Montreux
 
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Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman (CGN)
 
 
 
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman (CGN) steamer Montreux. This page shows photographs of the Montreux taken during August 2004. Other Montreux pages are listed below. There is a table of all CGN individual ship histories on the CGN Header Page.
 
Montreux are was built in 1904 by Sulzer Brothers of Winterthur. She is 60 metres long and was fitted with a 2-cylinder compound engine of 1000hp, built by Sulzer. In 1962 she was fitted with an 8-cylinder diesel-electric installation of 1100hp, following boiler problems from 1958. She returned to service with a small white motorship funnel. In the winter of 1978-79, Montreux received major hull and superstructure repairs. In 1986, she reverted to a more traditional funnel, although it remained white. The diesel engine and generator equipment received a major service in 1989. In 2001 Montreux received a new 2-cylinder simple engine, and her accommodation was substantially rebuilt, incorporating the dining saloon paneling of the Valais, which had acted as a restaurant ship at Geneva since 1966 (Valais was then scrapped in 2003). The rebuilt accommodation is to a luxurious standard, and Montreux initially ran fairly limited "gastronomic cruises" in association with the Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel in Ouchy. However, the unavailability of two major units of the fleet in 2004 (Savoie being rebuilt, and Simplon (3) receiving repairs following her boiler explosion), required that Montreux also took the afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac in the peak season, which leaves Ouchy at 14:15hrs for Evian, St Gingolph, Montreux and Vevey, returning to Ouchy at 18:10hrs. This is preceded by a lunch cruise to Evian between 12:30hrs and 13:55hrs. In the evenings she operates an evening dinner cruise to Yvoire via Morges and Rolle at 18:35hrs, returning at 22:07hrs. Her itinerary had previously been carried out for many years by the amazing La Suisse (2).
 
 
Sections on this Page:-
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Montreux Pages:-
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Montreux - Page 3 - pre-2004 Photographs
Montreux - Page 4 - 2004 Photographs
Montreux - Page 5 - 2005 Photographs - this page!
 
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CGN - Page 2 - Paddle Vessels 1887-2004
CGN - Page 3 - Screw Motor Vessels
CGN - Page 4 - The 2004 Fleet
CGN - Page 5 - The 2005 Fleet
 
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2005 Weekend in Geneva
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Montreux
 
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her lunch cruise to Evian.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her lunch cruise to Evian.
Seen from Simplon (3).
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her lunch cruise to Evian.
Seen from Simplon (3).
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
 
 
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux arriving back at Lausanne-Ouchy after her afternoon Tour du Haut-Lac.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
 
 
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Montreux leaving Yvoire for her evening return to Lausanne-Ouchy.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Montreux - On Board
 
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd July 2005.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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