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| RBS mandarinli leaves for Madagascar filed on: 09.03.2020 (9th Mar 2020) I missed this one previously, but the project to re-use the ex-RBS Mandarinli in Madagascar is getting serious. According to bahnonline.ch, number 60 was loaded onto a low-loader lorry at Bätterkinden on 3rd February. Sister vehicle, 59, is taking the same route. They pair will be joined in Madagascar by ex-FLP 21-25 and 41-42 when these are withdrawn. Also, according to the same source, ex-LEB Be 4/4 26 and Bt 152 of 1966 are heading for the same destination. I still don't know what excatly is planned for these units in Madagascar. In 2006 a number of vehicles from different Swiss narrow-gauge railways, mostly ex-Forchbahn, were sent them for a proposed tramway in Antananarivo which never materialized. Two further Mandarinli are expected to remain on RBS temporarily as spare units. The society, Bahnhistorischer Verein Solothurn-Bern, are attempting to drum up support to preserve one when it becomes available. See their page on the type here.
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