Socofer

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Socofer
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1901; 121 years ago (1901)
HeadquartersMarseille, France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems

Socofer is the name for the railway construction company that before 1968 was known as Établissements Billard.

Production[]

  • 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) narrow gauge locomotives for:
    • The French Army (type SCF 303)
    • Leisure parks.
    • Tourist railways.
  • Narrow gauge carriages for touristic railways.

Preserved rolling stock[]

  • Two narrow gauge locomotives, built 1968, ex French Army, at APPEVA (T28 et T29).
  • Two narrow gauge locomotives, built 1981, ex .
  • A narrow gauge locomotive, built 1981, at the leisure park of .
  • A narrow gauge locomotive, built 2000, on the .
  • Two carriages, on the Chemin de fer des Chanteraines and the leasire resort of Port aux Cerises.
  • A type T75 locomotive built by Socofer, not Billard, between 1960 and 1965 at the (apparently left there circa 2000)

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