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French railway equipment construction company
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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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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.2
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1899 - Company founded by Henry Crochat
1908 to 1918 - Construction of 420 petrol-electric locomotives for le Ministère de la Guerre (Ministry of War) and a small number for other customers. See table below for details
1924 - Acquisition of patents by Decauville
1926 - Foundation of Société Auxiliaire d'Entreprise (SAE) by Henry Crochat
1928 - Company liquidated
From Wikipedia’s article on Crochat, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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