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Unfortunately the website became too large for its original internet location and had to be moved
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PS Montreux (1904)
Operating Area : Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Montreux at Evian on 30th July 2003. Photo by Martin Roberts
Built 1904 by Sulzer Brothers at Winterthur, Switzerland
Engines: Double Diagonal
Length : 63.0 metres
Entered service in 1904
Withdrawn after the 1958 season. Compound diagonal steam engines replaced by 8 cylinder Sulzer diesels.
Returned to service in 1961
Fitted with a more modern white funnel, but reverted to a traditional stack in 1986, painted buff in 1989
After October 4th, 1998, Montreux was withdrawn for complete refurbishment and conversion back to steam power.
Returned to service in 2001

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"MV" Montreux at Vevey in 1988

"PS" Montreux at the CGN open day in 2005

The refurbished upper deck saloon

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Montreux's new-build steam engines

 

LAKE GENEVA PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

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