Euville light railways explained

Euville light railways
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The Euville light railways (French: Réseaux des carrières Civet-Pommier & Cie et Fèvre & Cie) were an approximately 8.8km (05.5miles) long light railway with a track gauge and a narrow gauge with gauge of near Euville in the département Meuse in the Grand Est region of France (until 2015 Lorraine).^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Operation

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

1. René Maillard: Carrières et pierre d’Euville - Histoire, paysages, utilisations à Toul. Etudes Touloises, 2015, 152, p. 3–18.
2. Inventaires Ferroviaires: Réseaux des carrières CIVET-POMMIER & Cie et FEVRE & Cie - Chemin de fer FEVRE & Cie, des carrières d’Euville au Canal de l’Est et à la gare de Sorcy. 15 November 2020.
3. https://www.image-est.fr/Fiche-documentaire-Carri%C3%A8res-_Euville_-610-1070-2-0.html Carrières d'Euville (Meuse).
4. https://www.sitlor.fr/photos/836/836000625_d1.pdf Dans les traces des carriers - plan du site.

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