#1068 returns to the Brunig Pass (Switzerland)

[Chantemerle]

Some welcome news from Switzerland.

Steam train trips over the Brunig Pass will resume in July, after a gap of more than 10 years.

Last month, HG 3/3 #1068 returned to service, following a successful restoration at the Rhatische Bahn (RhB)'s Landquart workshops, after the fire which severely damaged it, and G 3/4 #208, at the BDB's Interlaken Ost workshop several years ago.

After spending decades on a plinth at Meiringen station, this will be the first public run by #1068 since the 1960's.

The Ballenberg Dampfbahn has also taken a new name as the Brunig Dampfbahn, in recognition of the abandonment of the proposal to build a steam heritage railway from Brienzwiler into the Swiss Open Air Museum.

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