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Ehemáhlige BBÖ 52 221 fahrt in Spiez ab für Interlaken Ost am 14.Mai 2010 Scanned photo by Leon Schrijvers Leon2711schrijvers@yahoo.co.uk

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Ehemáhlige BBÖ 52 221 fahrt in Spiez ab für Interlaken Ost am 14.Mai 2010 Scanned photo by Leon Schrijvers Leon2711schrijvers@yahoo.co.uk

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The 52 221 has recently been completed by Czech works ZOS Ceske Velenice. After WWII. the engine was used by the Austrian Railways ÖBB and put aside as strategic reserve in 1975. Sold in 1979 to a Swiss individual, it came to Vapeur Val-de-Travers (VVT) in 1992. The overhaul began around 2000. Only financial support by a Swiss foundation allowed a complete overhaul in the Czech Republic. The picture shows the engine on the day on which it was taken over by VVT to be retransferred over some 1'200 km to Switzerland. Photo 18.10.2007 by Urs Hudritsch/VVT - uhh@vvt.ch - www.vvt.ch

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The 52 221 at Gmüfnd (Austria) on the first day of the transfer back to Switzerland. Photo 19.10.2007 by Urs Hudritsch/VVT - uhh@vvt.ch - www.vvt.ch

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The 52 221 as it arrived at St.Sulpice/NE after being bought from Oswald Steam in 1992. Its overhaul was completed in October 2007 and is now displayed and based at the St.Sulpice shed owned by Vapeur Val-de-Travers (VVT). Photo 9.5.1993 by Urs Hudritsch/VVT - uhh@vvt.ch - www.vvt.ch - www.vvt.ch