Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français

The Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français (Museum of French steam tramways and secondary railways — MTVS) is located alongside Valmondois railway station, in the small town of Butry-sur-Oise in the departement of Val-d'Oise, 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Paris.
The museum houses a collection of railway vehicles from the former French departmental railways, preserved, restored and rebuilt by the members of an association. During the season, short trips can be made on some of the exhibits, along a metre gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in)) line, one kilometre (0.62 miles) in length, nicknamed the "Impressionists' railway".

Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français
MTVS
Established1976
LocationButry-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise
Coordinates49.0904833°N 2.20098611°E / 49.0904833; 2.20098611
TypeRailway museum
Collection size10 steam engines
5 Diesel locotractors
27 passenger cars
Visitors5000
PresidentOlivier Janneau
WebsiteMTVS museum

History

Established in 1976 on the site of the former railway line from Valmondois to the town of Marines, the 'Association of the Transportation Museum of the Sausseron Valley' patiently assembled a collection of railway vehicles from the old regional French networks. The collection has become the most important in France on the theme of secondary railways using the one metre gauge.

In 1999, the association changed its name to the Musée des Tramways à Vapeur et des chemins de fer Secondaires français.

In October 2006, the association celebrated its thirtieth anniversary.

It was once planned for the museum to be moved further northwest, to the Vexin region, where it would have had larger storage space and a longer railway line to use for its train journeys, but the project was abandoned in March 2009.[1]

During the winter of 2007-08, the terminus of the small passenger line became inaccessible when large rocks fell onto the track.[2] Journeys were restricted to the Rue de Parmain.

Since 2013 a project is under way to transfer the museum to Crèvecœur-le-Grand.

Map of the future line Crèvecœur-le-Grand and Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée.

Collection

Works plate of Corpet-Louvet N° 1679 of 1925 (Chemin de fer des Côtes-du-Nord Nº 36)
De Dion-Bouton JM4 railcar #11 currently exhibited in MTVS

It operates :

  • 10 steam engines including :
  • 5 diesel locotractors
  • 1 electric railcar (automotrice électrique)
  • 3 diesel railcars (autorail)
  • 27 passenger cars; among which :
    • 3 come from the Tramways d'Ille et Vilaine (bodies of the cars TIV B34, B 37 and B 73, circulating on the platforms of flatbed wagons)
  • 3 luggage cars
  • about 30 freight cars

Thirty vehicles of the collection are Monuments Historiques and 2 are inscribed in the supplementary inventory of the Monuments historiques.

Steam engines

MTVS
No.
NameWheel
type
BuilderWorks
No.
Year
Built
Empty weightStatusOriginNotes
Nº 4Pierre Jansen0-4-0TSLM, Winterthur1891190913.5 tOn displayMont Blanc Tramway
Nº 2Venus0-4-0TCorpet-Louvet71018988 tRestoration under wayCompany Piketty (sand pits)Distribution "Brown system" - Engine in restoration in the Steamrail.net program - Monument historique
Nº 260-4-0TCorpet-Louvet1673192714.8 t
In storageCompany « Paul Frot » (public works)
Nº 1Le Coucou0-4-0TJohn Cockerill2691190812 tIn storageForges de GueugnonVertical boiler
Nº 16 St Denis d'Orques 0-6-0TAteliers du Nord de la France, Blanc-Misseron19188211 t
In storageTramways de la Sarthe
Nº 60La Ferté Bernard 0-6-0TAteliers du Nord de la France, Blanc-Misseron213189812.8 t
Blanc-Misseron 0-6-0T n°60
In operationTramways de la SartheMonument historique
Nº 750-6-0TCorpet-Louvet12341909
In operationTramways d'Ille-et-VilaineMonument historique
Nº 36Lulu0-6-0TCorpet-Louvet1679192520.5 t
Corpet-Louvet 0-6-0T n°36
In operationChemin de Fer des Côtes-du-NordMonument historique. On loan to GECP to run as a tourist train on the line of Chemins de Fer de Provence.
Nº 132-6-0TSACM73811924
SACM 2-6-0T n°13
On displayLigne Berck-Plage - Paris-Plage (B.P.)Ex. VFIL Pas-de-Calais, Ex. VFIL Oise. Monument historique
E962-6-0TOrenstein & Koppel5755191323 tOn displayLinha do Vouga Nº 6, PortugalBuilt for Decauville; identical to the engines 121 to 124 of CFD Charentes and Deux-Sèvres. Monument historique.

Timetable

The museum is open from the beginning of May to the first weekend in October from 14:30 to 18:00 on Sundays.

A yearly festival is organized during the first weekend of October.

Address

Musée des Tramways à Vapeur et des chemins de fer Secondaires français
Mairie de Butry
95430 Butry-sur-Oise

References

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