Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées

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The Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées (English: Three Valleys Steam Railway) is a heritage railway in southern Belgium, created in 1973. It is a non-profit society that operates a railway from the town of Mariembourg, near Couvin to Treignes, near Viroinval. The length of the railway runs about 14 km (8.7 mi) over standard gauge track. The society's name comes from the three rivers followed by the line; River Eau Blanche, River Eau Noire, and River Viroin. The heritage railway connects with the greater Belgian rail network in Mariembourg. The society runs two main facilities. The society has constructed its own platforms near the old locomotive roundhouse and water tower in Mariembourg, and in Treignes, a former border station, a museum with a large workshop has been built. The last 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the line (partially established in France) are no longer usable, as its tunnel has been sold and turned in a mushroom growing plant. Founded by former rail employees, the society purchased many steam engines from the largely nascent coal industry in its early years. Since then, it has also acquired representative rolling stocks from Belgium and neighbouring countries, France...

- SA02 (0-6-0T): built by Anglo-Franco-Belge. Rusted and in bad technical condition. may be used for didactical purpose.

- MF62 (0-4-0T): built by Baldwin, Philadelphia in 1916 for the US Transportation Corp. Former SNCB type 50.

- n° 1 (0-4-0T) Clabecq. Rusted. Acquired in 2003. A few other locomotives from the National Railway Company of Belgium are display at Treignes Museum.

- SNCB 5120 ( Co'Co' ), built by Cockerill (Liège) in 1961. Green painting scheme.

- SNCB 6086 ( Bo'Bo' ), built by Cockerill (Liège) in 1964. Yellow painting scheme.

- Fina 1 (B), built by Hunslet, Leeds in 1983. used to be operated at FINA's oil refinery, Antwerp.

- VL02-1 and VL02-2 B, built by Cockerill (Liège) for Dolomies de Marche les Dames. Repainted in the Class 77 painting scheme (as the two similar units from SNCB's Ostend depot)

- SNCF 63123 (Bo'Bo'), built by Brissonneau et Lotz in 1956. Repainted as CFL BB 914 (previously in Swiss' CFF Em 4/41123)

- SNCF 63149 (Bo'Bo'), built by Brissonneau et Lotz in 1956. In SNCF's original green painting scheme.

- GV69 (B), built by ABR (Ateliers Belges Réunis), Familleureux in 1964

- FDP1 (B), built by Klöckner Humboldt Deutz, Köln in 1956 for Frateur - De Pourcq, railway infrastructure company in Boom (Belgium).

- SNCB 4407 built by Ateliers Germain, Monceau-sur-Sambre in 1954,

- SNCB 4608, 4610, 4611 et 4616 built by the Ragheno [ nl ] works in Mechelen in 1952,

- Mindener Kreisbahnen VT3, built by Talbot Aachen Waggonfabrik in 1953 for Mindener Kreisbahn (local railways of Minden, Germany). Numbered 550.09.

- SA02 (0-6-0T): built by Anglo-Franco-Belge. Rusted and in bad technical condition. may be used for didactical purpose.

- MF62 (0-4-0T): built by Baldwin, Philadelphia in 1916 for the US Transportation Corp. Former SNCB type 50.

- n° 1 (0-4-0T) Clabecq. Rusted. Acquired in 2003. A few other locomotives from the National Railway Company of Belgium are display at Treignes Museum.

- SA02 (0-6-0T): built by Anglo-Franco-Belge. Rusted and in bad technical condition. may be used for didactical purpose.

- MF62 (0-4-0T): built by Baldwin, Philadelphia in 1916 for the US Transportation Corp. Former SNCB type 50.