Swiss army transport of 6 armored howitzer "M 109" (Swiss Army designation "Pz Hb M109 KAWEST") (KAWEST=Kampfwertsteigerung/upgrading) over the 1 meter gauge former Bière-Apples-Morges Railway (BAM), which is now the "Transports de la Région Morges Bière Cossonay" (MBC), from the military training area near Bière to Morges. Locomotive Ge 4/4 # 22 "La Venoge" (built in 1994 by SLM and ABB, 2400 kW) was pulling the 6 standard gauge cars Slmmnps-y, which were jacked up on 24 two axle, 1 meter gauge, transporter trucks. The train arrived in Morges, were the 6 standard gauge cars are transferred from the transporter trucks to the standard gauge track by mean of the special installation.
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