The Compagnie Meusienne de Chemins de Fer (colloquially Le Meusien) operated from 1888 to 1922 a 203 km (130 mi) long metre gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)) rail network in the French Département Meuse.
The Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques took over the network in 1922 and operated it until decline and closure between 1929 and 1938.
However, a 13 km section between Haironville and Robert-Espagne, which had been regauged to standard gauge in the early 1930s, was still operated by steam engines for freight traffic until 1971.
55 (Corpet Louvet 1253/1909) from the Chemins de Fer Économiques des Charentes (EC).
[5] During the war, the railway was popularly called "Varinot" after the name of its former concessionaire or "tacot" or "Tortillard" after the sound that it emitted.
[5] The Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques (SE) took over operations in 1922.