Ateliers de construction de La Meuse

Ateliers de construction de La Meuse (French: La société anonyme des Ateliers de construction de La Meuse) are a manufacturing and engineering company based in Liège in Belgium. During the period from 1888 to 1958, La Meuse built 1350 steam locomotives some for Belgian State Railways (later NMBS/SNCB), and many more for industrial networks. Of these a substantial number survive worldwide.

Ateliers de la Meuse
TypePublic
Founded1850 (1850) in Liège, Belgium[1]
€10M (2017)
Websitewww.alm.be

The company still exists today, focusing on boilermaking, mechanics and the assembly of large-scale machinery. They have facilities in Sclessin and Seraing.

History

The origins of the business date back to the 16th century. During 1835 Charles Marcellis, forge master, moved his business to La Boverie, Liège. The company was set up as Société Anonyme des Ateliers de la Meuse. In 1872, the name was changed to Société Anonyme des Ateliers de construction de La Meuse. These new workshops were erected on the site they currently occupy between the Meuse river and the Paris-Namur-Liége-Cologne rail line. Expansion followed so that they occupied an area of about ten hectares. The company produced heavy industrial equipment for mining and metallurgy. The first locomotives were built in 1887 for the SNCV, and La Meuse would be the last company to deliver a steam locomotive to NMBS/SNCB.[2]

In 1889, there was produced a narrow gauge locomotive for an industrial user. They went on to eventually build over 800 locomotives for industrial users. Their customers were mostly Belgium, but also Italy, Yugoslavia, Morocco, Congo, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Latin America and the Netherlands.[2]

Locomotives

Belgian State Railways

Deutsche Reichsbahn

Hellenic State Railways

Surviving Steam Locomotives
Works No. Plated Year Number/
name		 Wheel
arrangement		 Gauge Class To Notes
1631190011B n2t600 mmEstrada de Ferro Central do BrasilPreserved at Museu do Trem do Engenho de Dentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]
17601902B770 mm[4]
181219085B n2t1000 mmBuilt for Société de Construction du Port de Bahia S.A., later used by Companhia Paraíba de Cimento Portland.Preserved at LP Assessoria Industrial in Votorantim, Brazil.[5]
1828190313C n2t1435 mmBetween 1903 and 1957 Mines d'Auchel (Département Pas-de-Calais), later CENPA (in Bègles).Preserved at Ecomusée de la Grande Lande in Marquèze.[6]
19711905101C n2t1000 mmEstrada de Ferro do Paraná, later at Estrada de Ferro São Paulo - Rio Grande. In 1935 was numbered 101 for Rede de Viação Paraná - Santa Catarina.On display minus tender Praça Tomi Nakagawa in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil[7]
19721905102C n2t1000 mmEstrada de Ferro do Paraná, later at Estrada de Ferro São Paulo - Rio Grande. In 1935 was numbered 102 for Rede de Viação Paraná - Santa Catarina.One of the few steam locomotives that survived when Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) ended steam operations in Brazil in 1958. Preserved by Associação Brasileira de Preservação Ferroviária (ABPF) in Piratuba, Brazil.[8]
20851929877E1435 mm[9]
21611908240.05D1435 mm240[10]
2215190921?C n2t1000 mmProbably until 1912 as No. 21 of the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Today in the harbour museum.
2216190921C n2t1000 mmAs No. 21 by the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Later Estrada de Ferro Carlos Barbosa - Alfredo Chaves, then as No. 6 at the Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul. Exhibited today at the Largo Evandro Behr in Santa Maria, Brazil.[11]
2216190922?C n2t1000 mmMay be No. 22 at the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.
2217190923?C n2t1000 mmThought to be No. 23 at the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Later at the Estrada de Ferro Carlos Barbosa - Alfredo Chaves, and as No. 32 at the Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul. Preserved at the railway station in Canela in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[12]
2218190924?C n2t1000 mmThought to be No. 24 of the Port Authority in Rio Grande, Brazil
Later at Estrada de Ferro Carlos Barbosa - Alfredo Chaves, and No. 8 of Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul. Stored at the railway works Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2224191114C n2t950 mm
FCE 14 of Ferrovia Circumetnea in Catania, Italy.[13]
2330191115C n2t1000 mmDelivered as No. 15 to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Preserved at the railway works of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
23951911C n2t1000 mmDelivered to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Exhibited in the Centro Administrativo Leopoldo Petry in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[14]
2402191219C n2t1000 mmDelivered as No. 19 to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Preserved at the railway works in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
2403191221C n2t1000 mmDelivered as No. 21 to the Port Authority of Rio Grande, Brazil.Preserved in Capão do Leão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[15]
26581912C n2t1435 mmBuilt for Compagnie des chemins de fer secondaires du Nord-Est[16]
Now at Train Thur Doller Alsace.[17]
2741191438B1000 mm[18]
28041916MF 83C n2t1435 mm
Now MF 83 at Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées.[19][20]
28281922B n2t600 mmTo a factory in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil.From it was moved to the Riesemberg family farm in União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil.
28641915B600 mm[21]
30521924ON-14C n2t1435 mmOranje Nasau mine in Heerlen as ON-14.
Now at Nederlands Mijnmuseum in Heerlen.[22][23]
31071924C n2t1435 mmDelivered to a factory in Bouchain, France.
Train touristique de Guîtres à Marcenais.[24]
3176C n2t1000/1435 mmDelivered as meter gauge locomotive on the Chemin de Fer d'Artois.
1932 converted to standard gauge. 1944 used by the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) as a standard gauge shunter in operation in the port of Antwerp. Later at the Sas van Gent sugar factory. Initially preserved 1971–1977 on the Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik. Since then in the Museum Buurtspoorweg.[25]
32231926BebertC n2t1435 mmBelgian coal mine Charbonnages de Werister.
Stoomcentrum Maldegem.[26]
3235192855.011B n2t1435 mm[27]
324319296B n2t762 mmSA Hoboken in Antwerpen, Belgium.
Rebuilt using parts from 3355 of 1929 - carries 3355's worksplate. Initially preserved as 6 Winston at Statfold Barn Railway.[28] Since 2020 operating at St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway in Barbados.[29][30]
325219295 EnkhuizenC n2t1435 mmFeritlizer manufacturers Dutch Nitrogen in Sluiskil (Netherlands).
1972 preserved as SHM 5 Enkhuizen at Museum Buurtspoorweg.[31]
329219283 BisonC n2t1435 mmDelivered as number 16 for Oranje Nassaumijnen in Heerlen, Netherlands.Preserved as 3 Bison at Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele.[32]
33141928122B fl1435 mm[33]
33321928704B fl1435 mm
ARBED 704, Association des Musee et tourisme.[34]
334019291D600 mm[35]
33621929B n2t1000 mmARBED-Steelworks Esch-sur-Alzette.Preserved at Niederpallen station of the Schmalspurbahn Nördingen–Martelingen
34421933LA MEUSEC n2t1435 mmAt Pallot Heritage Steam Museum, Jersey.[36][37]
39071924B n2t1435 mmTrain touristique de Guîtres à Marcenais.
393119389 Les Fontenelles1'C n2t600 mmSucrerie de Maizy (Aisne).
Now at Musée des transports de Pithiviers.[38]
393219381'C n2t600 mmSucrerie de Maizy (Aisne).Now at Chemin de fer de la vallée de l’Ouche.
40571953AD 08D n2t1435 mmAndré-Dumont coal mine in Waterschei.Preserved as AD 08 by Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées[39]
41231942AD 07D n2t1435 mmAndre Dumont coal mine, Genk,Now AD 07 at Association des Musee et tourisme[40]
41471942C n2t1100 mmBobrek coal mine Bytom.Now at Warsaw Railway Museum.
436019477062C1[41]
44801951AD 09D n2t1435 mmAndré-Dumont coal mine in Waterschei.Preserved at Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées[42][43]
46721951D1435 mm
[44]
53461956C fl[45]
53471956C fl[46]

References
  1. www.alm.be/…/detail/firma
  2. Dagant, André (1974). "CENT VINGT-CINQ ANS DE CONSTRUCTION DE LOCOMOTIVES A VAPEUR EN BELGIQUE" [125 Years of building steam locomotives in Belgium] (PDF). Bulletin de L'Institut Archéologique Liègeois (in French). Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la Culture. LXXXVI: 23–244. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. "EFCB 0-4-0T No. 11". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  4. "Unknown 0-4-0T No. Unknown". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. "CRCP 0-4-0T No. 5". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  6. "CFTLG(Ste Ferroviaire de Gironde 0-6-0T No. 030T 13". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. "EF Parana 0-6-0T No. 101". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  8. "EF Sao Paulo - Rio Grande 0-6-0 No. 102". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  9. "OSE 0-10-0 No. 877". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. "FNM 0-8-0T No. 240.05". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. "Porto do Rio Grande 0-6-0T No. 6". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  12. "DEPRC 0-6-0T No. 32 'Canela'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  13. "Ferrovia Circumetnea 0-6-0T No. N14". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  14. "Porto do Rio Grande 0-4-0T No. Unknown". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  15. "DEPRC 0-6-0T No. 21". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  16. Origine: Nord-Est à Rambervillers (Vosges) de 1914 à 1944, ligne Robert-Espagne – Haironville (Meuse) de 1944 à 1971, sur la ligne depuis 1976.
  17. "CFTVD 0-6-0T No. 51". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  18. "Sidelor 0-4-0T No. 38". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  19. MF 83 Vendue.
  20. "Charbonnage Monceau Fontaine 0-6-0T No. MF83". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  21. "SOCIEDAD HULLERA ESPAÑOLA 0-4-0T No. "C"". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  22. Lokomotive ON-14 van Statisch materieel in Nederland bei nmld.nl
  23. "Oranje Nassau Mijn 0-6-0T No. ON14". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  24. "Couleurs Zinciques 0-4-0T No. 59". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  25. "MBS (Metallurgie-Hoboken SA) 0-4-0T No. 6 (2003)". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  26. Societe de la Meuse 3223 Bebert.
  27. "SNCB 0-4-0T No. 55.011". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  28. The Statfold Barn Railway Guide Book and Stock List. Staffordshire, UK: Statfold Barn Railway. 2014. p. 19.
  29. The Statfold Barn Railway Guide Book and Stock List (6th ed.). Staffordshire, UK: Statfold Narrow Gauge Trust. 2021. p. 101.
  30. "Unknown 0-4-0T No. 6 'La Meuse'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  31. "NSMS 0-6-0T No. 5 (1) 'ENKHUIZEN'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  32. "SGB (ONM) 0-6-0T No. 3 (16) 'Bison'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  33. "Dudelange 0-4-0F No. 122". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  34. "Hadir (ARBED) 0-4-0F No. 123 (704)". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  35. "Unknown 2-8-0 No. Unknown". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  36. Industrial Railway Society (2019). Industrial Locomotives (18EL). Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 978 1 901556 99 5.
  37. "Unknown 0-6-0T No. 'La Meuse'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  38. "Maizy Sugar 2-6-0T No. 9 'Les Fontenelles'". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  39. AD 08 Vendue.
  40. "Andre Dumont 0-8-0T No. AD07". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  41. "KDL1 4-8-2 No. 706". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  42. AD 09 Hors service.
  43. "Kempense Steenkolenmijnen NV 0-8-0T No. AD08". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  44. "CFV3V 0-8-0T No. AD09". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  45. "Unknown 0-6-0F No. 53-46". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  46. "Unknown 0-6-0F No. 53-47". Steam Locomotive Information. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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