Corpet-Louvet
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Steam locomotive
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manufacturer based in Paris, France.
History
Founded in 1855 as Anjubault, based in the Avenue Phillippe-Auguste in Paris, the firm was taken over by Lucien Corpet in 1868. Corpet's daughter Marguerite married Lucien Louvet, the engineer of the Compagnie Meusienne des Chemins de Fer, which used Corpet locomotives. Corpet died in 1889, and the management of the firm was taken over by Louvet. In 1912, the firm moved to new premises at La Corneuve, and a limited liability company, Corpet, Louvet et Compagnie was formed. The last steam locomotive was built in 1953, but the company is still in business, manufacturing "CaterpillarCaterpillar Inc.
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Locomotives
Anjubault
Works numbers 1 to 121 carried Anjubault worksplates. The first three locomotives were built for the Compagnie d'Orsay and were named L'Yvette, L'Orge and Le Florian. They were all standard gaugeStandard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
. Almost all Anjubault locomotives were four coupled locomotives, but works number 4 bis (a duplicate works number) was a six coupled locomotive built for the Compagnie Est-Landon in 1858. The majority of Anjubault locomotives were sold to contractors building new railway lines in France. A few locomotives are known to have been sold to India, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.
L Corpet
Works numbers 122 to 565 carried L Corpet worksplates. In the 1870s and 1880s, Lucien Corpet continued to build four-coupled locomotives and also started to build six-coupled locomotives, including some designed to be able to be regauged. This design was introduced in 1880. The first metre gaugeMetre gauge
Metre gauge refers to narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of . In some African, American and Asian countries it is the main gauge. In Europe it has been used for local railways in France, Germany, and Belgium, most of which were closed down in mid 20th century. Only in Switzerland...
locomotives built for light railways were works numbers 314 and 315 built for the Chemin de Fer de Cambrésis in 1880 and 1881. Corpet introduced Brown valve gear
Valve gear
The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle...
on some of his locomotives in 1881. This system was popular with Swiss Locomotive Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works were a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland...
at Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
, Switzerland. Works numbers 341-44 were the first Corpet locomotives with Brown valve gear.
Vve L Corpet & L Louvet
Works numbers 566 to 1415 carried Vve L Corpet & L Louvet worksplates. At the end of the 1880s and into the 1890s many light railways were built in France, many of them to metre gauge. Metre gauge six-coupled tank locomotives formed the bulk of Corpet-Louvet's production until the outbreak of the First World War. In the ArdennesArdennes
The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
, light railways were built to 800 millimetre gauge. Corpet-Louvet supplied fourteen locomotives between 1895 and 1906. The line and locomotives were later converted to metre gauge. Corpet-Louvet also built Mallet locomotive
Mallet locomotive
The Mallet Locomotive is a type of articulated locomotive, invented by a Swiss engineer named Anatole Mallet ....
s, the first being 0-4-4-0
0-4-4-0
In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 0-4-4-0 is a locomotive with no leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and no trailing truck. Examples of this type were constructed as Mallet, Meyer and Double Fairlie locomotives...
s built in 1897 for the Tramways à Vapeur d'Ille et Vilaine. Works numbers 1409 - 13 were 0-6-6-0
0-6-6-0
In Whyte notation, a 0-6-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two articulated sections, each with six coupled driving wheels, without any leading wheels or trailing wheels.-Equivalent classifications:Other equivalent classifications are:...
Mallets built for the Chemin de Fer du Centre. These were the largest metre gauge locomotives built by Corpet-Louvet.
Corpet, Louvet & Compagnie
Great Depression
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hit the firm hard, with only two locomotives being delivered in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938. No new locomotives were delivered in 1937 or 1939. During the Second World War, Locomotives under construction when Paris was overrun were completed, but some of these could not be delivered to their intended customers, and saw service in France. The largest locomotives built by Corpet-Louvet were ten 2-10-2
2-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck...
T locomotives built for SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
in 1940-42. These weighed 91 tonnes. Six standard gauge 0-8-0
0-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...
ST locomotives were built for Krupp
Krupp
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in 1944. It is thought these locomotives carried Krupp worksplates. The first locomotive delivered after the liberation of Paris in August 1944 was works number 1875, a standard gauge 0-8-0T of similar design to those built for Krupp. The last locomotive built for a French light railway was works number 1926 built for the Chemin de Fer de Cambrésis in 1948. The last locomotive, works number 1962 was ordered by the Houillères du Bassin d'Auvergne but subsequently cancelled. However, a locomotive carrying works number 1962 was recorded in service with the company in 1955!
Preserved Corpet-Louvet locomotives
| Works number/Year | Identity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 439/1887 | Minas de Aller "2", Sociedad Hullera Española 2, | Mataro, Catalunya,(Spain)http://www.locomotoravapor.com/fotosupload/catalunya/SHE2.jpg |
| 467/1888 | Minas de Aller "3" ,Sociedad Hullera Española 3, | Lousal Mines Lousal mine Lousal mine was a pyrite mine in Portugal. The mine was opened in 1900 and closed in 1988.... (Portugal) |
| 493/1888 | Loddington Ironstone Co., ex Chemin de Fer du Cambrésis #5 | Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Narrow Gauge Railway Museum The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a purpose-built museum dedicated to narrow gauge railways situated at the station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales.... , Tywyn Tywyn Tywyn is a town and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd , in north Wales. The name derives from the Welsh tywyn and the town is sometimes referred to as Tywyn Meirionnydd... |
| 534/1890 | SE Meuse #26 | Bar-le-Duc Bar-le-Duc Bar-le-Duc, formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the préfecture . The department is in Lorraine in north-eastern France-Geography:... , France |
| 542/1891 | Minas de Aller "5" ,Sociedad Hullera Española # 5 | Museo del Ferrocaril de Asturias, Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... |
| 691/1897 | CF Drôme #14 | Charente Charente Charente is a department in southwestern France, in the Poitou-Charentes region, named after the Charente River, the most important river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited.-History:Charente is one of the original... , France |
| 710/1898 | Enterprise Piketty | Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français The Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français is located alongside Valmondois railway station, in the small town of Butry-sur-Oise in the departement of Val-d'Oise, north of Paris... (MTVS), Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.-References:** -External links:* * *... |
| 1097/1906 | Transports de l'Aisne #1 | Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is a commune in the Somme department. The village is a popular tourist destination because of its medieval character and ramparts, Gothic church and long waterside boardwalk.-Geography:... |
| 1087/1907 | Chemins de Fer Nord-Pas de Calais | Érezée Erezée Érezée is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 78.44 km², had 2,968 inhabitants, implying a population density of 37.8 inhabitants per km².-References:... , Belgium |
| 1234/1909 | Tramway d'Ile et Vilaine #15 | Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français The Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français is located alongside Valmondois railway station, in the small town of Butry-sur-Oise in the departement of Val-d'Oise, north of Paris... (MTVS), Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.-References:** -External links:* * *... |
| 1250/1909 | CF Économiques des Charentes No. 52 | Charente, France |
| 1546/1918 | #105, Forges de Fourchambault | Musée Vivant du Train à Vapeur (AJECTA), Longueville, Paris |
| 1589/1921 | Enterprise Paul Frot #11 | Train du Bas Berry (36) |
| 1614/1923 | Enterprise Paul Frot #22 | Voie Férrées du Velay |
| 1616/1923 | Enterprise Paul Frot #24 | Train du bas Berry (36) |
| 1629/1924 | TCDD #3513 | Kaklik station, Turkey |
| 1634/1923 | Cévennes Colliery | CFT de la Sarthe, Connerre-Belle, France |
| 1665/1925 | Trois Rivières Distillery, Martinique Martinique Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados... . # unknown |
Martinique |
| 1667/1925 | Enterprise Paul Frot #15 | Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme |
| 1672/1927 | Enterprise Paul Frot #25 | Chemins de Fer de la Baie de Somme |
| 1673/1927 | Enterprise Paul Frot #26 | MTVS, Butry-ur-Oise |
| 1679/1927 | Chemin de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord Chemin de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord The Chemin de fer des Côtes-du-Nord , the Côtes-d'Armor today, was a metre gauge railway in Côtes-du-Nord, France, although there were a few kilometres of line in Finistère and Ille-et-Vilaine. The first lines opened in 1905 and final closure was in 1956... #36 |
MTVS, Butry-sur-Oise |
| 1701/1925 | Usine Sainte Marie,Martinique | Location: St. James Sugar Cane Museum, Sainte-Marie, Martinique Sainte-Marie, Martinique Sainte-Marie is a town and the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. It is located on the northeast side of the island of Martinique.-External links:* *... |
| 1705/1926 | TCDD Turkish State Railways The State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara... #56911 |
Nazilli Nazilli Nazilli is the second largest town in Aydın Province in the Aegean region of western Turkey, east of the city of Aydın, on the road to Denizli.- Etymology :... station, Turkey |
| 1706/1926 | TCDD #56912 | Alaşehir Alasehir Alaşehir, in Antiquity and the Middle Ages known as Philadelphia , i.e. " brotherly love" is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is situated in the valley of the Kuzuçay , at the foot of the Bozdağ... , Turkey |
| 1708/1929 | TCDD #56914 | Çamlik, Turkey |
| 1711/1926 | TCDD #56917 | Çamlik, Turkey |
| 1718/1926 | Usina Rio Una #? Usina Barreiro #6 "Coronel Othon" |
Museu do Una in São José da Coroa Grande São José da Coroa Grande São José da Coroa Grande is a city in Pernambuco with 18,555 inhabitants. It is southernmost city of the state on the coast section.-Geography:* State - Pernambuco* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana... , PE Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the... (Brazil) |
| 1816/1932 | S.E, 3071 | CFT des Landes de Gascogne |
| 1908/1949 | SNCF SNCF The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network... 232 U1 |
Musée Français du Chemin de Fer Musée Français du Chemin de Fer The Cité du train , the French national railway museum is the biggest railway museum in the world, this one being situated in Mulhouse... , Mulhouse Mulhouse Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after... , France |
| 1933/1948 | Cévennes Colliery #8 | Ambert Ambert -Places of interest:Ambert is famous for its fourme-d'Ambert cheese, its paper mills and its circular town hall .... , France |
| 1943/1950 | South Eastern Railway (India) South Eastern Railway (India) The South Eastern Railway is one of the sixteen railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata. It comprises four divisions:# Adra Railway Division# Chakradharpur Railway Division# Kharagpur Railway Division... #8 |
Nainpur Nainpur Nainpur is a town and a municipality in Mandla district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.- Geography :Nainpur is located at the absolute center of the country. It is surrounded by two rivers Chakor & Thanwar. It also has a lake called Railway Taalab.... station, India |
| 1953/1951 | South Eastern Railway (India) #18 | Purulia Purulia Purulia , also spelled Puruliya, also known as "Manbhum City", is a city located in West Bengal state, India, and was constituted in 1876. It is the location of the district headquarters of Purulia district. Purulia is located on the north of the Kasai river and is a major road and railway... , India |
| 1957/1951 | Western Railway (India) Western Railway (India) The Western Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railway networks in India. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Ratlam - Mumbai Central, Surat - Mumbai, Surat - Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad - Vadodara and Palanpur -... #304, Indian Railways Indian Railways Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India.... #72 |
Godrha, India |
| 1958 /1951 | Western Railway (India) #305, Indian Railways #73 | Sanjay Gandhi Botanical Garden, Patna Patna Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world... , India |
| 1962/1951 | Auvergne Collieries | Le Cannet Le Cannet Le Cannet is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.-Location:Le Cannet is located on the north of Cannes, on the French Riviera... , France, last engine built |
