Buurtspoorwegen - Belgium: books - history and rolling stock

Balade Vicinale en Belgique / Tramreis door België

The "Images Ferroviaires" collection is enriched with a twelfth title, with this Vicinale Tour in Belgium, from the flat country to the Ardennes massif, from the mouth of the Scheldt river to the Sambre valley.
This overview takes you through the pages by electric tram or railcar, on lines that were in service between 1950 and 1975.

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En Type S sur les rails du Hainaut 1970-2006

In 1970, the Hainaut tramway network remained the last major set of metric-gauge electric local lines in Belgium. These regional links served the Charleroi region and the Centre region, while the last interurban service, for a short time still, allowed access to the city of Mons.

The authors introduce us to all the lines still in service at that time, operated by the elegant S-type locomotives that appeared in 1953, some of which, thoroughly renovated and assigned to the service of the tracks and works of the Charleroi pre-metro, were still running in 2006.
The description of the lines is preceded by a history of the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Vicinaux, the Hainaut network, and a presentation of the S-types. At the end of the book, a large chapter in color shows the S-types in everyday life, grouped by theme.

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