Crochat
Crochat petrol electric railcar preserved at Pithiviers
Crochat was a French railway equipment construction company founded in 1899 by Henry Crochat. It is best known for building locomotives and railcars with petrol-electric transmission.[1]
History
Reference[2]
- 1899 - Company founded by Henry Crochat
- 1908 to 1918 - Construction of 420 petrol-electric locomotives for le Ministère de la Guerre (Ministry of War) and a small number for other customers. See table below for details
- 1924 - Acquisition of patents by Decauville
- 1926 - Foundation of Société Auxiliaire d'Entreprise (SAE) by Henry Crochat
- 1928 - Company liquidated
Locomotive types
- Petrol-electric locomotive types[3]
This is not a complete list.
| Type | Weight | Axles | Gauge | Number built |
Customer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 L 4 60 | 14 tonnes | 4 | 600 mm | 200 5 10 |
le Ministère de la Guerre la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Maroc Oriental les chantiers de l'entreprise Collet, Rabat/Maroc |
| 22 L 2 N | 22 tonnes | 2 | 1435 mm | 130 38 2 |
le Ministère de la Guerre la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Nord la Compagnie du Gaz de Paris |
| 44 L 4 N | 44 tonnes | 4 | 1435 mm | 90 40 |
le Ministère de la Guerre la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Nord |
| ? | ? | 6 | 500 mm | 19 | les Salins du Midi |
Crochat and Colardeau
Henry Crochat obtained some patents jointly with Emmanuel Colardeau, e.g. patent US1416611.[4] There is no evidence that Colardeau was involved in Crochat's railway business but he may have been involved, with Crochat, in the design of the Saint-Chamond (tank).
Equipment preserved
- Crochat AT1 petrol-electric railcar (1922) from Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury preserved at Musée des transports de Pithiviers
- Five Crochat 6-axle locomotives of 1918 (ex Salins du Midi) preserved at Chemin de fer touristique du Tarn. One of these is a historical monument
- Decauville-Crochat AT3 petrol-electric railcar (1926) preserved at Le p'tit train de Saint-Trojan[5]
- Crochat standard gauge locomotive 44 L 4 N preserved at the Museum of Engineering in Angers (not on public view)
References
- ↑ http://www.rail.lu/crochat.html
- ↑ http://www.rail.lu/crochat.html
- ↑ http://www.rail.lu/crochat.html
- ↑ http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=1416611A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19220516&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP
- ↑ http://www.le-ptit-train.com/materiel_12.htm
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