Decauville (French:[dəkovil]) was a manufacturing company which was founded by Paul Decauville (1846–1922), a French pioneer in industrial railways. Decauville's major innovation was the use of ready-made sections of light, narrow gauge track fastened to steel sleepers; this track was portable and could be disassembled and transported very easily.
The first Decauville railway used 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in) gauge; Decauville later refined his invention and switched to 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) and 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge.
Decauville (French: [dəkovil]) was a manufacturing company which was founded by Paul Decauville (1846–1922), a French pioneer in industrial railways....
Voitures automobiles Decauville was a French automobile maker, a subsidiary of Société Decauville, a company already famous for producing locomotives,...
following is a list of Decauville railways. Decauville railway at Exposition Universelle (1889) Decauville railway Tianjin – Jinnan Decauville Railway of the...
The Decauville railway of Suberbieville was a Decauville narrow-gauge railway near Maevatanana (formerly: Suberbieville) in Madagascar. It initially had...
The Decauville factory in Moulins was used from 1918 to 1959 by the French railway supplier Decauville at Moulins, Allier. The factory belonged to the...
Paul Decauville (1846–1922) was a French engineer and businessman. He was also mayor of Evry-Petit Bourg and senator from Seine-et-Oise. He is the founder...
The Decauville factory in Diano Marina produced prefabricated narrow gauge railway track and rolling stock from 1889 to 1895 in Diano Marina, Italy. The...
The Decauville railway of the Watissart quarries was a narrow-gauge railway of the quartzite and marble quarries in Jeumont in the Département Nord in...
The Decauville railway in Delphi was a 3 km (1.9 mi) long 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) gauge light railway used from 1892 to 1903 on the archaeological excavation...
Tramways, had a 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge steam tramway built by the Decauville company on behalf of the town and operated it until 1894. Trains ran on...
Abruzzi railway. During the war campaign against Ethiopia this stretch of decauville line developed parallel to the road. It operated with small oil-fired...
port's breakwater, narrow-gauge track was laid in June 1907 for a small Decauville locomotive to connect the port to a quarry in Roches Noires, passing through...
litters returning wounded from the front. France had developed portable Decauville railways for agricultural areas, small-scale mining and temporary construction...
Palace of Various Industries Fontaine Bartholdi Imperial Diamond Iron House Iron Church Attractions Decauville railway Eiffel Tower Others Esclarmonde...
the new site, it was lifted from the subsoil and moved as a whole on a Decauville railway. Previously, during the construction of the Faʻaiere water tower...
obtained its boiler certificate on 25 August 1891. It was then used by Decauville under the name of Hermanville for assessment, demonstration or hire on...
came in straights, curves, and turnouts, rather like on a model railway. Decauville was a source of many portable light rail tracks, also used for military...
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