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- ↑ The commercial registers in Switzerland (include former versions/cancelled names)
- ↑ Otto Schuppli: Die Vereinigten Huttwil-Bahnen. [6], Minirex, Luzern 1989, ISBN 3-907014-03-0, Seite 68
- ↑ Werner Weber, Jürg Suter: Solothurn–Münster-Bahn. Die Linie Solothurn–Moutier der BLS AG. Band 322, Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 2008, ISBN 978-3-907579-28-2, Seite 65