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LEB G 3/3 2 and 5
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden· from 1888
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Blonay LEB G 3 3 5 Bercher 2015: Transfer 2015· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Bercher5G3LEBi: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway (LEB) G 3/3 2 and 5 is a two member class of metre gauge steam locomotives manufactured by Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden (EMBG) in the village Grafenstaden, entered in service 1888 and 1890. The weight in service is 20.4 tonnes (20.1 long tons; 22.5 short tons) and the maximum speed is 25 km/h (16 mph). The preserved example G 3/3 5 Bercher is operational on the Blonay–Chamby museum railway (BC) above Montreux at the Eastern end of Lake Geneva.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 138 years ago, in 1888.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1890
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden
- operators
- Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher
- top speed
- 25 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 6.8 m
- weight
- 15.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19960511, Wikipedia: LEB G 3/3 2 and 5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.