A surprise at Saint Agrève
Today’s Voies Ferrées du Velay runs for 37 kilometers through the French Départments of Ardèche and Haute-Loire from Dunières to Saint Agrève.
Chemin du Fer Blanc-Argent in 1984
The Chemin du Fer Blanc-Argent was a single track metre gauge cross country railway linking various lines of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) running through the departments of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Indre in France.
Petit train de la Haute Somme
A heritage railway in France that’s easy to reach for British enthusiasts is the "Petit train de la Haute Somme". About an hour’s drive from the coast, it’s well worth a visit. I visited a couple of times in 1983 – shooting slides that I’ve now scanned.
Corsica - Chemins de Fer de Corse
The Chemin de Fer de la Corse (CFC) is a fascinating metre gauge rail network serving the French island of Corsica.
At the time of my visits in the 1980s it was a delightful combination of beautiful scenery and quaint rolling stock.
Chemins de Fer de Corse - Billard A80D Railcar
Billard Autorail Type A80D no 503 was built for the P.O. Correze in the mid-1930s.
It subsequently moved to Corsica and was used in regular passenger service in red and cream livery until about 1984
Chemins de Fer de Corse - the "Sous-Marin"
Locotracteur no. 114 of the CFC (Chemins de Fer de Corse) was built in the works at Bastia in 1955 from secondhand parts.
The locotracteur was known as the "Sous-Marin" on account of the round windows. Quite why is a mystery because submarines don't have round windows!
