| Industry | Rail transport engineering and construction |
|---|---|
| Founded | 6 November 1872 |
| Headquarters | Ivry-sur-Seine, France |
| Products | Carriages, wagons, bridges |
The Compagnie française de matériel de chemin de fer (CFMCF) was a French manufacturer of rail equipment, headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine, with a factory in Maubeuge.
The company built rolling stock for the French railways and French colonies.
History
The company was founded in 1872, with a capital of 2,500,000 francs to utilise the works of the Société Charles Bonnefond et Cie. in Ivry-sur-Seine.
In 1911 the company acquired the Tilleul works ("le Bois du Tilleul" founded 1844.) in Maubeuge. The factory closed in 1970.
In 1919 CFMCF along with five others: the Forges et aciéries de la Marine et Homécourt, the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM), Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO), établissements Schneider, and the Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maison founded a new company: the Compagnie générale de construction et d'entretien du matériel de chemin de fer (CGCEM) with a capital of 15 million francs; the new company's business was the repair and maintenance of railway vehicles, and had works in Nevers and Villefranche-sur-Saône serving the PLM, and at Saint-Pierre-des-Corps serving the PO.
Notes
- Part of the factory is now a historic monument, and has been converted to house the educational establishment lycée Notre-Dame du Tilleu.
References
- ^ "Matériel de chemin de fer (Compagnie française de)", www.patronsdefrance.fr (in French), archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2011-08-30
- Revue historique de l'armée (in French), Ministère des armées, 1950, p. xviii
- Jean-marie Allain (19 March 2005), Le territoire du val de Sambre (PDF) (in French)
- Proceedings - Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1922, pp. 958–9
- "établissement administratif d'entreprise : bureaux de l'usine du Tilleul, actuellement lycée Notre-Dame du Tilleul", www.actuacity.com (in French), archived from the original on 2011-10-08, retrieved 2011-08-31
- Odette Hardy-Hémery (2002), Trith-Saint-Léger du premier âge industriel à nos jours, Presses Univ. Septentrion, p. 46 (footnote 57), ISBN 9782859397685
- Sources:
- Yannick Lemarchand, "Le colonel Rimailho "un organisateur à la française", www.stratisc.org (in French), Institut de Stratégie Comparée, Commission Française d'Histoire Militaire, Institut d'Histoire des Conflits Contemporains
- Entreprises et histoire, Editions ESKA, 1998, p. 23
External links
- Anne Callite (2006), "Les archives des constructeurs de matériel roulant du Nord de la France", Revue d'histoire des chemins de fer (35), doi:10.4000/rhcf.520
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