21.07.1907 | Issuing of the Swiss Federal concession for line Brig–Gletsch |
08.10.1908 | Issuing of the Swiss Federal concession for line Gletsch–Disentis |
27.05.1910 | Foundation of the Furka Railway Company (BFD) in Lausanne |
22.06.1911 | Start of construction of the BFD-line (ground breaking in Naters) |
30.06.1914 | Opening of the line Brig–Gletsch in steam operation |
25.09.1915 | Cutting of the Furka-vertex tunnel (Muttbach–Furka) |
16.05.1916 | Avalanches destroy the Steffenbach bridge |
02.12.1923 | Bankruptcy of the Furka-Railway company (BFD) |
17.04.1925 | Re-founding of the Furka-Oberalp-Railway (FOB) at Brig |
Summer 25 | Reconstruction of the Gletsch–Andermatt–Disentis line |
21.06.1925 | First test train runs Gletsch–Muttbach |
25.08.1925 | Re-opening of the new removable Steffenbach-bridge |
18.10.1925 | First test train runs Brig–Andermatt–Disentis |
03.07.1926 | Opening of the Brig–Andermatt–Disentis line in steam operation |
22.06.1930 | First ride of the Glacier-Express Zermatt–St.Moritz |
01.09.1942 | Celebration of the electrified line Brig–Disentis |
Spring 47 | Delivery of the steam locomotives HG3/4 to Indochina (Vietnam) |
10.05.1955 | Collapse of the Furkareuss-viaduct II (Wiler bridge) due to a column rupture |
08.09.1955 | New construction of the Wiler bridge in steel composite finished |
15.05.1965 | Avalanche destroys steam loco HG 3/4 Nr. 10 above Gletsch |
09.06.1968 | Last official steam train Brig–Disentis |
01.10.1973 | Start construction of the Furka-base tunnel Oberwald-Realp |
02.04.1981 | Cutting of the Furka-base tunnel (celebration on 30.04.1981) |
11.10.1981 | Last FO train passes the Furka-mountain line |
25.06.1982 | Opening ceremony of the Furka-base tunnel |
26.06.1982 | Official timetable operation through the Furka-base tunnel |
25.08.1987 | Violent flood damage at the FO Railway, in the gorge of Schöllenen and at DFB line. (damage of at least 40 million CHF) |
20.10.1989 | Replacing in service of DFB steam locomotive HG 2/3 nr.6 "Weisshorn" (definitive in operation since end May 1991) |
22.03.1990 | The DFB company Furka mountain line steam Railway gets the Federal concession. |
31.10.1990 | Former FO steam locomotives from Vietnam arrive in Hamburg. |
11.07.1992 | Start of the regular operation Realp–Tiefenbach |
22.09.1992 | Steam locomotive HG 3/4 Nr. 1 arrives in Raw Meiningen (BRD) . |
10.07.1993 | Baptism of the DFB-steam locomotive HG 3/4 nr. 1 "Furkahorn" |
30.07.1993 | Start of the regular operation Tiefenbach–Furka |
17.09.1993 | Baptism of the DFB-steam locomotive HG 3/4 nr. 9 "Gletschhorn" |
24.09.1993 | Flood at the DFB track (damages around CHF 600’000.–) |
12.06.1997 | Opening of the new station Realp DFB. |
05.09.1997 | Closing of the track gap at the Muttbach level crossing |
28.10.1997 | DFB takes over the FO-Steam locomotive HG 3/4 Nr. 4 with a loan agreement. Transfer of the loco from Münster to Chur. |
30.07.1998 | The first diesel train of the construction section runs from Realp to Gletsch |
winter98/99 | Heavy snowfalls and avalanches (without major damage) |
30.09.1999 | The first official steam train reaches Gletsch |
09.11.1999 | Opening of the liaison switch FO/DFB in Realp |
14.07.2000 | Opening of the section Furka–Muttbach–Gletsch |
24.07.2000 | Starting of the timetable operation Realp–Gletsch |
14.10.2000 | Floods and landslides cause damage of around CHF 250 000.— |
23.06.2001 | Locomotive HG 3/4 Nr. 1 as guest at Gotthard AlpTransit Sedrun (Special runs on the access line Tscheppa–Las Rueras) |
03.07.2001 | Special runnings for the event "75 years Furka-Oberalp-Railway" and "75 years trains over the Furka pass". First direct steam train from Andermatt via Realp to Gletsch |
08.07.2001 | The first time all 3 steam locomotives run in passengers operation over the Furka. |
6./7. Juli 2002 | Jubilee 100 years locomotive HG2/3 Nr.6 «Weisshorn» Competition of the steam locomotives of the BVZ (Zermatt Railway) and DFB |
18.08.2006 | The HGm 2/2 is the first locomotive since 1981, which runs through the helical tunnel of Gletsch |
27.06.2006 | Ground breaking in Oberwald to start the reconstruction of the line Gletsch–Oberwald |
23.06.2007 | Re-placing in service of the steam locomotive HG 3/4 Nr. 4 after complete overhaul in the DFB workshop in Chur. The owner of the locomotive is the MGB and can be hired by DFB. At the same time the new station building Realp DFB the overhauled passenger coach B4222 and the new rack tractor Tmh 985 (used by the construction group were inaugurated. |
10.09.2007 | Transport of the electric locomotive HGe 4/4 nr. 16 of the MGB within Brig via Realp to Gletsch, where it was stabled after its immobilisation in the shed. So it could be saved from imminent demolition and preserved to posterity. A transformation into a diesel vehicle could be possible. |
12.08.2010 | Opening of the DFB line Gletsch-Oberwald, so the Furka-mountain line is fully in operation. |
Quelle bis 2002: Eisenbahn-Journal (Autor Beat Moser)