Blonay-Chamby

Geschichte

|}The Blonay–Chamby museum railway is a short 3km 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 is rail connected at both ends, at its upper terminus, at Chamby with the Chemin de Fer Montreux Oberland Bernoise and at the lower end, Blonay, with the Vevey - Les Pleiades, Chemin de fer électriques Veveysans, line.History and AimsThe 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 has purpose built two motive power and carriage depots at Chaulin - Chamby, a short distance from its upper terminus which nowadays houses what is generally regarded as the largest and most representative collection of metre gauge relics in Europe.The Museum LineThe 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 locomotives or electric locomotives haul equally vintage carriages slowly through a spectacular environment with fine views over Lake Geneva and the Alps. Visitors can access the shed / museum complex from Chamby, travelling the short distance on a vintage tram.

"Les cheminots du Blonay-Chamby, tous bénévoles, vous accueillent avec le même plaisir depuis 1968. Dans nos trains historiques, les bancs sont en général en bois, les fenêtres s’ouvrent. Les bruits et odeurs typiques du chemin de fer d’autrefois rappellent les voyages de la Belle Epoque.Le convoi s’élève au-dessus de Blonay, franchit un viaduc, traverse un tunnel, puis la vue s’ouvre sur le Lac Léman. Depuis Chamby, le train rebrousse vers notre Musée où vous découvrirez notre collection abritée dans deux halles d’exposition ainsi que notre restaurant. Bonne balade sur nos trains !"