Daniel Heer has also beautifully captured the last Be 4/6 locomotives on film. To tie in with our latest railway feature, today we present the Be 4/6 12305 hauling a long train, presumably south of Koblenz heading towards Laufenburg. Photo: (c) Daniel Heer/bahnarchiv.ch, SGEG DH A SWN135 0983-35
Here you will find information about our association, our planned and past excursions into the world of Swiss railway and industrial history, and lots of interesting facts about the world of railways.
The last years of the Be 4/6 12305
When I first started taking photos of trains, the last Be 4/6 locomotives at Winterthur depot were eking out a living hauling general freight trains such as the 8049 from Zurich to Schaffhausen. During a lengthy stop at Bülach, the Be 4/6 re-formed the train with a lengthy shunting manoeuvre. On 7 September 1970, Be 4/6 12305 stands ready for departure. In the background, a Be 6/8 II with a gravel train is also waiting for the green light. Bülach, 7 September 1970 Photo: © Edi Meier, Bülach
OJB B23 Part 2: Passenger Trains
Let’s start modestly with the SNB BDe 4/4 5 and the B 23 in front of the monastery church of St. Urban. The Baroque monastery church, built between 1711 and 1717 on the site of an older church, would of course be well worth a visit, but we didn’t have time for that! The BDe 4/4 5 was built in 1918 by SWS and MFO for the SNB and delivered some three months after the line opened. In 1954, the carriage body was modernised and in 1961 it was fitted with new, more powerful traction motors from SAAS (Sécheron). 24 March 1984 Photo: © Edi Meier, Bülach
GM 2026: Zeppelin Museum
This year, participants of our AGM with accompanying programme met at Romanshorn, where the motor vessel ‘St. Gallen’ was waiting. It served as a replacement for a car ferry that is currently undergoing maintenance.
The photo shows a historic warehouse in front of the church at the entrance to Romanshorn harbour. 7 March 2026 Photo: © Edi Meier, Bülach
Romanshorn
Romanshorn, the meeting point for the boat trip to our AGM in Friedrichshafen, has always been a worthwhile destination for railway photographers. A brief photographic review of times gone by…
At Romanshorn, the last Ee 3/3 ‘Halbschuh’ locomotives with a single-sided front end from the first series of SBB electrical shunting locomotives were active. Here, Ee 3/3 no. 16324 is preparing an EW II luggage van for its next assignment. 31 March 1984 © Edi Meier, Bülach