Created in 1881 to carry out the construction and operation of railway lines, the Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Départementaux is a multi-purpose holding company, still active as a builder and operator of railway rolling stock.
Discover the rangeIn the past, the Company has built and operated more than 3,000 km of track, the majority of which in France is metric track It is by developing diesel traction equipment for its own needs to replace steam traction that the vocation of railway manufacturer came about.
Corsica Network
The Corsican railway network and its infrastructure was certainly one of the most spectacular realized by the Company
Chemin de Fer du Vivarais
The Vivarais railway network is also very picturesque
CFD Riverains
With about a hundred trucks, C.F.D.-Riverain was responsible for the transport of goods by road over all distances
The CC80001 Belphégor des CFDs
With 108T and an installed power of 3100bhp, the CC80000 were very efficient machines for rail freight
Centenary of the company
In 1981, the Company celebrated its centenary by exhibiting a series of trains in Paris
Autorail X 74500
In 2000, a new generation of railcars was launched as part of the Silver White line for passenger transport
Drawing on more than a century of railway experience in the manufacture of locomotives, locotractors and railcars, the Company has always been able to reinvent itself to offer state-of-the-art railway solutions that are particularly well adapted to its customers.
Manufacture and renovation of axles
The company has a production unit of more than 17,000 m² covered and is positioned as a generalist manufacturer of rolling stock.
built to last,
innovative,
adapted to the client
Our railway offer of locomotives and locotractors is based on decades of design experience, integrates the latest developments in diesel electric and is designed to work in the most severe environments. The range of light and comfortable railcars is designed to meet the new challenges of departmental and regional mobility. The offer of bogies, parts and funiculars is intended to provide an offer as an industrial partner for our customers.
Identify the right machine with our configurator
Our railway configurator allows you to identify the necessary characteristics of a machine for your railway network
Browse through more than a century of railway history through our photo library. Locomotives, locotractors, railcars, funiculars, factories and miscellaneous equipment, we have grouped together in sections several thousand railway images from our history as a railway company.
The entrepreneurial spirit
since 1881
