This was 45.85 km long and in 1904 was operated by the
Chemins de fer vicinaux (CV), which delegated its operation to the
Société des chemins de fer secondaires luxembourgeois (
Luxembourg Secondary Railway Company or CSL) then to the
Société anonyme luxembourgeoise des chemins de fer et minières Prince-Henri (
Luxembourg Limited Railway and Mining Company Prince-Henri or PH) from 1919. It was electrified in 1928, then deelectrified over 1944-1954.
It was operated by the
Chemins de fer à voie étroite (
Narrow Gauge Railways or CVE) from
1934 during the merger of the three companies operating the narrow gauge lines. The
Deutsche Reichsbahn took over operations in
1942 under the occupation, then the
Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois or CFL in
1946.
Operation stopped in
1954 and it was officially closed in
1957.
The locomotive visible is one of 4 of the type Mallet 02+20T (0-4-0+0-4-0T numbers B1 -- B4 used by the railway, which received new boilers in 1933.
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