Niklaus Riggenbach
As construction of the Basel-Olten line began in 1853 , the board of directors of the "Schweizer Centralbahn Gesellschaft" ( Swiss Central Rail Association ) appointed him chief of the machine works . 
<triplet> Basel-Olten line <subj> Swiss Central Rail Association <obj> operator <triplet> Swiss Central Rail Association <subj> 1853 <obj> inception