LEB1 0-6-0T No. 5 'BERCHER'
Chaulin, Switzerland 		Location: Museum Railway Blonay Chamby
Status: Operational
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 LEB Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher-Bahn Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher Railway
Posted: Apr 10, 2022 @ 05:04:34 by Dale W Fickés
After it’s initial work for the LEB, it was employed from 1934 by Energy West Switzerland as a heating locomotive at La Dixence and, from 1941 at company Hilti, Götzis, Austria in a similar role. During the 1960s it was on display in a children’s playground in Feldkirch, Austria before being bought in 1973 and returned to Switzerland.
Posted: Jan 14, 2022 @ 08:01:41 by Dale W Fickés
Built for the Lausanne Echelons Bercher Railway as their No 5 ‘BERCHER’ It’s first spell of preservation was at a park in Feldkirch, Austria.