Train des Pignes - Châtel-Palézieux B-220

B-220 at Annot station

This carriage was built by Geissberger & Cie in Zürich, Switzerland, and on June 15, 1901, delivered to Chemin de fer de Châtel-St.Denis à Palézieux (CP), one of the smallest railways in the French-speaking part of Switzerland (Suisse Romande. Châtel-St.Denis and Palézieux are located N of Montreux, NE of Lausanne).

It was originally arranged into one 2nd class and one 3rd class compartment and identified as BC-3.

Over the years its interior was rearranged and it changed ownership several times, leading to identification changes.

• BC-20, when used by Chemins de fer Électriques de la Gruyère (CEG)
• BC-220, C-220 and B-220, when used by Chemins de fer Gruyères - Fribourg - Morat (GFM)

The interior was modified to have only one passenger class.

It was in 1968 handed over to Chemin de fer touristique Blonay - Chamby (BC) (near Montreux), where it was used for some ten years before being passed to GECP, where it arrived on July 20, 1984.

Restored over a two year period in GECP depot in Puget-Theniérs, it was put into service in October 1986. It has after then been in operation as part of the Train des Pignes heritage steam train.

Its length is 9.0 m (29.53 ft), its height 3.2 m (10.5 ft). It weighs 7.28 t.

See also Vehicles in the Train des Pignes Steam Train


(Ref traindespignes.fr)