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The French National Railways used to run a considerable number of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge lines, a few of which still operate mostly in tourist areas, such as the St Gervais-Vallorcine (Alps) and the "Petit Train Jaune" (little yellow train) in the Pyrenees. The original French scheme was that every sous-prefecture should be ...
Pages in category "Narrow gauge railways in France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Forest Railway Welschbruch; V. Voie ferrée d ...
Decauville was a famous French manufacturer of industrial narrow-gauge railway equipment and equipped one of the most extensive regional 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow-gauge railway, the Chemins de fer du Calvados. Corsica has a narrow-gauge network through highly mountainous terrain.
Alco WDLR locomotive at the Ffestiniog Railway 1995 gala. The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (French: Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre, CFCD) is a 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge light railway running from Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, in the Somme department, France.
Caen station. The railway was originally planned as a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge line. The département had actually accepted a tender for the construction of such a line but with interest in 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge lines rising the département had a rethink and the line was built to 600 mm gauge.
Narrow gauge railways in France (8 C, 4 P) G. ... Narrow gauge railroads in the United States (14 C, 2 P) V. Narrow-gauge railways in Venezuela (1 C, 1 P)
In 1877 it was decided to build a metre-gauge railway in Corsica, despite the very difficult terrain it would have to cross. [1] Legislation was passed on 4 August 1879 for the construction of the railway. [2] The first lines opened on 1 August 1888 [2] between Bastia and Corte and also between Ajaccio and Bocognano. The network was gradually ...
Pages in category "600 mm gauge railways in France" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Narrow gauge railway Issé–Abbaretz;