The BlonayâChamby Railway and Museum was opened in 1968 with the aims of operating the metre gauge railway line from Blonay to Chamby and in doing so preserving railway equipment of technical or historic value. For this purpose the BlonayâChamby Railway built two motive power and carriage depots at Chaulin, a short distance from its upper terminus. They house what is generally regarded as the largest and most representative collection of preservation metre gauge rolling stock in the world.
The BlonayâChamby Museum Railway is a railway preservation group staffed entirely by volunteers who operate trains each Saturday and Sunday between May and October. Vintage steam and electric hauled trains depart from Blonay and climb slowly through a spectacular environment with fine views over
Lake Geneva and the
Alps. After reversing at or just before Chamby, the trains terminate at the museum site, where visitors can explore stationary exhibits.
A further part of the remit of the preservation group is the encouragement of local and regional tourism and tourist traffic on adjacent lines. The services from Blonay to Chamby and back are included in the
Swiss National Railways Timetable.
The museum collection
As of autumn 2021 was home to over 70 items of rolling stock, listed below:
Peter Willen, Lokomotiven und Triebwagen der Schweizer Bahnen, volume 2, Privatbahnen Westschweiz und Wallis. Orell FĂŒssli Verlag, ZĂŒrich, 1977,
ISBN3-280-00923-5.
^Finke, Wolfgang (2010). Die Fahrzeuge der Jungfraubahnen 1. Berner Oberland-Bahn - BOB, Jungfraubahn - JB, MĂŒrrenbahn - BLM (in German). Köln: Tram TV Verlag.
ISBN978-3-9813669-2-1.
The BlonayâChamby Railway and Museum was opened in 1968 with the aims of operating the metre gauge railway line from Blonay to Chamby and in doing so preserving railway equipment of technical or historic value. For this purpose the BlonayâChamby Railway built two motive power and carriage depots at Chaulin, a short distance from its upper terminus. They house what is generally regarded as the largest and most representative collection of preservation metre gauge rolling stock in the world.
The BlonayâChamby Museum Railway is a railway preservation group staffed entirely by volunteers who operate trains each Saturday and Sunday between May and October. Vintage steam and electric hauled trains depart from Blonay and climb slowly through a spectacular environment with fine views over
Lake Geneva and the
Alps. After reversing at or just before Chamby, the trains terminate at the museum site, where visitors can explore stationary exhibits.
A further part of the remit of the preservation group is the encouragement of local and regional tourism and tourist traffic on adjacent lines. The services from Blonay to Chamby and back are included in the
Swiss National Railways Timetable.
The museum collection
As of autumn 2021 was home to over 70 items of rolling stock, listed below:
Peter Willen, Lokomotiven und Triebwagen der Schweizer Bahnen, volume 2, Privatbahnen Westschweiz und Wallis. Orell FĂŒssli Verlag, ZĂŒrich, 1977,
ISBN3-280-00923-5.
^Finke, Wolfgang (2010). Die Fahrzeuge der Jungfraubahnen 1. Berner Oberland-Bahn - BOB, Jungfraubahn - JB, MĂŒrrenbahn - BLM (in German). Köln: Tram TV Verlag.
ISBN978-3-9813669-2-1.