Blonay Chamby Museum RailwayBlonay Chamby Museum RailwayThe 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. Blonay Chamby Museum Railway 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 of the Blonay Chamby Museum Railway 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 of the Blonay Chamby Museum Railway The collection includes in spring 2009 the following items. The museum is the home of over 70 items of rolling stock. Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Steam Locomotives No Name Class Cyls Builder 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 railway (FO) (Abt rack) 5 Bercher G 3/3 OC SACM 4172 1890 Ex-Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (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 G 2x3/3OC Hanomag 10437 1925 Ex-SEG, Mallet type, 0-6-6-0T, Compound 105 Todtnau 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. Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Tramway Steam Locomotives No Name Class Cyls Builders 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 SLM 316 1882 Ex-Mulhouse Tramways Brown Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Electric Locomotives, Railcars and Trams Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Locomotives No. Name Class Builder Works No Date Built Notes. 2 La Grisette He 2/2 SLM / CIE 1899 Ex-Bex-Villars-Bretaye (BVB) 29 - HGe 3/3 SLM / MFO 1926 Ex-Bernese Oberland railway (BOB) 75 - Ge 4/4 SLM / MFO 2328 1913 Ex-Georg Fischer (+GF+) 81 - Ge 4/4 SLM / BBC 1916 Ex-Berninabahn (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB) Railcars No Class/Type Builder 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 railway (MCM), Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champery railway (AOMC), Abt rack 10 BCFeh 4/4 SLM / SWS / BBC 1914 Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (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 railway (LJB), Oberaargau–Jura railway (OJB) 35 ABe 4/4I SIG / SAAS / MFO 1908 Ex-Bernina railway (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB) 2002 DZe 6/6 SIG / BBC 2703 1932 Ex-Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB), 2008 Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Trams No Class/Type Builder Date Built Notes 7 Ce 2/2 Rat / CIE 1904 Ex-Tramway de Fribourg (TF) 28 Ce 2/3 SWS / SAAS 1948 Ex-Tramways Lausannois (TL) 31 Ze 2/2 SIG / EGA 1914 Ex-Rheintalische Strassenbahn (Rhine Valley Tramways) (RhSt) 52 Ce 2/2 SWS / MFO 1914 Ex-Städtische Strassenbahn, Bern (SSB) 76 Ce 2/2 SIG / MFO 1911 Ex-Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN) 182 Ce 2/2 SIG / BBC 1926 Ex-Basler Verkehrsbetriebe (BVB) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Passenger Coach No. Name Class/Type Builders Date Built Notes. 2 - As2 SIG 1903 Ex-Rhaetian Railway Bernina Line (RhB) 6 Kaiserwagen B3 SIG 1901 Ex-Bernese Oberland railway (BOB), Ex-Modelleisenbahnfreunde Eiger Zweilütschinen (MEFEZ) 7 - C4 ANF 1910 Ex-Chemin de fer Vicinaux de la Haute-Saône (CFV), Morez-La Cure (MLC), Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez railway (NStCM) 10 - BC2 1908 Ex-Monthey-Champéry-Morgins (MCM), Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champery (AOMC) 11 - BC2 SIG 1890 Ex-Régional des Brenets (RdB) 13 - C2 MAN 1905 Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB) 15 - ABCFZ4 De Dietrich 1895 Ex-Cie de l'Ouest, Chemins de fer de l'Etat (ETAT), Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF)/Réseau Breton (RB) 20 Reine Berthe C2 Chevalier, Chailus 1865 Ex-Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (LEB), & Cie à Paris original Mont Cenis Pass Railway 21 - CF2 SIG 1900 Ex-Aigle–Leysin railway (AL) 21 - BC2 SWS 1902 Ex-Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV) 21 Giardiniera C2 SWS 1911 Ex-Lugano–Cadro–Dino railway (LCD) 21 - CF2 SIG 1890 Ex-Régional des Brenets (RdB) 22 - BC4 SIG 1915 Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) 22 - BC4 SIG 1901 Ex-Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB) 23 - C2 SWS 1903 Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) 44 - C4 SIG 1926 Ex-Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB) 61 - B4 SIG 1906 Ex-Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB) 121 - AB2 SIG 1903 Ex-Rhaetian Railway (RhB) 171 - C4 Herbrand 1891 Ex-Mittelbadische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (MEG) 811 - C4 SIG 1930 Ex-Swiss Federal Railways, line Brünig (SBB-CFF-FFS), Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Tramway Passenger Coaches No. Class Builder Date Built Notes 57 C2 SIG 1930 Ex-Tramway Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve (VMCV), Ex-Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway (BVB) 121 C4 Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft 1892 Ex-Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN) Basel 370 C4 SIG 1920 Ex-Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Post and Baggage Coach Name Class Builder Date Built Notes 36 FZ2 SWS 1903 Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Goods Wagons No. Class Builder 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 railway (LLB) 41 K SWS 1915 Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB) 51 M SWS 1915 Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB) 60 L SWS 1915 Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB) 87 K SWS 1912 Ex-Aigle–Leysin railway (AL) 111 K Baume & Merpent 1886 Ex-Yverdon–Ste-Croix railway (YSteC) 153 LO SIG 1903 Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) 610 K SWS 1904 Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) 671 K GFM 1955 Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) 672 K GFM 1955 Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) 706 M Busch 1904 Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) 712 L SWS 1905 Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) 801 O Busch 1904 Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Diesel Locomotives, Shunters and Maintenance vehicles No. Name Class/Type Builder Works No Built Notes 1 - Tm 2/2 O&K, Berlin 20200 1930 Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) 3 Biniou Dm 2/2 Billard Ex-Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF)/Réseau Breton (RB) 926 - Te 2/2 StStZ / MFO 1935 Shunter, Ex-Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) - Dm 1/2 Draisine motorized, Ex-Rhaetian Railway (RhB) - Dd 1/2 Draisine hand drive, Ex-Rhaetian Railway (RhB) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Rotary Snowplow No. Class Cyls Builders Works No Date Built Notes. 9214 Xrot d OC SLM 2299 1912 Rotary snowplow, ex-Bernina railway, Rhaetian Railway (RhB), Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstecke (DFB). 0-6-6-0T Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Service Coach Stock No. Class/Type Builder 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 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. Class/Type Builder Date Built Notes. 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) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Abbreviations BBC : Brown, Boveri & Cie CIE : Compagnie de l’Industrie Électrique, Geneva EAG : Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Alioth MFE : Maschinenfabrik Esslingen MFO : Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon MGK : Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe O&K : Orenstein & Koppel Rat : Rathgeber, Munich SAAS : Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron SIG : Swiss Industrial Society (de.: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft), SLM : Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Winterthur (de.: Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik) SACM : Alsatian Engineering Company in Grafenstaden (de.: Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden) SEG : South German Railway Company (de.: Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) SWS : Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich Steam Locomotive Cylinders OC : Cylinders outside frames IC : Cylinders inside frames Blonay Chamby Museum Railway in 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, 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, 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 Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Operation Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Line length: 2.95 km (1.83 mi) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Track gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Voltage: 900 V DC Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Electrification: Overhead lines Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Maximum incline: 5 % Blonay Chamby Museum Railway Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera to Vevey Blonay 620 m above Sea Level Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera to Les Pléiades 0,0 Blonay BC 620 m above Sea Level Clarens-Chailly-Blonay to Clarens 0,970 Chantemerle (H) 667 m above Sea Level Viaduc de la Baye de Clarens (80 m) 1,500 Vers-Chez-Robert 680 m above Sea Level Tunnel de Cornaux (45 m) 1,990 Cornaux (H) 705 m above Sea Level Chamby-Musée (Chaulin) 736 m above Sea Level Bifurcation Montreux-Oberland Bernois to Zweisimmen 2,950 Chamby 750 m above Sea Level Montreux-Oberland Bernois to Montreux | |||||
| |||||
