Blonay–Chamby museum railway
The Blonay–Chamby museum railway (French: Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, BC) is a short 3-kilometre-long (1.9 mi) steep but adhesion worked metre gauge heritage railway operated as part of the Blonay - Chamby Railway Museum using vintage steam and electric locomotives and rolling stock. It is rail connected at both ends, at its upper terminus, at Chamby with the Chemin de Fer Montreux Oberland Bernoise and at the lower end, Blonay, with the Vevey - Les Pleiades, Chemin de fer électriques Veveysans, line.
History and Aims
The Blonay - Chamby Railway and Museum was opened in 1968 with the aims of operating the metre gauge railway line from Blonay to Chamby and in doing so preserving railway equipment of technical or historic value. For this purpose the Blonay - Chamby Railway has purpose built two motive power and carriage depots at Chaulin - Chamby, a short distance from its upper terminus which nowadays houses what is generally regarded as the largest and most representative collection of metre gauge relics in Europe.
The Museum Line
The Blonay - Chamby Museum Railway is a railway preservation group staffed entirely by volunteers who operate trains each Saturday and Sunday between May and October. Vintage steam locomotives or electric locomotives haul equally vintage carriages slowly through a spectacular environment with fine views over Lake Geneva and the Alps. Visitors can access the shed / museum complex from Chamby, travelling the short distance on a vintage tram.
A further part of the remit of the preservation group is the encouragement of local and regional tourism and tourist traffic on adjacent lines. The timetable for the Blonay - Chamby line can be found on Table 115 and 115.1 of the Swiss National Railways Timetable.
The Museum Collection
The collection includes in spring 2009 the following items. The museum is the home of over 70 items of rolling stock.
Steam Locomotives
Steam Locomotives
| Picture |
No. |
Name |
Class |
Cyls. |
Builders Details |
Works. No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
 | 1 | Le Doubs | G 3/3 | OC | SLM | 618 | 1890 | Ex-Regional des Brenets (RdB)/Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchateloises (CMN)/On loan from Swiss Transport Museum Luzern. |
 | 3 | | HG 3/4 | OC | SLM | 2317 | 1913 | Ex-Brig–Furka–Disentis Railway (BFD), Furka–Oberalp-Bahn(FO)/Abt rack |
 | 5 | Bercher | G 3/3 | OC | SACM | 4172 | 1890 | Ex-Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher (LEB), barrage de la Dixence (EOS), Hilti & Jehle, Feldkirch. |
 | 6 | | G 3/3 | OC | SLM | 1341 | 1901 | Ex-Brünigbahn/Jura-Simplon JS 909, SBB 109, Biere-Apples-Morge (BAM) No.6, Scierie Renfer, Bienne. |
| | 23 | | G 3/5 | OC | MTM | 282 | 1926 | Ex-Olot-Gerona |
 | 104 | Zell[2] | G 2x3/3 | OC | Hanomag | 10437 | 1925 | Ex-SEG, Mallet type, 0-6-6-0T, Compound |
 | 105 | Todtnau[3][4][5] | G 2x2/2 | OC | MBG | 2051 | 1918 | Ex-Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld (Germany), Mallet type, 0-4-4-0T, Compound |
 | 99 193 | | G 5/5 | OC | MFE | 4183 | 1927 | Ex-Deutsche Reichbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn. |
|
Tramway Steam Locomotives
| Picture |
No. |
Name |
Class |
Cyls. |
Builders Details |
Works. No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
 | 4 | Rimini | G 2/2 | OC | Krauss | 4278 | 1900 | Ex-Ferrara-Codigoro (Ferrovie Padane) Rimini-Novafeltria. |
 | 7 | | G 2/4 | System Brown | SLM | 316 | 1882 | Ex-Mulhouse Tramways |
|
Electric Locomotives, Railcars and Trams
Locomotives
Railcars
| No. |
Name |
Class/Type |
Builders Details |
Works No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
| 4 | - | BCFe 2/2 | SIG / MFO | | 1928 | Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB) |
| 6 | - | BCFeh 4/4 | SLM / SIG / EGA | 146 | 1909 | Ex-Monthey-Champéry-Morgins (MCM), Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champery (AOMC), Abt rack |
| 10 | - | BCFeh 4/4 | SLM / SWS / BBC | | 1914 | Ex-Loeche-Loèche-les-Bains (LLB), Abt rack |
| 11 | - | BCFe 4/4 | SIG / EGA | 2191 | 1903 | Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) |
| 12 | - | Ce 2/2 | Ringhoffer / EAG | | 1907 | Ex-Langenthal-Jura-Bahn (LJB), Oberaargau-Jura-Bahn (OJB) |
| 35 | - | ABe 4/4I | SIG / SAAS / MFO | | 1908 | Ex-Berninabahn (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB) |
| 2002 | - | DZe 6/6 | SIG / BBC | 2703 | 1932 | Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB), 2008 |
|
Trams
Electric tram Ce 2/2 52 of the Städtische Strassenbahn Bern
Passenger Coach
Tramway Passenger Coach
Post and Baggage Coach
| Picture |
No. |
Name |
Class |
Builders Details |
Works No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
 | 36 | - | FZ2 | SWS | | 1903 | Ex-Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM) |
|
Goods wagon
| No. |
Name |
Class |
Builders Details |
Works No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
| 30 | - | K | Kirchheim | | 1874 | Ex-Schweizerische Lokalbahnen (SLB), Appenzeller Bahn (AB) |
| 31 | - | K | MAN | | 1905 | Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB) |
| 31 | - | K | SWS | | 1910 | Ex-Tramways de Lausanne (TL) |
| 40 | - | K | SWS | | 1915 | Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) |
| 41 | - | K | SWS | | 1915 | Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) |
| 51 | - | M | SWS | | 1915 | Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) |
| 60 | - | L | SWS | | 1915 | Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) |
| 87 | - | K | SWS | | 1912 | Ex-Aigle-Leysin (AL) |
| 111 | - | K | Baume & Merpent | | 1886) | Ex-Yverdon - Sainte-Croix (YSteC) |
| 153 | - | LO | SIG | | 1903 | Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) |
| 610 | - | K | SWS | | 1904 | Ex-Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM) |
| 706 | - | M | Busch | | 1904 | Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) |
| 712 | - | L | SWS | | 1905 | Ex-Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM) |
| 801 | - | O | Busch | | 1904 | Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) |
|
Diesel Locomotives, Shunters and Maintenance vehicles
Rotary Snowplow
| No. |
Name |
Class |
Cyls. |
Builders Details |
Works. No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
| 9214 | - | Xrot d | OC | SLM | 2299 | 1912 | Rotary snowplow, ex-Berninabahn, Rhatische Bahn (RhB), Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstecke (DFB). 0-6-6-0T |
|
Service Coach Stock
| No. |
Name |
Class/Type |
Builders Details |
Works No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
| 1 | - | Xe 2/2 | SWS / MFO | | 1915 | cistern for fire service - Ex-Tramway de Bienne (TrB) |
| 52 | - | X2 | | | | joinery - Ex-Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV) |
| 52 | - | X2 | SWS | | 1915 | cran truck - Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) |
| 424[9] | - | F2 | | | 1914 | repair shop - Ex-Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM), ex. CEG K2 123, ex. GFM X2 1011 |
| 9951 | - | X3 | SIG | | 1889 | refectory - Ex-Swiss Federal Railways, line Brünig (SBB-CFF-FFS), ex. JBL C3 466 |
|
Placed external line Blonay-Chamby
| No. |
Name |
Class/Type |
Builders Details |
Works No. |
Date Built |
Notes. |
|---|
| 2 | La Grisette | He 2/2 | SLM / CIE | | 1899 | Ex-Bex-Villars-Bretaye (BVB) |
| 125 | - | Ce 2/2 | SIG / SAAS | | 1920 | Ex-Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE) |
| 151 | - | Fe 4/4 | SIG / S&H | | 1911 | Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE) |
| 182 | - | Ce 2/2 | SIG / BBC | | 1926 | Ex-Basler Verkehrsbetriebe (BVB) |
| 230 | - | C2 | SWS | | 1905 | Ex-Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM) |
|
Abbreviations (Selection)
- OC : Cylinders outside frames
- IC : Cylinders inside frames
Literature
- Sébastien Jarne, Le chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, tiré à part du livre « Voies étroites de Veveyse et de Gruyère », édition Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, Lausanne, éd. 2, 1991, 56 p.
- José Banaudo and Alex Rieben, À la découverte du Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, Édition du Cabri, Breil-sur-Roya, 1992, ISBN 978-2-903310-98-1.
- Peter Willen, Lokomotiven und Triebwagen der Schweizer Bahnen, volume 2, Privatbahnen Westschweiz und Wallis. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zürich, 1977, ISBN 3-280-00923-5.
- Alain Candellero, Charles-Maurice Emery, Brice Maillard and Nicolas Regamey, 40 ans de musée vivant, Chemin de fer musée Blonay-Chamby 1968-2008, édition Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby, Lausanne, avril 2008, 32 p.
- Users Wikipedia: Museumsbahn Blonay-Chamby, ein Auszug aus Wikipedia Anfangs 2011, E-book,[10] 2011, 52 p.
- Alain Castella and Charles-Maurice Emery: Faire la Voie, Chemin de fer-Musée Blonay-Chamby, Département de la formation, de la jeunesse et de la culture (DFJC) – Service des affaires culturelles (SERAC) of Canton de Vaud,[11] Lausanne, 2010
- Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne, Jean-Louis Rochaix, François Ramstein: Voies étroites de Veveyse et de Gruyère. Bureau vaudois d'addresses (BVA), Lausanne 1984, ISBN 2-88125-003-3
References
- ↑ Eric Bettega and Patric Bouillin: Chemin de fer-musée Blonay-Chamby: Plus vivant que jamais! in: Voies Ferrees (periodical) No 186, 2011, pagina 67-75 (graphique des circulations du dimanche 12 et du lunid 13 junin 2011, pagina 69)
- ↑ www.echtdampfwelt.de, Herrmann Echtdampf, Echtdampfshop, Echtdampflok SEG-Mallet - Picture (Retrieved 13 August 2013)
- ↑ www.drehscheibe-foren.de, Drehscheben Online, Forum, Schmalspurdampf ex Zell-Todtnau auf der GFM, 1973, mit 24 Fotos - first picture (Retrieved 13 August 2013)
- ↑ www.youtube.com Youtube Film LGB Mallet SEG104 + eMOTION XLS Sounddecoder (mit sichtbarem Wappen von Zell) (Abgerufen am 15. August 2013)
- ↑ www.bahnbilder.de Bahnbilder.de, Bild 185576, BC - Museumsbahn ex SEG G 2x 3/3 104 am 19.05.1997 in Chaulin - Dampflok - Name: ZELL - Baujahr 1925... (Abgerufen am 15. August 2013)
- ↑ Neues in Kürze (Nik), Museums- und Touristikbahnen BC in Eisenbahn Amateur (Swiss railway and model railway magazine) 02/2014 page 69 (German)
- ↑ www.eurolok.ch Kaiserwagen in Interlaken Ost, retrieved 10 February 2014
- ↑ Wolfgang Finke: Die Fahrzeuge der Jungfraubahnen - Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB), Jungfraubahn (JB), Mürrenbahn (BLM), tram-TV Verlag, Köln 2012, ISBN 978-3-9813669-2-1 (German)
- ↑ Neues in Kürze (Nik), Museums- und Touristikbahnen BC in Eisenbahn Amateur (Swiss railway and model railway magazine) 02/2014 page 66 (German)
- ↑ chaulin.jimdo.com Blonay-Chamby Museum Railway, private internet page in German language, Blonay-Chamby Ebook, retrieved 25 November 2012
- ↑ issuu.com Faire le Voie, retrieved 25 November 2012
External links
Coordinates: 46°27′56″N 6°53′45″E / 46.4656°N 6.8958°E / 46.4656; 6.8958
