Ateliers Germain

emblem

Germain 6 CV from 1900

Germain from 1909

Class 604 powered rail car from 1954

Advertisement from 1927

Share of Ateliers Germain on January 22, 1898

The Société Anonyme des Ateliers Germain was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles and rail vehicles from Monceau-sur-Sambre . The brand name was Germain .

Company history

The company was founded in 1897. The production of automobiles began in 1898. Initially, vehicles were produced according to type and with the help of Daimler and Panhard & Levassor . Automobile production ended in 1914. Trams and standard gauge railcars continued to be produced. Even in 1954 and 1955 were to the Belgian Railways National Company a total of 20  railcars of the series 604/605 delivered.

Automobiles

model	construction time	cylinder	Cubic capacity cm³	text
6 CV	1898-1902	2		also called Panhard-Belge or Daimler-Belge, based on Panhard & Levassor, engine from Daimler Phoenix, two examples are in the automobile museums in Brussels and Reninge
Verve	1898-1900			License panache
12 CV	1900-1902	4th
8 CV	1901-1902	2
Two-cylinder license Renault	1902-1903	2		Renault license
Renault four-cylinder license	1902-1903	4th		Renault license
7.5 HP	1902-1903			Panhard & Levassor base
10 HP	1902-1903			Panhard & Levassor base
15 HP	1902-1903			Panhard & Levassor base
20 HP	1902-1903			Panhard & Levassor base
16/22 CV	1903-1905	4th	3686	also called standard
24/32 CV	1903-1905	4th	5401	also called standard
35/45 CV	1903-1905	4th	9852	also called standard
Chainless 14/20 HP	1905-1914	4th	2925	initially Chainless 14/20 HP, from 1909 Chainless 14/20 Type C-92
Chainless 18/22 Type C-102	1905-1914	4th	3595
Chainless 28/35 Type D	1905-1914	4th	5881
Chainless 70/80 Type KB	1905-1914	4th	12,453
Chainless 28/35 Type KC	1905-1914	4th	5881	Chainless 18/22 Type C-102 chassis, Chainless 28/35 Type D engine
60 CV	1907-1908	6th		first six-cylinder model
16/20 type L	1908-1910	6th	3834	Successor to the 60 CV
CL	1909-1910	6th	4387	Chainless 14/20 Type C-92 chassis with six-cylinder engine
CLD	1909-1910	6th	5393	Chainless 28/35 Type D chassis with six-cylinder engine
15 CV	1910-1914	4th	2614 and 2815
20 CV GCK	1912-1914			Valve motor from Daimler (England)
26 CV SDK	1912-1914			Valve motor from Daimler (England)

literature

• Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian and Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-87057-001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-85120-090-9 (French)
• George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)

Web links

Commons : Ateliers Germain  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of Germain in the GTÜ-Oldtimerservice (accessed on December 22, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David De Neef: Autorails de la série 44 (type 604) - Fiche technique on belrail.be (French), accessed on June 5, 2015.
2. ↑ David De Neef: Autorails de la série 45 (type 605) - Fiche technique on belrail.be (French), accessed on June 5, 2015.