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Trammuseum
Ninoofsesteenweg 955
B-1703 Schepdaal

trammuseum.net is an independent website for and about the Schepdaal Trammuseum. It is not connected to the museum societies AMuTra, VeBOV and Buurtspoorwegmuseum, the transport company VVM-'De Lijn' or the new lease holder 'Stichting Vlaams Erfgoed'.

 
 

Schepdaal Trammuseum
Preserved Vicinal: The SNCV-depot in Schepdaal is the companies museum since 1962 (since 1991 owned by De Lijn). Until 1968 it remained in use as a storage facility for service trams of line "Ni" Brussels (Porte de Ninove/Ninoofsepoort) - Dilbeek - Ninove which was at last abandoned on 21st February 1970. It's history is much older though. Opened in 1887 it was the terminal station of the Brussels - Schepdaal steam trams. Between 1888 and 1889 it also saw the use of 2 ROWAN steam railcars. In 1898 the line was extended to Ninove and electric cars reached Schepdaal for the first time in 1925. The station/depot complex (including water tower) survives in almost original condition today. The rolling stock preserved here (looked after by the AMUTRA Association pour le Musee du Tramway society/VETRAMU Vereniging voor het Trammuseum) stretches from the steam & diesel era to the elegant streamliners of the 30s/40s. The large depot yard sees the operation of electric trams (weather permitting). Visiting the museum is like stepping back in time - don't miss this experience.
 

 

 

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The Schepdaal tram museum has seen many trams since it was inaugurated in the early 1960s. Some trams were here only for a a few years and can now be found in other collections. The fleet list (roster) below shows the vehicles that could be found at Schepdaal at the end of the 1990s. As soon as the museum re-opens to the public we will update this list and also include the missing photos. Later we will also show some of the vehicles that have left Schepdaal.

AR 193
diesel railcar
Cie Centrale de Construction Haine-St- Pierre 1935
HL 813
steam loco type 12
Atelier St-Léonard 1906
standard gauge		 sorry, no photo yet
HL 979
steam loco type 19
R.W. Hawthorne, Leslie & C 1917
HL 1066
steam loco type 18
F.U.F. Haine-St- Pierre 1920
C 1505
steam trailer
Verhaegen 1894
standard gauge
A 1576
trailer "De Rechter"
La Dyle et Bacalan 1893/SNCV Cureghem 193?		 sorry, no photo yet
A 1625
steam trailer
La Métallurgique Nivelles 1897
royal car
A 1760
trailer
Sächsische Waggonfabrik 1901
on A 8168		 sorry, no photo yet
A 1836
trailer
Ateliers Germain 1904
C 2000
steam trailer
Ateliers de Monceau A. Germain 1894
standard gauge
A 2107
steam trailer
Baume et Marpent 1917
A 3502
flat wagon
Baume et Marpent 1885		 sorry, no photo yet
A 4043
closed van
La Métallurgique 1887
B 8314
tank wagon
Tyberchamps 1906		 sorry, no photo yet
A 8768
trailer OB
Ragheno 1906/SNCV Ostende 1935
A 8947
open trailer
Cie Centrale de Construction 1916
9004
motor tram
Verhaegen 1894
9102
motor tram SE
SNCV Cureghem 1958
ex 9983
9153
motor tram Spm
SNCV Cureghem 1957
ex 9774 ex 9037
9270
motor tram N
SNCV Cureghem 1950
ex 10429 ex 10433
9314
motor tram
Ateliers de Manage 1910
9458
trailer NO
SNCV Cureghem 1952 & 1968
ex 19706 ex 10458
9497
trailer CUREGHEM
SNCV Cureghem 1953
ex 19594
9537
motor tram
Ateliers de Manage 1914/SNCV Cureghem 1935
9538
trailer DESTELBERGHEN
SNCV Destelberghen 1953
ex 19544
9727
motor tram
Usines de Braine-le- Comte 1929		 sorry, no photo yet
9965
motor luggage van
Franco-Belge 1915
ex 9478
10020
motor luggage van
Ateliers de Godarville 1932
10054
motor tram SO
SNCV Cureghem 1956
ex 9028		 sorry, no photo yet
A 10782
steam trailer
Ateliers du Roeulx 1920
A 11509
steam trailer
Baume et Marpent 1908		 sorry, no photo yet
A 11593
trailer OB
Hiard 1909		 sorry, no photo yet
A 11620
trailer
Usines de Braine-le- Comte 1910/SNCV Cureghem 1939
A 11751
steam trailer
Ateliers Familleureux 1920
19568
trailer STANDARD
SNCV Merxem 1952		 sorry, no photo yet
A 20592
high-sided wagon
The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd. 1916
ex British War Department
51532
snow plough
SNCV Cureghem 1951
51559
tower trailer
SNCV Cureghem 19??
in pieces

 
 

SNCV/NMVB/NKG

A short history: From 1885 to 1990 Belgium had the National "Vicinal" Tram Company. In it's best days (1939) the company operated 4.962 km of tracks. It was possible to get across the whole of Belgium by using only Vicinal trams. The trams in Ostend (coastal system), Charleroi and a little tourist line in the Ardennes mountains are the only survivors today. On 1st January 1991 the Vicinal was divided into a Flemish company (VVM Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij / trading as De Lijn) and a Walloon company (SRWT Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport / trading as TEC Transport En Commun). The remaining urban transport undertakings were integrated into these new companies (only Brussels remained independent). The tramway network of VVM/De Lijn now includes Antwerp and Gent as well Ostend and that of SRWT/TEC the Charleroi pre-Metro and the diesel operated line Grottes de Han-sur-Lesse, but this line is leased to another company.


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