ESZ Personenwagen C 36 – C 38 (Passenger coaches C 36 - C 38) was the name of three two-axle passenger cars of the electric trams in the canton of Zug (ESZ).
History and development
The company Electric Railways in the Canton of Zug (ESZ) opened on 9 September 1913 the overland tramway track Zug - Oberägeri, Zug - Baar -Thalacker and Nidfurren-Menzingen. On all routes, In the first years, the motor vehicles CFe 4/4 drove off as solo coaches and replaced the automobilebus, because the previously used nine-pound Orion Autobuses were not reliable and were not comfortable with their solid rubber wheels on the unpaved road.
The ESZ ordered the two two-axle passenger cars C 36 and C 37 in 1919 by SWS Schlieren. These were put into operation on March 31, 1920. The third car, C 38, entered service in 1926.
The tram service on these routes was discontinued in 1953 and replaced by Saurer 5 DUK buses. In 1955, the three wagons were sold to the Sernftal tramway in Canton Glarus. In 1969 this train was also replaced by buses. The coach C-38 was scrapped after 1986. The other two were taken over by the social club Eurovapor and brought to Solothurn. Until 1981 the wagons were unused on the tracks of Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn and Bern-Worb-Bahnen. C-36 was scrapped at the beginning of the 1970s. The remaining coach C-37 was sold to the Jagsttalbahn in Germany. In 1983/1984 he was revised and equipped with wheel sets for Шаблон:ConvertTrack gauge. The Jagsttalbahn has been shut down since some time and the continuation is uncertain. This also affects the fate of the former ESZ passenger coach.
