Swiss Northeastern Railway
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The Swiss Northeastern Railway was an early railway company in Switzerland. It also operated shipping on Lake Constance (Bodensee) and Lake Zürich. Until the merger of the Western Swiss Railways into the Jura–Simplon Railway (JS) in 1890/91, it was the largest Swiss railway company.
Iron bridge across the Thur, built in 1856/7 as part of the line between Winterthur and Schaffhausen which was put into service in 1857 (lithograph from 1857)
Baden station in about 1850
Alfred Escher memorial by Richard Kissling in front of Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Aarau station with a waiting train of the SCB to Olten
Western Switzerland Railways
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The Western Switzerland Railways, were initially a joint operation of three Swiss railway companies, but these companies merged on 1 January 1872. The company was called the Western Switzerland–Simplon Railways from 28 June 1881. The SOS merged with the Bernese Jura Railways to form the Jura–Simplon Railways on 1 January 1890.
Locomotive of the SO.
Grandfey Viaduct on the Lausanne–Fribourg–Bern railway over the Saane
Le Day Viaduct on the line to Paris between Pontarlier and Vallorbe
The D 3/3 No. 503 of the SOS was the first compound locomotive in Switzerland.