Switzerland: Bt 990 - 991

Also known as: Bt4ü 215 - 216

Railway companies: BN - Bern–Neuchâtel railway, BLS - Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway

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215
216 1 x
990 2 x
991 1 x

1961

These units, initially registered Bt4ü 215 - 216, are delivered between 1961/62* together with the following units: BLS unit Bt4ü 211, SEZ unit Bt4ü 212 and GBS units Bt4ü 213 - 214.

*according to other sources 1963

Sources: https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?017,8429173, https://forum.spur-n-schweiz.ch/index.php?thread/9103-bls-ew-i-bt/

1969

Units Bt4ü 215 - 216 receive new registration Bt 20-33 990 - 991.

Sources: https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?017,8429173

1993

Unit Bt 990 is completely destroyed in an accident in Därstetten in 1993.

Sources: https://forum.spur-n-schweiz.ch/index.php?thread/9103-bls-ew-i-bt/

1997

After the merger with the BLS in 1997, this unit is incorporated in the new company.

Sources: https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?017,8429173

2001

Between 2001 and 2003, unit Bt 991 is converted to BDt 82-33.

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLS-Farben

Latest update on the 23rd of October 2022 at 13:22

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