Lokoop AG was one of the Swiss Südostbahn (SOB), the travel agency Mittelthurgau and Mittelthurgaubahn (MThB) formed company for rental of locomotives based in Weinfelden.
For regular services on the aforementioned railways, the Lokoop imported 20 locomotives of the E 42 series from the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1993/1994, two of which were immediately resold to the Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère-Friborg-Morat (GFM). Since the machines were originally built for operations in the lowlands, the remaining 18 locomotives and a 19th machine, which had acquired the SOB from Deutsche Bahn for its own purposes, were converted at Stadler Rail for the steep ramps of the SOB. The converted locomotives were given the designation Ae 477 900-917 in Switzerland, that of the SOB Ae 476 012.
Subject ID: 90298
MoreLokoop AG was one of the Swiss Südostbahn (SOB), the travel agency Mittelthurgau and Mittelthurgaubahn (MThB) formed company for rental of locomotives based in Weinfelden.
For regular services on the aforementioned railways, the Lokoop imported 20 locomotives of the E 42 series from the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1993/1994, two of which were immediately resold to the Chemins de fer fribourgeois Gruyère-Friborg-Morat (GFM). Since the machines were originally built for operations in the lowlands, the remaining 18 locomotives and a 19th machine, which had acquired the SOB from Deutsche Bahn for its own purposes, were converted at Stadler Rail for the steep ramps of the SOB. The converted locomotives were given the designation Ae 477 900-917 in Switzerland, that of the SOB Ae 476 012.
In 2000, two new locomotives were also procured for Lokoop by the MThB from Bombardier Transportation, which corresponded to the German class 145 and were enrolled as Re 486 651-656.
The Südostbahn got out of the company in 2001, which meant that the locomotives were in fact only used for services provided by the Mittelthurgaubahn. In October 2002, the MThB had to declare bankruptcy, which also the end of Lokoop AG was initiated and the company was officially dissolved in 2004. The recovery company Thurbo , a subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), took over parts of the bankruptcy estate and wound up the liquidation of the non-required assets of MThB. The 18 Ae 477 were again sold to Germany, to the Westphalian Almetalbahn (WAB), the six Re 486 remained in Switzerland and were added to the stock of SBB Cargo
Subject ID: 90298
Subject ID: 90298