The ST E 3/3 N° 5 in Sursee.
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The ST E 3/3 N° 5 in Sursee.
27.08.2017
Stefan Wohlfahrt http://klein-aber-fein---imagination.startbilder.de/ 26.02.2018, 633 Views, 0 Comments
EXIF: SONY ILCA-77M2, Date 2017:08:27 11:04:47, Exposure time: 1/400, Aperture: 130/10, ISO200, Focal length: 260/10
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The traditional Gotthelf Market takes place in Sumiswald, and for this market, the "Emmental Railway" operates several steam trains on the Sumiswald Grünen – Wasen i.E. route. The picture shows the E 3/3 853 of the Dampf Bahn Bern association departing from Sumiswald Grünen. The steam locomotive was built in 1890 in Winterthur under factory number 629 and delivered as F3 853 to the J-S (Jura-Simplon Railway). At the SBB, the shunting locomotives of the E 3/3 series with operating numbers 851 – 853 were assigned to group 82 and received the numbers 8571 – 8576. In 1911, the locomotive E 3/3 853 received a new boiler and was sold to the RVT, where it was in service until 1928, after which it was used as an "industrial shunting locomotive" at Von Roll in Gerlafingen and Klus. When diesel locomotives made the steam locomotive obsolete, it was saved from scrapping by the Düby Foundation by handing it over to the DBB. After an overhaul in 1983, it was operated, among other places, on the Sensetalbahn. After a further overhaul in 2021, the DBB E 3/3 853 is mainly used on the Emmentalbahn route between Sumiswald-Grünen and Wasen i.E. Today, the E 3/3 853 carries the UIC number 90 85 0008 573-7.
In the background, the ABDe 4/4 12 "Weinfelden" of the Historic Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn association can be seen with the "Bodan" coach and the BDt, which shows that the traditional Gotthelf Market is well known and popular far beyond the local borders.
June 14, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Switzerland / Steam locomotives / E 3/3, Switzerland / Heritage Railways and Museums / Emmentalbahn
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In Sumiswald, the traditional Gotthelf Market takes place, and for this market, the "Emmental Railway" operates several steam trains on the Sumiswald Grünen - Wasen i.E. route. The picture shows the E 3/3 853 of the Dampf Bahn Bern association shunting in Wasen in the Emmental. The steam locomotive was built in 1890 in Winterthur under factory number 629 and delivered as F3 853 to the J-S (Jura-Simplon Railway). At the SBB, the shunting locomotives of series E 3/3 with operating numbers 851 - 853 were assigned to group 82 and received the numbers 8571 - 8576. In 1911, locomotive E 3/3 853 received a new boiler and was sold to the RVT, where it remained in service until 1928 before being used as an "industrial shunting locomotive" at Von Roll in Gerlafingen and Klus. When diesel locomotives made the steam locomotive obsolete, it was saved from scrapping by the Düby Foundation by being handed over to the DBB. After an overhaul in 1983, it operated, among other places, on the Sensetalbahn. Following another overhaul in 2021, the DBB E 3/3 853 is mainly used on the Emmentalbahn route between Sumiswald-Grünen and Wasen i.E. Today, the E 3/3 853 carries the UIC number 90 85 0008 573-7.
About the Sumiswald-Grünen Wasen i.E. route: This line was opened together with the Ramsei - Huttwil route by the RSHB on June 1, 1908, but could not be operated profitably. In 1994, the VHB converted the line to bus operation. Since 2014, the ETB has taken over the route, and besides freight traffic to the RUWA siding, museum trains run on the line.
June 14, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Switzerland / Steam locomotives / E 3/3, Switzerland / Heritage Railways and Museums / Emmentalbahn
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Now the E 3/3 853 (UIC 90 85 0008 573-3) with its steam train to Sumiswald is ready to depart.
June 14, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Switzerland / Steam locomotives / E 3/3, Switzerland / Heritage Railways and Museums / Emmentalbahn
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The E 3/3 853 (UIC 90 85 0008 573-3) is ready with its train in Wasen for the return journey to Sumiswald Grünen.
June 14, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Switzerland / Steam locomotives / E 3/3, Switzerland / Heritage Railways and Museums / Emmentalbahn
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