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I think that from a structural integrity stand point wood construction is often better than concrete and steel. Shame to see this as I know the area well having lived 1/2 a mile down the road from it for over a year back in 2004/2005
Lets hope they get it up and running again soon.
Fire destroys Ballenberg Dampfbahn depot
in Swiss Railways
Posted · Edited by jonti
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Which roughly says that a long-time associate said the HG 3/3 1068, G 3/4 208 and C 5/6 locos were in the burnt-down part of the depot, and
were pulled from the fire, but were affected/damaged (Mitleidenschaft) by it.[much later edit - my mistake - not pulled from the fire, but just "were also damaged" - see later posts]
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This does not apply to the HG 3/3 1067 steam loco and the historic three-axle passenger carriages, which were in the old part of the depot. Nothing happened to them (?)."
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As a fluent German speaker, reader, writer I can confirm this is correct. Google translations are very hit and miss.
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