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 AimsThe 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 RailwayThe 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 RailwayThe 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 2x3/3 | OC | 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 TramsBlonay 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 framesBlonay Chamby Museum Railway in LiteratureSébastien 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 2-88125-003-3Blonay Chamby Museum Railway OperationBlonay 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 DCBlonay Chamby Museum Railway Electrification: Overhead LinesBlonay Chamby Museum Railway Maximum incline: 5%Blonay Chamby Museum RailwayTransports 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 |