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was completely rebuilt in 1888 by the SOS in the workshop
Yverdon as the only machine in the series. It received a new boiler and was equipped as the first locomotive in Switzerland with
651:. On 5 May 1856, the company opened two new sections, Renens to Lausanne and the connecting curve from Morges to Bussigny. On 10 June 1857 a section from Villeneuve at the western end of
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The financial situation of the three
Western Swiss railway companies then stabilised and from 1868 onwards the companies were able to pay modest
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Valley opened. The link between
Lausanne and Villeneuve was operated by boat until 1861. On 7 November 1859, the section from Yverdon to
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Switzerland train between Lausanne and Renens, shortly after the opening of the line in 1856.
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in 1872. The OS built a railway network in western
Switzerland and connected with France via
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Company of West Switzerland gained a concession from the canton of
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The D 3/3 No. 503 was the first compound steam locomotive in
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Switzerland's first railway was the French
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Dampfbetrieb der Schweizerischen Eisenbahnen 1847–1966
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to Yverdon and on 1 July 1855 from Bussigny to Morges via
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was opened, connecting the OS was to the network of the
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The following is a list of locomotives used on the OS:
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Association des chemins de fer de la Suisse Occidentale
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In order to establish a rail connection to the French
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Morges station with a waiting West Switzerland train
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Without intermediate stations and connecting lines.
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686:on 14 April 1858 and a line from Coppet to
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745:Locomotive No. 12 of the OS, built in 1857
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1243:Defunct railway companies of Switzerland
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41:
682:, the OS opened a line from Morges to
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1253:1872 disestablishments in Switzerland
767:Chemin de fer Lausanne–Fribourg–Berne
639:In May 1855, it opened the line from
7:
536:, formed 1854 and absorbed into the
1248:1854 establishments in Switzerland
604:, with a proposal to continue via
550:Chemin de fer de Strasbourg à Bâle
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532:, OS) was a railway company in
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763:Lausanne–Fribourg–Bern Railway
1:
704:Lausanne–Friborg–Bern Railway
580:Share of the West Switzerland
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1203:Weissenbach, Plazid (1913).
788:Western Switzerland Railways
700:Chemin de fer Genève–Versoix
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904:from 1902: D 3/3
794:, SO) was established as a
702:, GM). 6 days later in the
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19:West Switzerland Railway
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1186:Wägli, Hans G. (1980).
786:On 1 January 1872, the
1196:Swiss Federal Railways
1177:Moser, Alfred (1967).
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869:OS B 2/3 (St. LĂ©onard)
796:public limited company
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696:Geneva–Versoix Railway
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749:The connection from
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902:from 1887: C3T
713:to Les Paluds near
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783:each year.
723:Le Bouveret
653:Lake Geneva
534:Switzerland
352:Les Paluds
29:Native name
1237:Categories
1171:References
1078:51–62, 801
844:Build year
826:SO/SOS no.
715:St Maurice
558:Strasbourg
289:Villeneuve
1141:1890–1892
1092:1888–1902
1085:Karlsruhe
973:see below
838:from 1903
833:from 1890
828:from 1871
823:from 1865
781:dividends
759:Neuchâtel
665:Vaumarcus
548:(French:
89:Vaumarcus
44:Route map
1216:4 August
847:Scrapped
755:Lausanne
727:Martigny
598:Lausanne
225:Lausanne
139:Bussigny
24:Overview
1089:1856–58
953:La CĂ´te
911:La Vaux
865:(26–30)
850:Remarks
836:SBB no.
688:Versoix
675:, FS).
659:in the
606:Payerne
602:Yverdon
564:History
441:Versoix
383:CĂ©ligny
114:Yverdon
984:Yvorne
853:Image
831:JS no.
821:SO no.
815:OS no.
751:Geneva
692:Geneva
684:Coppet
645:Renens
622:German
610:Murten
542:Geneva
526:French
468:Geneva
412:Coppet
257:Morges
178:Renens
59:Legend
51:
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932:1858
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924:3351
891:1864
888:1854
818:Name
753:via
614:Bern
608:and
594:Vaud
520:The
501:and
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210:0.00
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