When FO was founded in 1925, it came in possession of the BFD rolling stock, introduced in 1914 and consisting of • 10 steam locomotives HG 3/4 1–10, built by
SLM • 40 wooden coaches, of which 30 with bogies, including 10 luggage and mail vans, all built by
SIG, Neuhausen • 30 goods wagons, including 10 covered wagons, 10 open wagons and 10 flat cars, all built by Chantiers de la Buire at Lyon, France • 17 goods wagons, purchased from RhB for the construction work on the line, originally built in 1888/89 by SIG and S.A. Nicaise & Delcuve, La Louvière, Belgium For a long time, FO couldn't afford to buy new coaches and wagons and rebuilt many of these vehicles. Some of the large luggage and mail vans were rebuilt as passenger coaches, some became covered goods wagons. Two axle coaches got luggage compartments to provide for a well adapted transport capacity. When some coaches got new bogies from SWS, Schlieren in 1947, the old bogies were reused to build 4 covered wagons. During the
Second World War, three flat wagons had been built using
underframes from coaches. 1949 these coaches came back to service with new underframes and bogies from SIG. FO always suffered from not having really enough vehicles but was lucky having two neighbouring companies where additional rolling stock could be leased for peak traffic. Electrification during the Second World War necessarily brought new rolling stock. SLM delivered together with • MFO 5 locomotives HGe 4/4 31–35 and •
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motor coaches BCFeh 2/4 42–43 and CFeh 2/4 44–45; number 41 had been delivered to Schöllenenbahn • MFO and SIG 3 electric rotary snow ploughs Xrot e 1021–23 (later 4931–33) Six of the steam locomotives were after the War sold to France (two) and Vietnam (four) while four locomotives remained. In 1946 a small electric shunter Te 2/2 1041 (later 4926) was built by SLM and
SAAS for Brig station. Later, two more locomotives were delivered by SLM and MFO • HGe 4/4 36 1948 • HGe 4/4 37 1956 The 1961 merger with Schöllenenbahn enlarged stock by • 4 two-axle electric locomotives HGe 2/2 21–24 • 1 motor coach 41 (see above) • 7 wooden coaches with bogies, all built in 1917 by SWS, Schlieren • 6 goods wagons from 1917 (SWS) • 5 goods wagons from 1943/44 (SWS) Finally, after the merger, FO could begin with the modernisation of its rolling stock and took delivery of • 3 luggage vans F4 (later D) 4341–43 by FFA/SIG 1961 which also served for a military rescue train • 12 covered goods wagons K3s (later Gb-v) 4433–4444 by J. Meyer, Rheinfelden, 1964 • 10 cement silo wagons OB1 (later Uce) 4861–70 by J. Meyer, Rheinfelden, 1964/65 • 10 FFA1-type second class coaches B 4263–72 1965/68 • 2 flat cars O7s (later R-w) 4791–92 by J. Meyer, Rheinfelden, 1967 • 2 diesel locomotives HGm 4/4 61–62 to finally replace the last steam locomotives, delivered 1968 by SLM, BBC and MFO with Cummins diesels. 1971/72 FO took delivery of 4 push-pull consists with motor luggage vans, one additional motor to compensate for the loss of locomotive 35, destroyed in a head-on collision, and four additional driving trailers to form small push-pull consists with the existing motor coaches 41–45. The coaches were of SIG1-type, also introduced on BVZ, SBB-Brünigbahn, BOB and MOB. • motor luggage van Deh 4/4 51–55, built by SIG and BBC • second-class coaches B 4251–58 • composite driving trailers ABt 4151–54 • composite driving trailers ABt 4191–94 All this rolling stock was, for motive power and coaches, all red with a simple FO inscription. With the opening of the new Furka tunnel approaching, the wooden coaches had to be replaced and the number of vehicles extended. The number of push-pull consists was extended to 9 long and 5 short ones. The coaches were of SIG2 type, also delivered to MOB. But now, the all-red-status should be left. A new livery in red with a white stripe was introduced and within a few years extended to existing modern rolling stock. • 4 motor luggage vans Deh 4/4 91–94 built by SLM and BBC • 16 second-class coaches B 4273–88 • 5 composite driving trailers ABt 4155–59 • 1 composite driving trailer ABt 4195 • 4 first-class coaches A 4063–66 For the Furka tunnel
car shuttle trains, FO took delivery of • 2 electric adhesion locomotives Ge 4/4 81–82 • 2 driving trailers with passenger and cycle compartment BDt 4361–62 • 5 end wagons Skl-tv 4801–05 • 12 car transporters with roof Skl-tv 4811–22 A little addition could be made some years later, but the coaches now came from
ACMV Vevey • 2 motor luggage vans Deh 4/4 95–96, delivered 1984 by SLM and BBC • 7 car transporters Skl-tv 4806–07 and 4823–27, delivered 1984 • 1 car shuttle driving trailer BDt 4363, delivered 1985 • 2 composite coaches AB 4171–72, delivered 1987 • 2 composite driving trailers ABt 4181–82, delivered 1987 Finally FO got panoramic coaches as developed by MOB • 4 Ramseier+Jenzer coaches on preused underframes PS 4011–14 • 10 Breda-built As 4021–30 on SIG bogies There was no departmental stock for a long time except for one snow plough, introduced 1917. 1943 and 55 some tram wagons were bought and added to service stock. With modern stock arriving, many coaches and wagons were reused in departmental stock. ==See also==