Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway

Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke
The Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Status	Open
Locale	Uri / Valais, Switzerland
Termini	Realp Oberwald
Stations	6
Services	1
Website	Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (English)
Operation
Opened	1925
Closed	1981
Reopened	1992
Owner	Verein Furka-Bergstrecke
Operator(s)	Verein Furka-Bergstrecke
Character	Heritage railway
Depot(s)	Realp
Technical
Line length	17.838 km (11.084 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Highest elevation	2,120 m (6,960 ft)
Maximum incline	3.5% (adhesion) 11.8% (rack rail)
Rack system	Abt
Route map Legend 0.000 km Realp DFB 1,546 m above Sea Connecting line to MGB 0.150 km Realp Depot Schweigstrasse Wilerbrücke 70 m Alt Senntumstafel-Tunnel III 80 m Alt Senntumstafel-Tunnel II 79 m Alt Senntumstafel-Tunnel I 36 m Steffenbachtobelbrücke 37,5 m 3.660 km Tiefenbach 1,849 m above Sea Steinstafelviadukt 54 m Sidelenbachbrücke 26 m 6.996 km Furka 2,163 m above Sea Furka Summit Tunnel 1,874 m Cantonal border Uri/Valais 9.206 km Muttbach-Belvédère 2,120 m above Sea Muttbach railway crossing Gletsch 2 railway crossing 12.891 km Gletsch 1,762 m above Sea Gletsch 1 railway crossing Gletsch-Kehrtunnel 578 m Rottenviadukt 25 m Lammenviadukt 86 m Räterisbachbrücke 22 m Line to Furka Base Tunnel 17.838 km Oberwald 1,366 m above Sea

The Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway (Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke, DFB in German) is a company which operates a railway line between Realp and Oberwald. It is an old section of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn that was abandoned after the construction of the Furka Tunnel and then gradually brought back into service by the Verein Furka-Bergstrecke in early 2000 with the use of only steam locomotives.

Gallery

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  DFB Furkahorn locomotiive, Muttbach station

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  DFB Furkahorn locomotiive, Furka station

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  DFB train, Furka station

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  DFB locomotive, Furka station

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  Furkahorn locomotive, in Gletsch

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  Gletsch station

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  Weisshorn locomotive

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  Realp station

Coordinates: 46°33′41″N 8°21′43″E / 46.56139°N 8.36194°E / 46.56139; 8.36194

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Reconstruction of 2 HG 4/4 D-steam locomotives

The organisation will reconstruct 2 HG 4/4 "D"-steamlokomotives. The organisation needs about swiss Fr. 1'700'000.-- or 1'200'000 Euro or 1'200'000.-- dollars for additional works with special firms. The test run will be in the year 2013. The costs of a new firebox is about swiss Fr. 110'000.-- or 80'000.-- Euxro.

The separate foundation Furka - Bergstrecke (Furka mountain line) collects the money for the reconstruction of the 2 locomotives and for the depot Realp for the steamlocomotives. The foundation provides for equipment and construction investments on the line.

External links

• Official website in english (English)
• about the HG 4/4 D-steamlocomotive (in english, arab,german, french, italian and russian language
• The special foundation Furka - Bergstrecke (Stiftung Furka-Bergstrecke) collects the money for the reconstruction of the 2 locomotives HG 4/4 and for the depot Realp for steam-locomotives. The donations are tax free in Switzerland..