A Unique Railway Celebration at Pairi Daiza!

Built in 1925 by the German manufacturer Vulcan Werke in Stettin, the Vulcan locomotive is one of the largest narrow-gauge steam engines. After its career in northern Germany, this locomotive now enjoys an active retirement in France, carefully preserved by the association of the “P’tit train de Haute Somme” in northern France.

The Meuse locomotive is an exceptional piece, and above all of Belgian origin. It was built in 1938 by the workshops of the company “La Meuse” in Liège. After its entire career in a sugar factory in the Aisne, it is now preserved at the “Musée des Transports de Pithiviers”, near Orléans.

Built in 1922 by the British company Kerr Stuart & Co Ltd, the Peter Pan locomotive is a jewel of England’s railway heritage. With its small size and unique appearance, this locomotive is rare and distinctive. Today, it is preserved by Mr Graham Morris at the “Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway”, northwest of London.

Built in 1911 in Germany by the manufacturer Orenstein & Koppel (O&K), the Pistache locomotive was delivered shortly afterwards to Belgium. More than a century later, this precious witness of European railway heritage is preserved in France, by the Chemin de fer à vapeur de la Scarpe in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, in the north.

The Couillet 1586 locomotive takes us back into Belgian industrial history. Built in 1910 by the Hainaut factory in Couillet, it worked in the same sugar factory in the Aisne as the Meuse from Pithiviers. More than a century later, it continues its journey in France, where it is carefully preserved by the Chemin de fer de la Vallée de l’Ouche, not far from Dijon.

The B70 is a locomotive built in 1940 by the manufacturer ČKD in the Czech Republic. Today, it is preserved in the Czech Republic by the association Muzeum starých strojů a technologií in Žamberk.