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Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881Construction locomotive of the St. Gotthard RailwayThis small locomotive uses the Brown system of lever-drive with elevated cylinders. The British engineer Charles Brown was the major founder of the Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works (SLM). He designed this special driving arrangement to reduce the width of the locomotive immediately above rail level. This type of construction was particularly suited for construction and factory locomotives as well as steam tramways.
  • Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881
    Construction locomotive of the ...
  • GB Gotthardbahn (Gotthard-Bahn, Gotthardbahn-Gesellschaft) (1871 - 1909), Operator or user
    von Roll Giesserei Choindez (1871 - 1909), Operator or user
    SLM Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (1871 - 1998), Manufacturer
    Brown Charles sen. (1827 - 1905), Patent
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-72
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The magneto-inductive cable testThe cable is the most important structural element of the aerial railway. The travelling through the running gear, over rollers, round pinions and steering wheels, at a constant high tension, and the influence of the weather subject the cables to a perpetual wear and tear. For this reason they have to be periodically examined for possible damage.The wirebreak is the most frequent cable damage. Others are notches, pressure points, tears, corrosion and parts affected by lightning. Damage can be on the surface of the cable as well in the interior parts.Damaged cable = weakened cableGovernement regulations require therefore a periodic magneto-inductive cable test.In this disturbance-free method of examination the cable is locally magnetized and the differentiated formed magnetic field is abstracted by inductance. The electrical tensions arising thereby are visually recorded as a continuous diagram.
  • The magneto-inductive cable test
    The cable is the most important structural element of the ...
  • Ernst Kündig AG (1962), Manufacturer, archivalisch belegt
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-9108
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Sdt 5085 9803 103-9 car transport wagon with protective roof, BLS, 1969Faster to the south with the car on the trainThe BLS railway company began conveying cars with their occupants through the Lötschberg and Simplon tunnels in 1926. In the early days, they were carried on open goods wagons hitched onto the back of a passenger or freight train. With the timetabled car/rail service launched in 1960, passengers stay in their cars. The car transport wagons now have roofs to guard against falling stones or contact with the catenary wire. The BLS celebrated its 40 millionth car transport in 2010.
  • Sdt 5085 9803 103-9 car transport wagon with protective roof, BLS, 1969
    Faster to the south ...
  • SWS Schweizerische Wagons- + Aufzügefabrik AG (Schweiz. Wagonsfabrik Schlieren, Schweiz. Waggonsfabrik AG) (1899 - 1985), Manufacturer
    BLS Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Bahn (1907 - 2006), Operator or user
    BLS AG (*2006), Operator or user
  • Inv. Nr. VHS-11935
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