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Steam locomotive H 1/2 No. 1 “Gnom” Ostermundigen quarry 1871Working locomotive with dual driveThe steam locomotive “Gnom” was built by the mountain-railway pioneer Niklaus Riggenbach for the Ostermundigen quarry. In addition to adhesive drive, it also had rack-and-pinion drive. In 1907 it was moved to Rondez, to the Von Roll steel works, as a shunting engine. After it was taken out of service in 1942, Von Roll general manager Dr. Ernst Dübi arranged for the locomotive to be preserved for posterity. In the Swiss Museum of Transport it was restored to working order from 1999 to 2002, before the eyes of the public. The traces of its history remained visible in the process.
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  • Steam locomotive H 1/2 No. 1 “Gnom” Ostermundigen quarry 1871
    Working locomotive with ...

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  • Steam locomotive H 1/2 No. 1 “Gnom” Ostermundigen quarry 1871
    Working locomotive with dual drive

    The steam locomotive “Gnom” was built by the mountain-railway pioneer Niklaus Riggenbach for the Ostermundigen quarry. In addition to adhesive drive, it also had rack-and-pinion drive. In 1907 it was moved to Rondez, to the Von Roll steel works, as a shunting engine. After it was taken out of service in 1942, Von Roll general manager Dr. Ernst Dübi arranged for the locomotive to be preserved for posterity. In the Swiss Museum of Transport it was restored to working order from 1999 to 2002, before the eyes of the public. The traces of its history remained visible in the process.
  • Inventory No.VHS-7700
  • Original/modelOriginal-Fahrzeug
  • Object typeObject (three-dimensional)
  • Manufacturer/operatorSteinbruchbahn Ostermundigen (1871 - 1902), Operator or user
    Hauptwerkstätte der Schweizerischen Centralbahn SCB (1871 - 1902), Manufacturer
    Riggenbach Niklaus (Nicolaus) (1817 - 1899), Patent/System, Konstrukteur/in
    von Roll AG (von Roll'sche Eisenwerke AG, Giesserei Bern) (*1823), Operator or user
  • GeographyUsage location: Ostermundigen Steinbruch (Kanton Bern)
  • Dating1871; ausrangiert 1902
  • Object weightGewicht 18000 kg
  • Type of propulsionPiston steam engine
  • Engine designSaturated steam
  • Number of cylinders2
  • Steam (bar)6
  • Top speed (km/h)25