Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure

Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure
Autorail X 3601
LocaleEure
Coordinates49°00′51″N 1°23′16″E / 49.01413°N 1.38791°E / 49.01413; 1.38791
Commercial operations
Built byCompagnie du chemin de fer de Rouen à Orléans
Original gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Preserved operations
Stations3
Preserved gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Closed to passengers1950
Closed1989
Preservation history
1993Reopen

The Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure (English: Eure Valley Railway) is a tourist railway operated by an enthusiast association on a section of the old railway line from Orléans to Rouen, between their base at Pacy-sur-Eure and Breuilpont or Pacy-sur-Eure and Cocherel.

Rolling stock

Steam locomotives

Original railway Number and name Type or class Builder Works
number 		Built Wheels Notes Image
Société de Eclairage, Chauffage et de Force Motrice, Gennevilliers No. 2 « L'Avenir » 150 PS Bt Orenstein & Koppel 1494 1904 0-4-0T [1][2]
HBL de Petite-Rosselle « L’Espérance » Škoda 1087 1940 0-4-0T [3]

Diesel locomotives

Original railway Number and name Type or class Builder Works
number 		Built Wheels Notes Image
SNCF 63813 SNCF Class BB 63500 Brissonneau et Lotz 1962 Bo-BoDE [4]
EDF 8082 Whitcomb, USA 1948 B-B [5]

Diesel shunters

Original railway Number and name Type or class Builder Works
number 		Built Wheels Notes Image
SNCF Y 7813 Y 7400 Moyse 1971 BDM [6]
SNCF Y DE 20001 A6M 324 R Deutz 39660 1943 0-4-0DH [7][8]Out of service, Property of T. Moncomble
SNCF Y DE 20003 WR 200 B 14 Jung 9583 1942 0-4-0DH [9][10]Under restoration, Property of T. Moncomble
SNCF Y 6570 Y 6400 1957 [11]
SNCF Y 2461 Y 2400 Decauville 1965 BDM [12]Property of A. Mionnet
SNCF, Moulin Neuf Y 11251 Y 11200 Valermi 1251 1953 Bo-DE [13]Rebuilt from a Crochat locotracteur in 1918
PLM RLCB Berliet [14]Remotorised with an Alsthom Agrom engine. Property of A. Zanelli
PLM RLD 35B Berliet 1935 [15] Property of A. Zanelli
Sud-Aviation 200037 TE.801 Decauville [16]Property of A. Mionnet, used as weed killing vehicle.
Armée camp de Chemilly-sur-Yonne A000079 Crochat, later converted by Établissements industriels B. Richard [17]
Paper mill in Vernon 4V40 Baudet, Donon et Roussel 199 1930 [18]

Autorails

Original railway Number and name Type or class Builder Works
number 		Built Wheels Notes Image
SNCF X 5506 X 5500 Renault 1A-2 [19]Property of AJECTA
SNCF X 5509 X 5500 Renault 1A-2 [20]Under restoration
SNCF X 3601 X 3600 Renault B-2 [21][22]Property of AJECTA
SNCF X 4046 X 3800 "Picasso" ANF B-2 [23]re-motorised with Renault V12 517G, Propetry of Autorail Lorraine Champagne Ardenne)

Draisines

Original railway Number and name Type or class Builder Works
number 		Built Wheels Notes Image
Billard 673 1933 [24]
SNCF DU49 4M-035 Billard [25]
RATP X-113 SMISO [26]

Passenger carriages

  • 18849 - Alsace-Lorraine C5tfp 18849 axle car with end platforms built 1914
  • 37434, 37440 and 37443 - modernized Ouest coaches, type B6t (Property of A. Mionnet)
  • 2 ex-SNCF USI coaches converted into bar-restaurants
  • 42907, OCEM Payi postal coach from 1932. (Property COPEF)[27]
  • 50 87 00-37 125-7 OCEM Paz. (COPEF Property)
  • 39570 Ouest metallized luggage van Dqdmp 39570 (Property of A. Mionnet)
  • 19431 Est axle van Dqd from 1908 converted into a "Digital Wagon" (Ajecta Property)
  • 2 baladeuses built from old covered wagons

Wagons

  • 1 Saltley box wagon on an Est chassis[28]
  • 1 Saltley box wagon on a Saltley chassis[29]
  • 1 German bogie flat wagon
  • 1 USA bogie flat wagon ex USATC[30]
  • 1 USATC bogie flatcar[31]
  • 1 USA 18 ex-SNCF emergency boxcar
  • 2 Standard boxcars
  • 1 German boxcar
  • 1 OCEM tank car[32]
  • 1 Ouest ballast wagon

References

  1. ^ "Indus. vapeur 020 O&K 1494 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Fahrzeugportrait O&K 1494". dampflokomotivarchiv.de. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  3. ^ "VE90 HBL vapeur 020 Skoda 1087 « L'Espérance » – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  4. ^ "SNCF diesel BB-63813 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire Francais (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Indus. diesel Whitcomb BB-8082 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ^ "SNCF locotracteur Y-7813 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Allemagne locotracteur Y-DE-20001 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  8. ^ Fiche Deutz 39660 sur www.rangierdiesel.de : [1]
  9. ^ "Allemagne locotracteur Y-DE-20003 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  10. ^ Fiche Jung 9583 sur www.rangierdiesel.de : [2]
  11. ^ "SNCF locotracteur Y-6570 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ^ "SNCF locotracteur Y-2461 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  13. ^ "SNCF locotracteur Y-11251 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  14. ^ "PLM locotracteur Y-BE-14000 xxxx – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  15. ^ "PLM locotracteur Y-BE-14000 xxxx – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  16. ^ "Indus. locotracteur plateau Decauville 58 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  17. ^ "ALVF locotracteur A000079 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Indus. locotracteur BDR 199 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  19. ^ "SNCF autorail X-5506 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  20. ^ "SNCF autorail X-5509 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  21. ^ "SNCF autorail X-3601 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  22. ^ Palissy
  23. ^ "SNCF autorail « Picasso » X-4046 – ALCA". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  24. ^ "S.E. draisine Billard 673 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  25. ^ "SNCF draisine DU49 4M-035 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  26. ^ "RATP draisine SMISO « X-113 » – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  27. ^ Palissy
  28. ^ "Angleterre couvert Saltley Kv-198734 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  29. ^ "Angleterre couvert Saltley xxxx – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  30. ^ "USA TC plat à bogies porte-char Spyw 514931P – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  31. ^ "USA TC plat à bogies SP-100615 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  32. ^ "xxxx citerne OCEM « Devigne » xxxx – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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