| 21.07.1907 |
Granting of the Swiss Federal operating licence for the Brig-Gletsch
line |
| 08.10.1908 |
Granting of the Swiss Federal operating licence for the
Gletsch-Disentis line |
| 27.05.1910 |
Founding of the Furka Railway Company (BFD) in Lausanne |
| 22.06.1911 |
Beginning of construction of the BFD line (breaking ground in
Naters) |
| 30.06.1914 |
Opening of the Brig-Gletsch line with steam operation |
| 25.09.1915 |
Cutting through of the Furka summit tunnel (Muttbach-Furka) |
| 16.05.1916 |
Avalanches destroy the Steffenbach bridge |
| 02.12.1923 |
Insolvency of the Furka Railway Company (BFD) |
| 17.04.1925 |
New
founding of the Furka Oberalp Railway (FOB) in Brig |
| Summer 1925 |
Reconstruction of the Gletsch-Andermatt-Disentis railway
line |
| 21.06.1925 |
First test train travels from Gletsch to Muttbach |
| 25.08.1925 |
Commissioning of the new Steffenbach folding bridge |
| 18.10.1925 |
First test train travels the whole Brig-Andermatt-Disentis
line |
| 03.07.1926 |
Opening Brig-Andermatt-Disentis with steam operation |
| 22.06.1930 |
First trip of the Glacier Express Zermatt-St. Moritz |
| 01.09.1942 |
Celebration of the complete electrification from Brig to
Disentis |
| Spring 1947 |
Dispatch of the steam engines HG 3/4 to Indochina (Vietnam) |
| 10.05.1955 |
Collapse of the Furkareuss viaduct II (Wiler bridge) because of a
broken pillar |
| 08.09.1955 |
Rebuilding of the Wiler bridge (steel sandwich construction)
completed |
| 15.05.1965 |
Avalanche destroys steam engine HG 3/4 No. 10 above
Gletsch |
| 09.06.1968 |
Last
official through steam run from Brig to Disentis |
| 01.10.1973 |
Beginning of construction of the Furka base tunnel (Oberwald and
Realp) |
| 02.04.1981 |
Cutting through of the Furka base tunnel (celebration on
30.04.1981) |
| 11.10.1981 |
Last
FO train travels on the Furka rack railway |
| 25.06.1982 |
Opening ceremony for the Furka base tunnel |
| 26.06.1982 |
Beginning of regular scheduled services through the Furka base
tunnel |
| 25.08.1987 |
Enormous flood damage on the Furka Oberalp Railway, in the
Schöllenen ravine and to the Furka rack railway (damage of at least CHF 40
million) |
| 20.10.1989 |
Recommissioning of the DFB steam engine HG 2/3 No. 6 "Weisshorn" (in
definitive use from the end of May 1991) |
| 22.03.1990 |
Granting of the Swiss Federal operating licence to the Furka Cogwheel
Steam Railway Company (DFB) |
| 31.10.1990 |
Former FOB steam engines from Vietnam arrive in Hamburg |
| 11.07.1992 |
Beginning of DFB scheduled services Realp-Tiefenbach |
| 22.09.1992 |
Steam engine HG 3/4 No. 1 arrives at Meiningen Works
(Germany |
| 10.07.1993 |
Baptism of the DFB steam engine HG 3/4 No. 1 "Furkahorn" |
| 30.07.1993 |
Beginning of DFB scheduled services Tiefenbach-Furka |
| 17.09.1993 |
Baptism of the DFB steam engine HG 3/4 No. 2 "Gletschhorn" |
| 24.09.1993 |
Floods on the DFB line (damage of some CHF 600,000) |
| 12.06.1997 |
Newly constructed boarding station Realp DFB is opened |
| 05.09.1997 |
Closing of the gap in the tracks at the Muttbach level crossing |
| 28.10.1997 |
FO
steam engine HG 3/4 No. 4 passed on loan to the DFB.
Transfer of the
locomotive from Münster to Chur |
| Winter 98/99 |
Extreme snowfall and avalanches (without serious damage) |
| 30.09.1999 |
First official steam train reaches Gletsch |
| 09.11.1999 |
Commissioning of the connecting points FO/DFB in Realp |
| 14.07.2000 |
Opening of the stretch Furka-Muttbach-Gletsch |
| 24.07.2000 |
Beginning of DFB scheduled services Realp-Gletsch |
| 14.10.2000 |
DFB:
Floods and landslides cause damage of some CHF 250,000 |
| 23.06.2001 |
Steam engine HG 3/4 No. 1 as guest at AlpTransit Sedrun (special
trips on the access line Tscheppa-Las Rueras) |
| 03.07.2001 |
Special trips for the anniversaries "75 years Furka Oberalp Railway"
as well as "75 years of Railway Operation over the Furka Pass": First direct
steam train Andermatt-Realp-Gletsch |
| 08.07.2001 |
For
the first time, all three steam engines travel with passenger trains over the
Furka |
| 6./7. July 2002 |
Jubilee 100 years locomotive HG2/3 No.6
«Weisshorn» |
| June 2008 |
Planned commissioning of the DFB line Gletsch-Oberwald |
