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| WSB Be 4/4 115 saved filed on: 04.02.2022 (4th Feb 2022) This newslog has in the past reported on the saga of WSB Be 4/4 115. The car was new to the Aarau Schöftlandbahn in 1901, and rebuilt in the 1930s and again in the 1950s. When it was finally withdrawn from active service in 1982 it was transformed into a saloon car for private hire. In 2012 the car was declared surplus and that would probably have been the end of its story, had it not been reprieved at the last minute by none other than a scrapman. The car was bought by Bertschi, a scrap and recycling company, and was used as a visitor information stand at their Reinach scrapyard. The years in the open took their toll on 115. In about 2018, a group of enthusiasts decided to save the car with the goal of returning it to working order on its home system. An important step was reached on 23rd December when the car collected from the scrapyard and taken to AVA's Schöftland workshop, where restoration work is beginning. The club formed to save the car have raised 870,000 CHF with a further 270,000 of lottery money allocated by the canton of Aargau. Restoration work is expected to take one and half to two years and will be carried out by both AVA staff and volunteers. source: pro-salonwagen-wsb.ch
This news item is from the 2022 newslog.
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