Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse

Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse
Industry Rail vehicle engineering
Founded 1922
Defunct 197?
Headquarters Paris, France
Products Diesel shunters
Plaque on a shunting locomotive manufactured by Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse

Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse was a French manufacturer of diesel shunting locomotives. Founded in 1922 by Gaston Moyse, the company closed in the late 1970s.[1][2]

The company produced numerous shunting locomotives, including the Y 7400 and Y 8000 for the French state railways (SNCF),[3] and classes CP 1020 and CP 1050 for the Portuguese state railways (Comboios de Portugal).[4][5] and shunters for industrial use in steel works and on other industrial sites.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Société Gaston Moyse". www.trains-du-monde.fr (in French).
  2. ↑ Henry Sampson (1970). Jane's world railways. Jane's Yearbooks. p. 72.
  3. ↑ "Y 8000" (PDF). www.akiem.com (in French). Akiem.
  4. ↑ "Chemins_de_fer_Portugais - Locotracteur Diesel Série 1020 (H/S)". www.chemins-de-fer.portugais.fr.gd (in French).
  5. ↑ "Chemins_de_fer_Portugais - Locotracteur Diesel Série 1050 (H/S)". www.chemins-de-fer.portugais.fr.gd (in French).
  6. ↑ "Locomotives "Gaston Moyse", Paris / France". www.rail.lu (in French).

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