Buses Trucks FBW – Franz Brozincevic Wetzikon – Switserland

Buses Trucks FBW – Franz Brozincevic Wetzikon – Switserland

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FBW Velg

Franz Brozincevic Wetziko – logo

Oude FBW bus met befaamde Velgen

1959 FBW model EDU underfloor diesel engine

FBW Trolley

c.1980 Cab-over FBW truck

One of the last city buses built by FBW, a FBW Ramseier&Jenzer BNU618-71U EU3AR-1

Franz Brozincevic & Cie (FBW) was a Swiss maker of trucks, motorbuses and trolleybuses, active between 1922 and 1985 and based in Wetzikon.

FBW gained an excellent reputation for the top-level engineering and the long-lasting life of its products, never producing series but instead making individually tailored vehicles. It used only components of its own manufacture, a costly system that allowed the company to produce only a few hundred units per year.

Notable designs from FBW included the underfloor-engined trucks, in production since 1949.

In 1982, FBW was merged with its Swiss competitor, Saurer, to form Nutzfahrzeuggesellschaft Arbon & Wetzikon (NAW), but new trolleybuses continued to be badged as FBW into 1984. Daimler-Benz held a majority stake in the new company, NAW, and production of some types of FBW vehicles was discontinued, being replaced by assembly of Mercedes-Benz multi-axle heavy hauler trucks. The last FBW-badged truck was produced in 1985. However, NAW continued making trolleybuses until 2003.

16 Traktors,18 Gyrobusse, 498 Trolleybus, 1012 Trailer, 1263 Busses and 3878 Trucks

Trolleybuses were a significant part of FBW production. Trolleybus production extended from 1932 until 1984. FBW supplied trolleybuses to 12 different Swiss cities, often multiple batches in different periods, and two cities in Czechoslovakia.

Trolleybuses

Trolleybuses built by FBW are still in operation in several cities, both in Switzerland and in a few other countries where trolleybuses were sold secondhand for continued use after being withdrawn in the Swiss city concerned, such as in Ploieşti, Romania, where ex-Genève FBW vehicles (acquired secondhand in 2006) comprised the majority of the city’s trolleybus fleet at the end of 2007.

Three FBW trolleybuses built in 1959–1963 are also in regular passenger service in 2011 in Valparaíso, Chile, where the privately owned trolleybus system acquired them secondhand from the Zürich transit system in 1991.

FBW Dreiachskipper Type 80-N

FBW Sneeuwschuiver

The FBW Type 80 was one of the last desinged Trucks from FBW

Name = FBW Dreiachskipper Type 80-N, Type Description = FBW Dreiachskipper 80-N, Manufacturer = Company Franz Brozincevic & Co AG Wetzikon (FBW), Empty weight = 13,700 kg, Weight = 25,000 kg, Engine = FBW E6A 6 cylinder series, diesel Displacement 11,946 cc, Power = 235 kW,Top speed = 81 km / h on road

The ‘FBW Dreiachskipper Type 80-N’ is a military vehicle of the Swiss vehicle manufacturer Franz Brozincevic & Cie.

The empty weight is 13,700 kg, the maximum authorized mass is 25,000 kg.

History and Development

In 1976, a single truck was made and from 1976 to 1990 the Swiss army used it with the M number M81287. It never occurred to mass production, because the army buy 330 of the dump trucks D from Adolph Saurer. The only vehicle is today in the Swiss Military Museum Full.

References

1. Box, R.T.E. and Murray, Alan. “World Trolleybus Production”. Trolleybus Magazine No. 144 (November–December 1985), p. 137.
2. Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, pp. 116–117. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
3. Trolleybus Magazine No. 248 (March–April 2003), p. 47.
4. Trolleybus Magazine No. 277 (January–February 2008), p. 20. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
5. Trolleybus Magazine No. 292 (July–August 2010), pp. 88–89.
6. Swiss Military Museum Full.

1923 FBW © André Lemb

1925 FBW Bus

1925 FBW Bus

1925 FBW Bus

1925 FBW Bus

1925 FBW-Seitz-Hess Zwitserland

1925 FBW-Seitz-Hess Zwitserland

1928 FBW

1938 Autospritze FBW 1 Emmen NL

FBW Swissmade Truck

1940 FBW AM 40

1944 FBW Gyrobus Gent Belgien-02

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1954 FBW van Gend&loos NL – http://www.transportnostalgie.nl

1948 FBW

1955 FBW 43

1948 TL605 FBW

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1949 FBW 10

1949 FBW 50 ON, Year

1949 Fbw-busse-anker-travel

1949 Fbw-busse-oldtimer

1949 fbw-uberland-linienbus-ln40

1950 F.B.W. AN 40 8540cc

1950 FBW 9128

1950 FBW Azh27216

1950 FBW

1950 FBW-Tüscher CH

1951 FBW 51UV ?

1952 FBW Feuerwehr 0183 83

1952 FBW Truck

FBW Truck

1952 FBW Feuerwehr

1952 FBW Truck

1954 FBW Orange

1954 FBW-FHS Zwitserland

1954 FBW-R&J-SAAS

1955 F.B.W.

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1955 FBW Bus BVB 9

1955 FBW Swiss Army

1955 FBW Bus BVB 8

Autobus FBW

1956 FBW Orange NL

1956 FBW Super NL

1957 Ex Zürich FBW Trolleybus – P Kamm

1957 FBW Showbus Abl06500

1957 FBW Trolleybus Valparaiso Chili

1957 FBW valparaiso 00 Trolleybus

 1957 FBW Valparaiso Trolleybus Chili

1958 FBW ‘Auto AG Linie’

1958 FBW B31 met 120 pk

1958 FBW Camper

1958 FBW Dysli-oldtimer-bustreffen-Sinsheim

1958 FBW- Gangloff Post en Reisbus

1958 FBW postauto

1958 FBW PTT bus NL

1958 FBW routm London UK

1958 FBW-Gangloff

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1959 FBW c40uvs +FBW 1974 R

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1959 FBW ‘GFM’ (FR440)

1959 FBW Hinwil

FBW Truck en Trailor 1960’s Swiss © Martin Phippard

 F.B.W. bouwjaar 1955

FBW AS50L45

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1959 FBW Postauto Oldtimer abestellt beim Bahnhof Bümlitz Süd HpT

1959 fbw-hochlenkbus-stadt-linie

1959 FBW-Lauber ex postbus CH

1959 FBW-R&J CH

1959 FBW-Tüscher c CH

1960 FBW Hochlenker Burgwies

1960 FBW Hochlenker D90 00860

1960 FBW Hochlenker D90

FBW Truck

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1960 FBW Hochlenker D90

1960 FBW Hochlenker D90 Special

1960 fbw

1960 FBW-Tüscher Bergbus CH

1961 FBW muelllastwagen-abgestellt-buetzberg-am HpT

FBW Hinwill

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FBW AX40

FBW EBM Schlechtbach 047 ©Erich Unwelder

FBW 0538 01

1962 FBW ombouw

1962 FBW Wallisellen

1963 FBW Bis Sweiz

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1964 FBW oldtimer-bei-einem-ehinger D

1964 FBW Trolleybus

1965 FBW AS50L45

1966 F.B.W. Anderthalbdecker

1966 F.B.W. Anderthalbdecker Costa Rica

1966 FBW 42

FBW muelllastwagen

FBW Container truck

1965 FBW AS50L45

FBW Truck

1966 F.B.W. Anderthalbdecker

1966 F.B.W. Anderthalbdecker

1966 F.B.W. Anderthalbdecker Hofstra Noordwijk NL

1966 F.B.W. Anderthalbdecker Hofstra Noordwijk NL

1967 FBW 50L

1967 FBW Ombouwtruck

FBW Feuerwehr Ladderwagen

FBW Feuerwehr

FBW ©lkw.bleichmann.ch

1968 FBW B71U van de Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern

1968 FBW hard5255s

FBW LKW r

FBW Verhuiswagen

1968 FBW L70 ED

1968 FBW VBZ L50V Notdienst1

FBW Trolleybus 119

FBW TL627

FBW-blau-Niedermeier

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FBW Tanker

FBW ©pesanti.it

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1970 FBW Gelenkbus in Zürich

1970 FBW Lugano

1971 FBW-Eggli-BBC 71Trolleybus – ©Car-Histo-Bus

1972 FBW 44 Swiss Army

1972 FBW Franz Brozincevic & Cie 1910-1985

1974 F.B.W., BJ 22-07-1974, Mackdag Utrecht, anno 3 oktober 2010 NL

1974 FBW 91 GTL O-Gelenkbus ex Verkehrsbetriebe Bern ©F Grantl

1974 FBW C50U Ramseier&Jenser

1975 FBW Postauto 50 U

1976 FBW B51 Bus Bulgarije

1976 FBW

1976 FBW-Tüscher Reisbus CH

1978 FBW 40 VH nr182 Mercedes Benz OM 401A motor

1978 FBW VHR Omnibus III-HU Hess Opbouw

1978 FBW 40VH 255 ps

1978 FBW 50U nr10 glarnerl

1978 FBW AltStJohann

1978 FBW PTT bus Zwitserland ©Herman A Haverkate NL

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1979 FBW 50U fbw7gr1

1979 FBW Gelenkbus ©Mathias Rieder

1979 FBW Gelenkebus ©Wietze BuzzyBeeForum NL

1979 FBW-Tüscher reisbus a CH

1980 FBW 50U nr202

1980 FBW-Hess Lausanne CH

1980 FBW-Hess-Sécheron 91TS avec remorque Lanz-Marti 860 – ©Car-Histo-Bus

1981 FBW ex bank

1981 FBW Midibus 40 U

1985 FBW Trolleybus Basel

FBW Trolleybus VBZ

FBW-HESS Flughafen Personentransporter

FBW Flughafenbus Zürich ©Mathias Rieder

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2010 FBW HESS EGS 91GT Neuchâtel ©Arnaud Curdy

Die FBW SAGA

FBW HESS New Flyer Vancouver trolleybus Canada

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FBW-Postbus Frontlenker bei der Retro in La Louviere

Le dépôt de Prelaz avec le FBW TR u 91 707 été 1986

 FBW TF 1982

 FBW-Schindler-Schlieren-MFO Tr 51

FBW Oldtimer- und Baumaschinentaxi

 FBW TR 91 de 1976

FBW Container Truck

 FBW-SAURER Swiss Army

FBW L50 4×2 de 1954 ©pesanti.it

 FBW 1966

FBW Trolley 1966

FBW Speciale

 FBW Tanker

FBW Bus D70 44122

FBW Kanalreinigung ©lkw.bleichmann.ch

FBW Bus Sinsheim 2007

FBW Vuilniswagen

FBW Trucks

FBW Truck

FBW Trucks

FBW Bus

FBW Bus

FBW Fireliner

FBW Bus

FBW

FBW Beauty

FBW Billeter

FBW’s

Feuerwehr FBW

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Wunderschöne FBW

Das war es wieder

I want to say extra thanks for the fotographs made for the site

http://www.trolleybus.ch and come from various members/photographers

such as Werner Hardmeier or Andreas Widmer. The names of the

photographers are clearly mentioned on our pages, so it would indeed be

the minimum to include the names of the photographers (as an example ©

by Werner Hardmeier or © by Andreas Widmer

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