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 uses the Blonay–Chamby railway line, originally built by the Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans. It is rail-connected at both ends, at its upper terminus, at Chamby Station on the Chemin de Fer Montreux Oberland Bernois line and at the lower end at Blonay station on the Vevey–Les Pléiades railway line line operated by Transports Montreux–Vevey–Riviera.
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| Predecessor | Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 built two motive power and carriage depots at Chaulin, a short distance from its upper terminus. They house what is generally regarded as the largest and most representative collection of preservation metre gauge rolling stock in the world.
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 and electric hauled trains depart from Blonay and climb slowly through a spectacular environment with fine views over Lake Geneva and the Alps. After reversing at or just before Chamby, the trains terminate at the museum site, where visitors can explore stationary exhibits.
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 services from Blonay to Chamby and back are included in the Swiss National Railways Timetable.
The museum collection
As of autumn 2021 was home to over 70 items of rolling stock, listed below:
Steam railway locomotives
Steam locomotive HG 3/4 3 of the Brig–Furka–Disentis-Railway
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Cyls. | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Le Doubs | G 3/3 | OC | SLM | 618 | 1890 | RdB (Regional des Brenets), CMN (Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchateloises) | On loan from Swiss Transport Museum Luzern. |
| 3 | HG 3/4 | OC | SLM | 2317 | 1913 | BFD, FO | Abt rack | |
 | 5 | Bercher | G 3/3 | OC | SACM | 4172 | 1890 | LEB, Energie Ouest Suisse, Hilti & Jehle, Feldkirch. | used by EOS to build Dixence Dam |
 | 6 | G 3/3 | OC | SLM | 1341 | 1901 | Brünigbahn/Jura-Simplon JS 909, SBB 109, BAM No.6, Scierie Renfer, Bienne. | ||
 | 23 | G 3/5 | OC | MTM | 282 | 1926 | Ligne d'Olot à Gérone | ||
 | 104 | Zell[2] | G 2x3/3 | OC | Hanomag | 10437 | 1925 | SEG | Mallet design, 0-6-6-0T, Compound |
 | 105 | Todtnau[3][4][5] | G 2x2/2 | OC | MBG | 2051 | 1918 | Haspe–Voerde–Breckerfeld Light Railway, | Mallet design, 0-4-4-0T, Compound |
 | 99 193 | G 5/5 | OC | MFE | 4183 | 1927 | DR, DB. | ||
Steam tramway locomotives
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Cyls. | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Rimini | G 2/2 | OC | Krauss | 4278 | 1900 | Ferrara-Codigoro (Ferrovie Padane) Rimini-Novafeltria. | |
 | 7 | G 2/4 | System Brown | SLM | 316 | 1882 | Mulhouse Tramways | ||
Locomotives
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | La Grisette | He 2/2 | SLM / CIE | 1899 | Bex-Villars-Bretaye (BVB) | ||
 | 29[6] | - | HGe 3/3 | SLM / MFO | 1926 | Bernese Oberland railway (BOB) | ||
 | 75 | - | Ge 4/4 | SLM / MFO | 2328 | 1913 | Georg Fischer (+GF+) | |
 | 81 | - | Ge 4/4 | SLM / BBC | 1916 | Berninabahn (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB) | ||
Railcars
Electric railcar BCFeh 4/4 no.6 of the Monthey–Champéry-Morgins railway
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | - | BCFe 2/2 | SIG / MFO | 1928 | Ex-Sernftalbahn (SeTB) | ||
| 6 | Valais[7] | BCFeh 4/4 | SLM / SIG / EGA | 146 | 1909 | Ex-Monthey–Champéry–Morgins railway (MCM) | Abt rack |
 | 10 | - | BCFeh 4/4 | SLM / SWS / BBC | 1914 | Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB) | Abt rack | |
 | 11 | les sept à vingt | BCFe 4/4 | SIG / EGA | 2191 | 1903 | Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) | |
 | 12 | - | Ce 2/2 | Ringhoffer / EAG | 1907 | Langenthal–Jura railway (LJB), Oberaargau–Jura railway (OJB) | ||
 | 35 | - | ABe 4/4I | SIG / SAAS / MFO | 1908 | Bernina railway (BB), Rhaetian Railway (RhB) | ||
| 105 | - | ABDe 4/4 | SWS / MFO | 1913 | Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV), 2017 | |||
 | 2002 | - | DZe 6/6 | SIG / BBC | 2703 | 1932 | Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB), 2008 | |
Trams
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Electric tram Ce 2/2 52 of the Städtische Strassenbahn Bern
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7 | - | Ce 2/2 | Rat / CIE | 1904 | Tramway de Fribourg (TF) | ||
 | 28 | - | Ce 2/3 | SWS / SAAS | 1948 | Tramways Lausannois (TL) | ||
 | 31 | - | Ze 2/2 | SIG / EGA | 1914 | Rheintalische Strassenbahn (Rhine Valley Tramways) (RhSt) | ||
 | 52 | - | Ce 2/2 | SWS / MFO | 1914 | Städtische Strassenbahn, Bern (SSB) | ||
 | 76 | - | Ce 2/2 | SIG / MFO | 1911 | Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN) | ||
 | 151 | - | Fe 4/4 | SIG / S&H | 1911 | Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE) | ||
Railway passenger coaches
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 | - | As2 | SIG | 1903 | Ex-Rhaetian Railway Bernina Line (RhB) | acquired 1972, in service | |
 | 6[8] | Kaiserwagen[9] | B3 | SIG | 1901 | Bernese Oberland railway (BOB), Modelleisenbahnfreunde Eiger Zweilütschinen (MEFEZ) | acquired 2013, in service | |
 | 7 | - | C4 | ANF | 1910 | Chemin de fer Vicinaux de la Haute-Saône (CFV), Morez-La Cure (MLC), Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez railway (NStCM) | acquired 1993, in service | |
 | 10 | - | BC2 | 1908 | Monthey-Champéry-Morgins (MCM), Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champery (AOMC) | in service | ||
| 11 | - | BC2 | SIG | 1890 | Régional des Brenets (RdB) | |||
| 13 | - | C2 | MAN | 1905 | Sernftalbahn (SeTB) | acquired 1969, under restoration | ||
 | 15 | - | ABCFZ4 | De Dietrich | 1895 | Cie de l'Ouest, Chemins de fer de l'Etat (ETAT), Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais (SNCF)/Réseau Breton (RB) | acquired 1968, in service | |
_2016.jpg.webp) | 20 | Reine Berthe[10] | C2 | Chevalier, Chailus & Cie à Paris | 1865 | Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (LEB), original Mont Cenis Pass Railway | acquired 2016, under revision | |
 | 21 | - | CF2 | SIG | 1900 | Aigle–Leysin railway (AL) | acquired 1973, in service | |
 | 21 | - | BC2 | SWS | 1902 | Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV) | acquired 1971, in service | |
 | 21 | Giardiniera[11] | C2 | SWS | 1911 | Lugano–Cadro–Dino railway (LCD) | acquired 1990, in service | |
| 21 | - | CF2 | SIG | 1890 | Régional des Brenets (RdB) | |||
 | 22 | - | BC4 | SIG | 1915 | Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) | acquired 1967, in service | |
 | 22 | - | BC4 | SIG | 1902 | Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB) | in service | |
| 23 | - | C2 | SWS | 1903 | Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) | acquired 1967, in service | |
 | 44 | - | C4 | SIG | 1926 | Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB) | acquired 1967, in service | |
 | 61 | - | B4 | SIG | 1906 | Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway (MOB) | acquired 2016, under restoration | |
 | 121 | - | AB2 | SIG | 1903 | Rhaetian Railway (RhB) | acquired 1972, in service | |
 | 171 | - | C4 | Herbrand | 1891 | Mittelbadische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (MEG) | acquired 1967, in service | |
Tramway passenger coaches
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 57 | - | C2 | SIG | 1930 | Tramway Vevey–Montreux–Chillon–Villeneuve (VMCV), Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway (BVB) | acquired 1970, in service | |
 | 370 | - | C4 | SIG | 1920 | Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE) | acquired 1967, in service | |
Post and baggage coach
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 36 | - | FZ2 | SWS | 1903 | Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) | in service | |
Goods wagons
Open wagon LO 153 du Montreux-Oberland Bernois Railway
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 30 | - | K | Kirchheim | 1874 | Schweizerische Lokalbahnen (SLB), Appenzeller Bahn (AB) | acquired 1968 | |
 | 31 | - | K | MAN | 1905 | Sernftalbahn (SeTB) | acquired 1969, in service | |
 | 31 | - | K | SWS | 1910 | Tramways de Lausanne (TL) | acquired 1993, in service | |
 | 41 | - | K | SWS | 1915 | Leuk-Leukerbad railway (LLB) | acquired 1967, in service | |
 | 51 | - | M | SWS | 1915 | LLB | acquired 1967, in service | |
_Leuk-Leukerbad-Bahn_L_2_60_2015.jpg.webp) | 60 | - | L | SWS | 1915 | LLB | acquired 1967, in service | |
 | 87 | - | K | SWS | 1912 | Aigle–Leysin railway (AL) | acquired 1977, in service | |
 | 101 | - | K | SIG | 1903 | Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) | acquired 2014, in service | |
| 153 | - | LO | SIG | 1901 | MOB | acquired 2006, in service | |
| 610 | - | K | SWS | 1904 | Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) | in service | ||
 | 672 | - | K | GFM | 1955 | GFM | acquired 2012 - on display at Vevey station | |
 | 706 | - | M | Busch | 1904 | MOB | acquired 2005, in service. | |
 | 712 | - | L | SWS | 1905 | GFM | acquired 2002, in service. | |
 | 810 | - | O | Busch | 1903 | MOB | acquired 1989, in service | |
Diesel locomotives, shunters and maintenance vehicles
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | - | Tm 2/2 | O&K, Berlin | 20200 | 1930 | Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB), Holzwerk Rieder St. Stephan | |
 | 3 | Biniou | Dm 2/2 | Billard | SNCF, Réseau Breton (RB) | |||
 | 926 | Bouc ("goat") | Te 2/2 | StStZ / MFO | 1935 | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) | Shunter | |
 | - | Dm 1/2 | Rhaetian Railway (RhB) | Petrol Powered draisine | ||||
 | - | Dd 1/2 | Rhaetian Railway (RhB) | Hand driven draisine | ||||
Rotary snowplough
| Picture | No. | Name | Class | Cyls. | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Former Owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9214 | - | Xrot d | OC | SLM | 2299 | 1912 | Bernina railway, Rhaetian Railway (RhB), Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstecke (DFB) | 0-6-6-0 |
Service coach and wagons
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Former Owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | - | Xe 2/2 | SWS / MFO | 1915 | Tramway de Bienne (TrB) | Tank for fire service | |
| 52 | - | X2 | Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV) | joinery | ||||
 | 52 | - | X2 | SWS | 1915 | Loèche - Loèche-les-Bains (LLB) | Crane truck | |
 | 9951 | - | X3 | SIG | 1889 | Swiss Federal Railways, Brünig line, JBL C3 466 | refectory | |
Loaned-out rolling stock
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 121 | Baladeuse | C4 | Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Basel | 1892 | Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN) | permanent loan to Musée du tram Neuchâtel, Association Neuchâteloise des Amis du Tramway (ANAT) | |
 | 125 | - | Ce 2/2 | SIG / SAAS | 1920 | Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques (CGTE) | permanent loan to Association Genevoise du Musée des Tramways (AGMT) | |
| 230 | - | C2 | SWS | 1905 | Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat (GFM) | |||
Former rolling stock
| Picture | No. | Name | Class/type | Built by | Works No. | Date built | Previous owners | Current owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 40 | - | K | SWS | 1915 | Loèche–Loèche-les-Bains railway (LLB) | sold to the municipality of Inden, Switzerland, Switzerland in 2017 | |
 | 671 | - | K | GFM | 1955 | Gruyère–Fribourg–Morat railway (GFM) | taken over by GFM Historique in 2020, and exhibited at the Broc chocolate factory. | |
Rolling stock manufacturers
- BBC : Brown, Boveri & Cie, Zurich
- CIE : Compagnie de l'Industrie Électrique, Geneva
- EAG : Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Alioth, Basel
- MFE : Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- MFO : Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, Zurich
- MGK : Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe
- MTM : Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima, Barcelona
- O&K : Orenstein & Koppel, Berlin
- Rat : Rathgeber, Munich
- SAAS : Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron, Geneva
- SIG : Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (Swiss Industrial Company)
- SLM : Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik, Winterthur (Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works)
- SACM : Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden (Grafenstaden Alsatian Engineering Company)
- SEG : Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (South German Railway Company), Darmstadt
- SWS : Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich (Swiss Wagon and Lift company)
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.
- 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,[12] 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
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