburgbahn) (*1880), Betreiber/in
    SLM Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (1871 - 1998), Manufacturer
  • GeographyTerritory: Liestal - Waldenburg, Kanton Basel-Land
  • DatingBaujahr 1912; in Betrieb bis 1954
  • Object weightL x B x H L über Puffer 588 x 202 x 330 cm
    Leergewicht 12000 kg
    Dienstgewicht 15400 kg
  • Type of propulsionPiston steam engine
  • Power (kW)90
  • Top speed (km/h)25