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Locomotive Details |
Location/Date of Photo |
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» Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (more..)
» HG 3/4 (more..) |
» Steffenbach bridge
» Realp, Switzerland (more..)
» August 01, 2008 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» HG 3/4 4 (more..)
» 155 (more..) |
» Georg Trüb (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| Cog wheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 4, longterm lent out from the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn to the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB), on the Steffenbach bridge in a grade of 11 %. This 36 m long folding bridge is moved back to the abutments every autumn to give way to the avalanches. This work is be done by about 16 strong men in a days work with the help of sets of pulleys. |
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