10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Blonay LEB G 3 3 8 Echallens 2015: Transfer 2015· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. LE G 3-3 8 à Cheseaux: Abaddon1337· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Locomotive LEB G 3 3 8 Échallens vers 1920: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. LEB-G3-3-sculpture-depot-echallens-18.05.2010: Abaddon1337· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. LEB G3-3-VII: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. G 3-3 8 Service Échallens: Abaddon1337· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. LE G 3-3 8 - Bercher: Abaddon1337· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. LE G 3-3 8 plein d'eau à Cheseaux: Abaddon1337· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. G 3 3 8 gare Échallens: Abaddon1337· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Blonay LEB G 3 3 5 Bercher and G 3 3 8 Echallens 2015: Transfer 2015· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
LEB G 3/3 8 is a three-axle steam tank locomotive, supplied in 1910 by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM) in Winterthur for the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB). It carries the manufacturer's serial number 2095 and the name Échallens. It belongs to a sui generis class, but is based on a pair of locomotives (G 3/3 6-7) supplied to the LEB by the same builder in 1903 and 1905.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910
- in service from
- 1910
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 6.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19944792, Wikipedia: LEB G 3/3 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.