Light railway in Kamp van Beverloo

Kamp van Beverloo

Kamp van Beverloo - Station of the Decauville field railway.

The cars are probably from the British War Department .

Roof and seats were retrofitted. 1920s.

Actors and soldiers on a field train, 1899

Route of the main line according to a map from the 1970s

Route length:

115 km

Gauge :

600 mm ( narrow gauge )

Legend

		Kamp van Beverloo	1879-1940
		Decauville train station	1879-1940
		Leopoldsburg	1914-1940
		Leopoldsburg on the standard gauge line

The field railway in Kamp van Beverloo was a 115 kilometer long Decauville - military - narrow-gauge railway in the Belgian Kamp van Beverloo near Beverlo and Leopoldsburg with a gauge of 600 mm, which was operated from 1879-1940.

Route

The network was a total of 115 km including the rails in the old Camp Beverloo. They led to the barracks but also to buildings outside the infantry and cavalry barracks (military bakery, military slaughterhouse, military hospital, etc.) and to the shooting range, which was a few kilometers outside.

Military station
Military slaughter
Military bakery

history

The first section was laid in 1879 by the French Paul Decauville . In 1914 it was extended to Leopoldsburg station.

On May 10, 1940, the tracks were dismantled due to the German invasion during the Second World War . Lieutenant Jeunehomme of the 3rd Company and several men were responsible for the destruction of the railway connection in the Beverlo camp near Leopoldsburg.