Crochat
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Crochat was a French railway equipment construction company founded in 18991 by Henry Crochat. It is best known for building locomotives and railcars with petrol-electric transmission.
Crochat was a French railway equipment construction company founded in 1899 by Henry Crochat. It is best known for building locomotives and railcars with petrol-electric transmission. ==Locomotive types== Petrol-electric locomotive types This is not a complete list. ==Crochat and Colardeau== Henry Crochat obtained some patents jointly with Emmanuel Colardeau, e.g. patent US1416611. There is no evidence that Colardeau was involved in Crochat's railway business but he may have been involved, with Crochat, in the design of the Saint-Chamond (tank). ==Equipment preserved== Crochat AT1 petrol-electric railcar (1922) from Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury preserved at Musée des transports de Pithiviers Five Crochat 6-axle locomotives of 1918 (ex Salins du Midi) preserved at Chemin de fer touristique du Tarn. One of these is a historical monument Decauville-Crochat AT3 petrol-electric railcar (1926) preserved at Le p'tit train de Saint-Trojan Crochat standard gauge locomotive 44 L 4 N preserved at the Museum of Engineering in Angers (not on public view) ==References==
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