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1. Horse-drawn Carriages / Buses
2. Train Lake Thun - Beatenberg
3. Chair lift Beatenberg-Niederhorn

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1. Horse-drawn Carriages / Buses

Great-grandfather Rudolf Schmocker - 1891

Parcel mail wagon with "Lood Liebel" and the horse "Eidgenoss"
(Swiss army horse)

Coachmen of the different hotels at Beatenberg station

A motorized taxi service replaced the mail transport by horses

Bus garages and workshop of Ernst Schmocker and sons
Mail bus from Saurer - in Beatenberg from 1936 onwards

2. Train Lake Thun - Beatenberg

Station Beatenberg with water reservoir to power the train

Opening of the funicular railway in summer 1889 With the opening a never seen before enthusiasm for new buildings began. During this time several hotels were built: The funicular railway brought a new boom to the already flourishing hotel industry.

The downhill driving wagon is loaded with water in a way so that it can pull up the uphill driving wagon.       Tram Thun - Beatenbucht - Interlaken (Picture 1944) From 1914 onwards ... later replaced by busses driven by electricity ... (Picture 1952) 3. Chair lift Beatenberg-Niederhorn In operation 1946 - 1996 At first still with wooden pillars Berghaus Niederhorn Advertisement poster 1945 The pictures were made available by chronicler Kurt Schmocker, Beatenberg Kurt Schmocker’s book „St. Beatenberg and how it used to be” (available in German only) copyright © http://www.beatenbergbilder.ch Language translation: Barbara Stephenson-Berger Website and image editing: Heinz Rieder