Decauville Railway at the 1913 Ghent World Exhibition
Decauville Railway at the 1913 Ghent World Exhibition | |
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Depot du Tramway de la Societe Nouvelle des Etablisse-
ment Decauville Ainé , Bruxelles 58-60 B v du Nord | |
Route length: | 3 km |
Gauge : | 600 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The Decauville railway of the Ghent World Exhibition 1913 ( French Tramway de Decauville Ainé ) was a Decauville narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm, which was operated during the 1913 World Exhibition in Ghent .
history
After the success of the Decauville Railway at the Paris World Exhibition (1889) , the Belgian branch of the French company Decauville from Corbeil-Essonnes exhibited the Montania motor locomotives it had sold at the 1913 World Exhibition in Ghent .
Routing
The route passed the following stations, among others:
- Palace of Fine Arts
- Ville de Paris
- Delhaize Freres & Cie ‹Le Leon›
- Modern village
- Rue Belvedere
- Chateau d'eau
The depot was located between the modern village and the sports fields.
business
Eight 'Montania' locomotives from the Paris branch of Orenstein & Koppel and Arthur Koppel were used on the temporarily relocated route. They could run on benzene, gasoline, alcohol, or petroleum. On the side of the engine cover, they had a discreet lettering from the company 'Decauville', which was responsible for sales of these in Belgium.
The operation was carried out by a 24-person team of 10 train drivers, 12 uniformed conductors, a white-clad railway attendant and the transport service provider.