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.

Blonay–Chamby museum railway
Electric railcar BCFe 4/4 11 and passenger car BC4 22 of the Montreux-Oberland Bernois railway (MOB)
Service
Route number151
Technical
Line length2.95 km (1.83 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
ElectrificationOverhead lines (900 V DC)
Maximum incline5  %
Route map
Simplon railway line (SBB) to Lausanne and Montreux
Vevey
411 m above Sea
Blonay MVR and CCB
620 m above Sea
Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera to Les Pléiades
0,0 Blonay BC
620 m above Sea
Tercier
0,970 Chantemerle (H)
667 m above Sea
Viaduc de la Baye de Clarens (80 m)
1,500 Vers-Chez-Robert[1]
680 m above Sea
Tunnel de Cornaux (45 m)
1,990 Cornaux (H)
705 m above Sea
Chamby-Musée (Chaulin)
736 m above Sea
Bifurcation
Montreux-Oberland Bernois to Zweisimmen
2,950 Chamby
750 m above Sea
Montreux-Oberland Bernois to Montreux

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 locomotive HG 3/4 3 of the Brig–Furka–Disentis-Railway
Picture No. Name Class Cyls. Builders Details Works. No. Date Built Notes.
1Le DoubsG 3/3OCSLM6181890Ex-Regional des Brenets (RdB)/Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchateloises (CMN)/On loan from Swiss Transport Museum Luzern.
3HG 3/4OCSLM23171913Ex-Brig–Furka–Disentis railway (BFD), Furka Oberalp Railway (FO) (Abt rack)
5BercherG 3/3OCSACM41721890Ex-Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (LEB), barrage de la Dixence (EOS), Hilti & Jehle, Feldkirch.
6G 3/3OCSLM13411901Ex-Brünigbahn/Jura-Simplon JS 909, SBB 109, Biere-Apples-Morge (BAM) No.6, Scierie Renfer, Bienne.
23G 3/5OCMTM2821926Ex-Olot-Gerona
104Zell[2]G 2x3/3OCHanomag104371925Ex-SEG, Mallet type, 0-6-6-0T, Compound
105Todtnau[3][4][5]G 2x2/2OCMBG20511918Ex-Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld (Germany), Mallet type, 0-4-4-0T, Compound
99 193G 5/5OCMFE41831927Ex-Deutsche Reichbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Tramway Steam Locomotives

Picture No. Name Class Cyls. Builders Details Works. No. Date Built Notes.
4RiminiG 2/2OCKrauss42781900Ex-Ferrara-Codigoro (Ferrovie Padane) Rimini-Novafeltria.
7G 2/4System BrownSLM3161882Ex-Mulhouse Tramways

Locomotives

Picture No. Name Class Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
2La GrisetteHe 2/2SLM / CIE1899Ex-Bex-Villars-Bretaye (BVB)
29[6]-HGe 3/3SLM / MFO1926Ex-Bernese Oberland railway (BOB)
75-Ge 4/4SLM / MFO23281913Ex-Georg Fischer (+GF+)
81-Ge 4/4SLM / BBC1916Ex-Berninabahn (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB)

Railcars

Electric railcars BCFeh 4/4 6 of the Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champéry railway
Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
4-BCFe 2/2SIG / MFO1928Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB)
6Valais[7]BCFeh 4/4SLM / SIG / EGA1461909Ex-Monthey–Champéry–Morgins railway (MCM), Aigle–Ollon–Monthey–Champery railway (AOMC), Abt rack
10-BCFeh 4/4SLM / SWS / BBC1914Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB), Abt rack
11les sept à vingtBCFe 4/4SIG / EGA21911903Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB)
12-Ce 2/2Ringhoffer / EAG1907Ex-Langenthal–Jura railway (LJB), Oberaargau–Jura railway (OJB)
35-ABe 4/4ISIG / SAAS / MFO1908Ex-Bernina railway (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB)
105-ABDe 4/4SWS / MFO1913Ex-Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV), 2017
2002-DZe 6/6SIG / BBC27031932Ex-Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB), 2008

Trams

Electric tram Ce 2/2 52 of the Städtische Strassenbahn Bern
Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
7-Ce 2/2Rat / CIE1904Ex-Tramway de Fribourg (TF)
28-Ce 2/3SWS / SAAS1948Ex-Tramways Lausannois (TL)
31-Ze 2/2SIG / EGA1914Ex-Rheintalische Strassenbahn (Rhine Valley Tramways) (RhSt)
52-Ce 2/2SWS / MFO1914Ex-Städtische Strassenbahn, Bern (SSB)
76-Ce 2/2SIG / MFO1911Ex-Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN)
151-Fe 4/4SIG / S&H1911Ex-Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE)

Passenger Coach

Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
2-As2SIG1903Ex-Rhaetian Railway Bernina Line (RhB)
6[8]Kaiserwagen[9]B3SIG1901Ex-Bernese Oberland railway (BOB), Ex-Modelleisenbahnfreunde Eiger Zweilütschinen (MEFEZ)
7-C4ANF1910Ex-Chemin de fer Vicinaux de la Haute-Saône (CFV), Morez-La Cure (MLC), Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez railway (NStCM)
10-BC21908Ex-Monthey-Champéry-Morgins (MCM), Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champery (AOMC)
11-BC2SIG1890Ex-Régional des Brenets (RdB)
13-C2MAN1905Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB)
15-ABCFZ4De Dietrich1895Ex-Cie de l'Ouest, Chemins de fer de l'Etat (ETAT), Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF)/Réseau Breton (RB)
20Reine Berthe[10]C2Chevalier, Chailus & Cie à Paris1865Ex-Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (LEB), original Mont Cenis Pass Railway, 2016
21-CF2SIG1900Ex-Aigle–Leysin railway (AL)
21-BC2SWS1902Ex-Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV)
21Giardiniera[11]C2SWS1911Ex-Lugano–Cadro–Dino railway (LCD)
21-CF2SIG1890Ex-Régional des Brenets (RdB)
22-BC4SIG1915Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB)
22-BC4SIG1901Ex-Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB)
23-C2SWS1903Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM)
44-C4SIG1926Ex-Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB)
61-B4SIG1906Ex-Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB)
121-AB2SIG1903Ex-Rhaetian Railway (RhB)
171-C4Herbrand1891Ex-Mittelbadische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (MEG)
811-C4SIG1930Ex-Swiss Federal Railways, line Brünig (SBB-CFF-FFS),

Tramway Passenger Coach

Picture No. Name Class Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes
57-C2SIG1930Ex-Tramway Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve (VMCV), Ex-Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway (BVB)
370-C4SIG1920Ex-Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE)

Post and Baggage Coach

Picture No. Name Class Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
36-FZ2SWS1903Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM)

Goods wagon

Picture No. Name Class Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
30-KKirchheim1874Ex-Schweizerische Lokalbahnen (SLB), Appenzeller Bahn (AB)
31-KMAN1905Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB)
31-KSWS1910Ex-Tramways de Lausanne (TL)
41-KSWS1915Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB)
51-MSWS1915Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB)
60-LSWS1915Ex-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB)
87-KSWS1912Ex-Aigle–Leysin railway (AL)
101-KSIG1903Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB), 2014
153-LOSIG1901Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB)
610-KSWS1904Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM)
672-KGFM1955Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM)
706-MBusch1904Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB)
712-LSWS1905Ex-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM)
801-OBusch1904Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB)

Diesel Locomotives, Shunters and Maintenance vehicles

Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
1-Tm 2/2O&K, Berlin202001930Ex-Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB), ex Holzwerks Rieder St. Stephan
3BiniouDm 2/2BillardEx-Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF)/Réseau Breton (RB)
926-Te 2/2StStZ / MFO1935Shunter, Ex-Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ)
-Dm 1/2Draisine motorized, Ex-Rhaetian Railway (RhB)
-Dd 1/2Draisine hand drive, Ex-Rhaetian Railway (RhB)

Rotary Snowplow

Picture No. Name Class Cyls. Builders Details Works. No. Date Built Notes.
9214-Xrot dOCSLM22991912Rotary snowplow, ex-Bernina railway, Rhaetian Railway (RhB), Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstecke (DFB). 0-6-6-0

Service Coach Stock

Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
1-Xe 2/2SWS / MFO1915cistern for fire service - Ex-Tramway de Bienne (TrB)
52-X2joinery - Ex-Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV)
52-X2SWS1915cran truck - Ex-Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB)
9951-X3SIG1889refectory - Ex-Swiss Federal Railways, line Brünig (SBB-CFF-FFS), ex. JBL C3 466

Placed external line Blonay-Chamby

Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Notes.
121BaladeuseC4Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Basel1892Ex-Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN), permanent loan to Musée du tram Neuchâtel, Association Neuchâteloise des Amis du Tramway (ANAT)
125-Ce 2/2SIG / SAAS1920Ex-Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE), permanent loan to Association Genevoise du Musée des Tramways (AGMT)
230-C2SWS1905Ex-Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM)

Former vehicles

Picture No. Name Class/Type Builders Details Works No. Date Built Location Notes.
40-KSWS1915Inden, SwitzerlandEx-Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB), sale at the municipality Inden, Switzerland in 2017
671-KGFM1955Broc Fabrique (Nestlé), SwitzerlandEx-Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM), ex Blonay–Chamby museum railway, submitted to GFM Historique in 2020

Rolling stock manufacturers

Steam Locomotive Cylinders

  • 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,[12] 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,[13] 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

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