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Euville light railways

Coordinates: 48°46′12″N 5°38′47″E / 48.7700902°N 5.646414°E / 48.7700902; 5.646414
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Euville light railways
Metre gauge light railway

600 mm gauge Decauville railway and broad gauge crane
Technical
Line length8.8 km (5.47 mi)
Track gauge600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Route map

km
0
Quarry
Quarry
3.0
Euville
4.5
Quai at the Canal de la Meuse
6.3
Vertuzey
8.8
Sorcy railway station

The Euville light railways (French: Réseaux des carrières Civet-Pommier & Cie et Fèvre & Cie) were an approximately 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) long light railway with a track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) and a narrow gauge with gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) near Euville in the département Meuse in the Grand Est region of France (until 2015 Lorraine).[1][2][3][4]

Operation

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The so-called Tacot with a gauge of 1000 mm connected the quarries near Euville with a quai at the Canal de l'Est (today Canal de la Meuse) and the standard gauge railway station at Sorcy.

Workers, animals and a Decauville steam locomotive were used to push and pull the 600 mm gauge V-tip waggons in the quarries.

References

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48°46′12″N 5°38′47″E / 48.7700902°N 5.646414°E / 48.7700902; 5.646414