Very rapidly declining are the ranks of BLS Re 4/4II and freights are no longer hauled by these once ubiquitious machines

Very rapidly declining are the ranks of BLS Re 4/4II and freights are no longer hauled by these once ubiquitious machines.

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BLS 178 runs light through Spiez, hauling a sister loco on 24 July 2000.

On 13 February 2024 BLS 475 413 hauls a Class 465 through Pratteln and gets photographed from a well-known vantage point.

Very rapidly declining are the ranks of BLS Re 4/4II and freights are no longer hauled by these once ubiquitious machines. ON a very rainy 28 May 2019 BLS 185 hauls a freight through Spirz towards Brig.

Leonardus Schrijvers 11.09.2025, 49 Calls, 0 Comments

On 9 February 2023 BLS Cargo 475 414 hauls a trailer train out of Emmerich into the Netherlands.

Very rapidly declining are the ranks of BLS Re 4/4II and freights are no longer hauled by these once ubiquitious machines.

On the first day of 2019 BLS 176 'HOHTENN' stands sidelined at Spiez.

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BLS 465 001 Sempione stands at Olten on 27 May 2003. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric locomotives / Re 465 (BLS), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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BLS 485 015 hauls an almost empty intermodal truck shuttle through a rainy Spiez on 28 May 2019. Sadly, this will be a historic picture because Ralpin, who organises these piggyback trains, have announced their plans to end this Freiburg<=>Novara service due to raising costs. From 2026, the trailers will be transported without the trucks. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric locomotives / Re 485 (BLS), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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A stroke of luck: on 1 January 2020 BLS advertiser 465 008 calls at Neuchatel with a train set, that advertises for Kambly, a well known brand of cookies (at least in Switzerland!). 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric locomotives / Re 465 (BLS), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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On 1 January 2019 BLS 465 009 still wears the original blue colour while sidelined at Spiez, but will receive the current apple green within a few moments. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric locomotives / Re 465 (BLS), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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