LEB G 3/3 2 and 5

LEB G 3/3
LEB G 3/3 Bercher at the Blonay railway station in 2015.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderEMBG
Serial number
  • No. 2 unknown
  • No. 5: 4172
Build date1888 and 1890[1]
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0T
 • UICC n2t
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Driver dia.810 mm (2 ft 7+7⁄8 in)
Wheelbase1,800 mm (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
Length6,830 mm (22 ft 5 in)
Loco weight
  • Empty: 15.7 tonnes (34,600 lb)
  • Service: 20.4 tonnes (45,000 lb)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity0.8 tonnes (1,760 lb)
Water cap.2,200 L (480 imp gal; 580 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area0.6 m2 (6.5 sq ft)
Boiler pressure12 atm (1.22 MPa; 176 psi)
Heating surface38.2 sq ft (3.55 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size270 mm × 370 mm (10+5⁄8 in × 14+9⁄16 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed25 km/h (16 mph)
Power output150 PS (110 kW; 148 hp)[2]
Career
OperatorsLausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway
ClassG 3/3
Numbers2 Échallens and 5 Bercher
RetiredNo. 2: 1920
Preserved1 (No. 5)
ScrappedNo. 2: 1929[3]

The Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (LEB) G 3/3 2 and 5 is a two member class of metre gauge steam locomotive manufactured by Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden (EMBG) in the village Grafenstaden, entered in service 1888 and 1890. The weight in service is 20.4 tonnes (20.1 long tons; 22.5 short tons) and the maximum speed is 25 km/h (16 mph). The preserved example G 3/3 5 Bercher is operational on the Blonay–Chamby museum railway (BC) above Montreux at the Eastern end of Lake Geneva.

No. 2 was named Échallens. It was idled in 1920. Finding no buyer, it was scrapped in 1929.

No. 5 was sold in 1934 to Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS) and was used to haul materials on the construction site of the Dixence Dam. In 1941, she was sold on to the Hilti construction company[4] (nowadays called Hilti & Jehle, in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg).

The Blonay–Chamby museum railway (BC) acquired her in 1973. For her 125th year of operation, the BC invested 125,000CHF in a major overhaul including a new boiler.[5]


Literature

  • Gérald Hadorn und Jean-Louis Rochaix: Voies étroites de la campagne vaudoise, Bureau vaudois d'addresses (BVA), Lausanne 1986, ISBN 2-88125-004-1
  • Michel Dehanne, Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne, Anette Rochaix und Jean-Louis Rochaix: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 1873 - 2000, La Raillère, Belmont 2000, ISBN 978-2-88125-011-8
  • Jean-Louis Rochaix, Sébastien Jarne, Gérald Hadorn, Michel Grandguillaume, Michel Dehanne und Anette Rochaix: Chemins de fer privés vaudois 2000 – 2009, 10 ans de modernisation, La Raillère, Belmont 2009, ISBN 978-2-88125-012-5


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References

  1. ^ Jean-François Andrist: Die G 3/3 5 der LEB wird 125 Jahre alt in: Eisenbahn Amateur (Zeitschrift) Nr. 5, 2015, S. 227
  2. ^ Digitales Eisenbahn Fotoarchiv (DEF), LEB G 3/3 5[permanent dead link‍] Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB) - www.simplonpc.co.uk". www.simplonpc.co.uk (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. ^ Andrist, Jean-Francois (2015). "La G3/3 du LEB a 125ans". Eisenbahn Amateur (in French). 5: 226.
  5. ^ Sylvain Müller (21 May 2015). "Locos à vapeur du LEB fêtées au Blonay – Chamby". 24 Heures (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2015.


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