Download this page in printer-friendly format
(PDF document, to be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Welcome to this webpage!
First of all, we'd like to welcome you to this webpage regarding the Dutch division of the Furka-Bergstrecke preservation society, in short: VFB (from German: Verein Furka-Bergstrecke).
Since 1983, the VFB forms an active and supporting organisation in managing, redeveloping and restoring the Furka-Bergstrecke: the heritage railway between the Swiss towns of Oberwald and Realp, in the provinces Wallis and Uri situated in central/south Switzerland.
The Verein Furka-Bergstrecke (VFB) forms the management organisation behind the Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke (DFB), which is primarily responsable for operating authentic steamtrains on the rack railway during the summer months for tourists. In 1990 an enthusiastic group of people from the Netherlands founded the Dutch division of the VFB. Since then, everone of us is putting a great amount of pleasure, interest, effort and time in this remarkable Swiss rack railway!
Driven by the same ultimate goal, every volunteer, regardless if they're German, French, Swiss, English or Dutch has the same objective: the preservation of this absolutely fabulous, beautiful, spectacular and historic remarkable railway for future generations!
This site is meant as a start in the world of the Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke. The incredible spectacular, historic railway has been fascinating us since the first beginning in 1983. We hope that we can convince you of the same enthusiasm we're experiencing and of course we're hoping that, during your next stay in beautiful Switzerland, you'll be able to make the effort of taking one of the authentic DFB Steamtrains into a natural paradise, located in the very hart of the Alps.
Because our division mainly focuses on the Netherlands, the biggest part of our website is written in Dutch. Pictures are multi-lingual of course; so please enjoy the big amount of photographs widely spread on this website. If you'd like to read more about the Furka Bergstrecke, we'd like to redirect you to the official pages of the Furka Steam Railway: www.furka-bergstrecke.ch (English language available).
Finally we'd like to inform you of the beautiful and just released DVD our division produced in close cooperation with the DFB and 'van den Burg Filmproductions': a well-known company in railway-minded communities. This DVD tells you the complete story from the first beginning until the present of the Furka-Bergstrecke, with 4 spoken languages available (English, Dutch, German and French). Please click here in order to take a look at the special DVD page (English language available).
Kind regards,
Dutch division of the Furka-Bergstrecke preservation society.
