Suchard chocolate factory: Discovery of new remains!

Neuchâtel-Serrières, Switzerland.On May 29, 2006, I went for the third time to Serrières to make a new visit to the dale.I found three new remains of the 50 centimeters gauge Decauville network!
They are located beside and inside the old red Suchard building.

Two remains are two intersections of tracks with the sites of the Decauville sliding plates!

The third remain is composed of two passageways where the trolleys were pushed to access the 5th floor of the old red Suchard building!

More photos into Funimag 27!

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Chocolaterie Suchard: Découverte de nouveaux vestiges!

Neuchâtel-Serrières, Suisse.

Le 29 mai dernier, je suis retourné pour la troisième fois à Serrières pour faire une nouvelle visite au fond du vallon.

J’ai découvert trois nouveaux vestiges du réseau de voies ferrées Decauville de 50 cm!
Ils sont situés à côté et à l’intérieur de l’ancien bâtiment Suchard rouge.

Deux vestiges sont deux intersections de voies avec la forme et l’emplacement des plaques de ripages Decauville qui servaient à effectuer les changements de direction des chariots de manutention!

Le troisième vestige se trouve dans la cour intérieure de l’ancien bâtiment Suchard, il s’agit de deux coursives qui étaient utilisées pour amener les chariots au 4ème étage du bâtiment!

Plus de photos dans Funimag 27 !


Inside the old red Suchard building: the crossing of two Decauville tracks, with the site of the sliding plate at the intersection.
A l’intérieur de l’ancien bâtiment Suchard: le croisement de deux voies Decauville avec l’emplacement de la plaque de ripage à l’intersection.


Beside the old red Suchard building: the crossing of two other Decauville tracks, with the site of a sliding plate at the intersection.
A côté l’ancien bâtiment Suchard: le croisement de deux autres voies Decauville avec l’emplacement d’une plaque de ripage à l’intersection.

The Fun’ambule is out of order! Photos

Neuchatel, Switzerland, Monday November 8th, 2004.The glass roof of the bottom station is removed to ensure the extraction of the red car which is visible at the bottom left corner of the photo.

Photo Christian Jaccard (Travaux publics de la Ville de Neuchâtel)A crane is going to pick the red car up to the surface.

Photo Christian Jaccard (Travaux publics de la Ville de Neuchâtel)

The red car called ‘Maxime’ is emerging.

Photo Christian Jaccard (Travaux publics de la Ville de Neuchâtel)

‘Maxime’ is extracted from the underground station.

Photo Christian Jaccard (Travaux publics de la Ville de Neuchâtel)

‘Maxime’ is put on a truck and is transported to Garaventa AG Goldau (Canton of Schwitz) to be inspected and repaired. The first passenger compartment seems to be out of the axle of the other compartments.

Photo Christian Jaccard (Travaux publics de la Ville de Neuchâtel)

The Fun’ambule is out of order!

Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Saturday October 30th, 2004 near 8 pm, the red car of the Fun’ambule funicular lost a screw, the ten passengers were safely evacuated. Two hours after during a test course without passengers, the red car went off the rails causing important damage to the carriage. The red car was transported to the manufacturer, Garaventa AG in Goldau. The funicular will be out of order for some weeks.
The Fun’ambule was opened on April 27th, 2001. It is an underground subway which links the Neuchatel train station to the University area.
See a full article in Funimag issue 20.
The red car at the lower station (September 2001)