Ateliers de construction de La Meuse

Ateliers de la Meuse
Company typePublic
Founded1850; 175 years ago (1850) in Liège, Belgium[1]
€10M (2017)
Websitewww.alm.be

Ateliers de construction de La Meuse (French: La société anonyme des Ateliers de construction de La Meuse) are a manufacturing and engineering company based in Liège in Belgium. During the period from 1888 to 1958, La Meuse built 1350 steam locomotives some for Belgian State Railways (later NMBS/SNCB), and many more for industrial networks. Of these a substantial number survive worldwide.

The company still exists today, focusing on boilermaking, mechanics and the assembly of large-scale machinery. They have facilities in Sclessin and Seraing.

History

The origins of the business date back to the 16th century. During 1835 Charles Marcellis, forge master, moved his business to La Boverie, Liège. The company was set up as Société Anonyme des Ateliers de la Meuse. In 1872, the name was changed to Société Anonyme des Ateliers de construction de La Meuse. These new workshops were erected on the site they currently occupy between the Meuse river and the Paris-Namur-Liége-Cologne rail line. Expansion followed so that they occupied an area of about ten hectares. The company produced heavy industrial equipment for mining and metallurgy. The first locomotives were built in 1887 for the SNCV, and La Meuse would be the last company to deliver a steam locomotive to NMBS/SNCB.[2]

In 1889, there was produced a narrow gauge locomotive for an industrial user. They went on to eventually build over 800 locomotives for industrial users. Their customers were mostly Belgium, but also Italy, Yugoslavia, Morocco, Congo, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Latin America and the Netherlands.[2]

Locomotives

Belgian State Railways

Deutsche Reichsbahn

Hellenic State Railways

Surviving Steam Locomotives

Works No. Plated Year Number/
name 		Wheel
arrangement 		Gauge Class To Notes
1631 1900 11 B n2t 600 mm Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil Preserved at Museu do Trem do Engenho de Dentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]
1760 1902 B 770 mm [4]
1812 1908 5 B n2t 1000 mm Built for Société de Construction du Port de Bahia S.A., later used by Companhia Paraíba de Cimento Portland. Preserved at LP Assessoria Industrial in Votorantim, Brazil.[5]
1828 1903 13 C n2t 1435 mm Between 1903 and 1957 Mines d'Auchel (Département Pas-de-Calais), later CENPA (in Bègles). Preserved at Ecomusée de la Grande Lande in Marquèze.[6]
1971 1905 101 C n2t 1000 mm Estrada de Ferro do Paraná, later at Estrada de Ferro São Paulo - Rio Grande. In 1935 was numbered 101 for Rede de Viação Paraná - Santa Catarina. On display minus tender Praça Tomi Nakagawa in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil[7]
1972 1905 102 C n2t 1000 mm Estrada de Ferro do Paraná, later at Estrada de Ferro São Paulo - Rio Grande. In 1935 was numbered 102 for Rede de Viação Paraná - Santa Catarina. One of the few steam locomotives that survived when Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) ended steam operations in Brazil in 1958. Preserved by Associação Brasileira de Preservação Ferroviária (ABPF) in Piratuba, Brazil.[8]
2085 1929 877 E 1435 mm [9]
2161 1908 240.05 D 1435 mm 240 [10]
2215 1909 21? C n2t 1000 mm Probably until 1912 as No. 21 of the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Today in the harbour museum.
2216 1909 21 C n2t 1000 mm As No. 21 by the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Later Estrada de Ferro Carlos Barbosa - Alfredo Chaves, then as No. 6 at the Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul. Exhibited today at the Largo Evandro Behr in Santa Maria, Brazil.[11]
2216 1909 22? C n2t 1000 mm May be No. 22 at the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.
2217 1909 23? C n2t 1000 mm Thought to be No. 23 at the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Later at the Estrada de Ferro Carlos Barbosa - Alfredo Chaves, and as No. 32 at the Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul. Preserved at the railway station in Canela in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[12]
2218 1909 24? C n2t 1000 mm Thought to be No. 24 of the Port Authority in Rio Grande, Brazil
Later at Estrada de Ferro Carlos Barbosa - Alfredo Chaves, and No. 8 of Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul. Stored at the railway works Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2224 1911 14 C n2t 950 mm
FCE 14 of Ferrovia Circumetnea in Catania, Italy.[13]
2330 1911 15 C n2t 1000 mm Delivered as No. 15 to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Preserved at the railway works of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2395 1911 C n2t 1000 mm Delivered to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Exhibited in the Centro Administrativo Leopoldo Petry in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[14]
2402 1912 19 C n2t 1000 mm Delivered as No. 19 to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Preserved at the railway works in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2403 1912 21 C n2t 1000 mm Delivered as No. 21 to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil. Preserved in Capão do Leão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[15]
2658 1912 C n2t 1435 mm Built for Compagnie des chemins de fer secondaires du Nord-Est[16]
Now at Train Thur Doller Alsace.[17]
2741 1914 38 B 1000 mm [18]
2804 1916 MF 83 C n2t 1435 mm
Now MF 83 at Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées.[19][20]
2828 1922 B n2t 600 mm To a factory in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil. From it was moved to the Riesemberg family farm in União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil.
2864 1915 B 600 mm [21]
3052 1924 ON-14 C n2t 1435 mm Oranje Nasau mine in Heerlen as ON-14.
Now at Nederlands Mijnmuseum in Heerlen.[22][23]
3107 1924 C n2t 1435 mm Delivered to a factory in Bouchain, France.
Train touristique de Guîtres à Marcenais.[24]
3176 C n2t 1000/1435 mm Delivered as meter gauge locomotive on the Chemin de Fer d'Artois.
1932 converted to standard gauge. 1944 used by the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) as a standard gauge shunter in operation in the port of Antwerp. Later at the Sas van Gent sugar factory. Initially preserved 1971–1977 on the Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik. Since then in the Museum Buurtspoorweg.[25]
3223 1926 Bebert C n2t 1435 mm Belgian coal mine Charbonnages de Werister.
Stoomcentrum Maldegem.[26]
3235 1928 55.011 B n2t 1435 mm [27]
3243 1929 6 B n2t 762 mm SA Hoboken in Antwerpen, Belgium.
Rebuilt using parts from 3355 of 1929 - carries 3355's worksplate. Initially preserved as 6 Winston at Statfold Barn Railway.[28] Since 2020 operating at St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway in Barbados.[29][30]
3252 1929 5 Enkhuizen C n2t 1435 mm Feritlizer manufacturers Dutch Nitrogen in Sluiskil (Netherlands).
1972 preserved as SHM 5 Enkhuizen at Museum Buurtspoorweg.[31]
3292 1928 3 Bison C n2t 1435 mm Delivered as number 16 for Oranje Nassaumijnen in Heerlen, Netherlands. Preserved as 3 Bison at Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele.[32]
3314 1928 122 B fl 1435 mm [33]
3332 1928 704 B fl 1435 mm
ARBED 704, Association des Musee et tourisme.[34]
3340 1929 1D 600 mm [35]
3362 1929 B n2t 1000 mm ARBED-Steelworks Esch-sur-Alzette. Preserved at Niederpallen station of the Schmalspurbahn Nördingen–Martelingen
3442 1933 LA MEUSE C n2t 1435 mm At Pallot Heritage Steam Museum, Jersey.[36][37]
3907 1924 B n2t 1435 mm Train touristique de Guîtres à Marcenais.
3931 1938 9 Les Fontenelles 1'C n2t 600 mm Sucrerie de Maizy (Aisne).
Now at Musée des transports de Pithiviers.[38]
3932 1938 1'C n2t 600 mm Sucrerie de Maizy (Aisne). Now at Chemin de fer de la vallée de l’Ouche.
4057 1953 AD 08 D n2t 1435 mm André-Dumont coal mine in Waterschei. Preserved as AD 08 by Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées[39]
4123 1942 AD 07 D n2t 1435 mm Andre Dumont coal mine, Genk, Now AD 07 at Association des Musee et tourisme[40]
4147 1942 C n2t 1100 mm Bobrek coal mine Bytom. Now at Warsaw Railway Museum.
4360 1947 706 2C1 [41]
4480 1951 AD 09 D n2t 1435 mm André-Dumont coal mine in Waterschei. Preserved at Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées[42][43]
4672 1951 D 1435 mm
[44]
5346 1956 C fl [45]
5347 1956 C fl [46]

References

  1. ^ www.alm.be/…/detail/firma
  2. ^ a b Dagant, André (1974). "CENT VINGT-CINQ ANS DE CONSTRUCTION DE LOCOMOTIVES A VAPEUR EN BELGIQUE" [125 Years of building steam locomotives in Belgium] (PDF). Bulletin de L'Institut Archéologique Liègeois (in French). LXXXVI. Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la Culture: 23–244. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ^ "EFCB 0-4-0T No. 11". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Unknown 0-4-0T No. Unknown". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ "CRCP 0-4-0T No. 5". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  6. ^ "CFTLG(Ste Ferroviaire de Gironde 0-6-0T No. 030T 13". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. ^ "EF Parana 0-6-0T No. 101". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  8. ^ "EF Sao Paulo - Rio Grande 0-6-0 No. 102". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. ^ "OSE 0-10-0 No. 877". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ "FNM 0-8-0T No. 240.05". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Porto do Rio Grande 0-6-0T No. 6". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  12. ^ "DEPRC 0-6-0T No. 32 'Canela'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Ferrovia Circumetnea 0-6-0T No. N14". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Porto do Rio Grande 0-4-0T No. Unknown". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  15. ^ "DEPRC 0-6-0T No. 21". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  16. ^ Origine: Nord-Est à Rambervillers (Vosges) de 1914 à 1944, ligne Robert-Espagne – Haironville (Meuse) de 1944 à 1971, sur la ligne depuis 1976.
  17. ^ "CFTVD 0-6-0T No. 51". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Sidelor 0-4-0T No. 38". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  19. ^ MF 83 Vendue.
  20. ^ "Charbonnage Monceau Fontaine 0-6-0T No. MF83". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  21. ^ "SOCIEDAD HULLERA ESPAÑOLA 0-4-0T No. "C"". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  22. ^ Lokomotive ON-14 van Statisch materieel in Nederland bei nmld.nl
  23. ^ "Oranje Nassau Mijn 0-6-0T No. ON14". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Couleurs Zinciques 0-4-0T No. 59". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  25. ^ "MBS (Metallurgie-Hoboken SA) 0-4-0T No. 6 (2003)". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  26. ^ Societe de la Meuse 3223 Bebert.
  27. ^ "SNCB 0-4-0T No. 55.011". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  28. ^ The Statfold Barn Railway Guide Book and Stock List. Staffordshire, UK: Statfold Barn Railway. 2014. p. 19.
  29. ^ The Statfold Barn Railway Guide Book and Stock List (6th ed.). Staffordshire, UK: Statfold Narrow Gauge Trust. 2021. p. 101.
  30. ^ "Unknown 0-4-0T No. 6 'La Meuse'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  31. ^ "NSMS 0-6-0T No. 5 (1) 'ENKHUIZEN'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  32. ^ "SGB (ONM) 0-6-0T No. 3 (16) 'Bison'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  33. ^ "Dudelange 0-4-0F No. 122". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  34. ^ "Hadir (ARBED) 0-4-0F No. 123 (704)". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  35. ^ "Unknown 2-8-0 No. Unknown". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  36. ^ Industrial Railway Society (2019). Industrial Locomotives (18EL). Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 978 1 901556 99 5.
  37. ^ "Unknown 0-6-0T No. 'La Meuse'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  38. ^ "Maizy Sugar 2-6-0T No. 9 'Les Fontenelles'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  39. ^ AD 08 Vendue.
  40. ^ "Andre Dumont 0-8-0T No. AD07". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  41. ^ "KDL1 4-8-2 No. 706". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  42. ^ AD 09 Hors service.
  43. ^ "Kempense Steenkolenmijnen NV 0-8-0T No. AD08". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  44. ^ "CFV3V 0-8-0T No. AD09". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  45. ^ "Unknown 0-6-0F No. 53-46". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  46. ^ "Unknown 0-6-0F No. 53-47". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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  • Rail.lu [2]
  • La Meuse in Nederland [3]
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