This thread focuses on the Nice to Digne metre-gauge line. This line is the only one of the metre-gauge lines near Nice to remain open. Despite a chequered history its future now seems relatively secure, although it has been undergoing significant maintenance work in 2019 and 2020 and has not yet fully reopened. This is the first post about this line. I have travelled on it a few times in recent years and will do again when we are in Nice once more. It has seen some dramatic improvements in the permanent way and rolling stock in the past 10 or so years. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...ins-part-1-nice-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-57
@Roger Farnworth I enjoy reading about these rail lines here in France. They remind me of our meter rail here in Corsica. With the Michelins of the past. Keep up the good work.
On a number of occasions, my wife and I have travelled on the line between Nice and Digne. our first trip was, I think, in 2001. I have still to find the photos. Uploading a lot of photos to the forum is not the best idea so I have provided a link to those taken by me in 2011. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...urney-to-entrevaux-and-puget-thernier-in-2011
I do not know if it's interesting to forum members. I have found this thread on the site of the railroad simulator, Railsim-fr. .... http://www.railsim-fr.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10163-le-train-des-pignes It seems to pick up quite faithfully on some of the buildings on the site of the Gare du Sud in Nice.
The journey from the Station in Nice begins with the length through the suburbs of Nice and out onto the side of the River Var. We get as far as Colomars (La Manda) in this episode. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...ice-to-la-manda-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-58
This meter-gauge railroad is definitly worth the ride on. With my family, in 2007, I had a trip from Digne to Entrevaux, about halfway between Digne and Nice. The landscape over there is an absolute beauty, and the railcar I rode on was nearly panoramic, with a great sight forward and aft, as the driver station was ahead of a big transparent glass plate. In Digne, SNCF's standard gauge track had already been abandonned and on some spot dual gauge track was still in place, with its outer rail rusty... A few more in a short while.. Dom
Here we go, guys... I've a few more to insert but now its time to treat my rose trees against aphids, so I'll put the remaining later, or maybe tomorrow. After tree treatment, it will be time for apetizer and dinner with my wife and my son, then guitar playing and maybe Flight Simulator... Dom
On a number of occasions, my wife and I have travelled on the line between Nice and Digne. our first trip was, I think, in 2001. I have still to find the photos. Uploading a lot of photos to the forum takes quite a bit of time (hats off to Dom) so I've provided a link to those taken by me in 2011 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...urney-to-entrevaux-and-puget-thernier-in-2011
I do not know if it's interesting to forum members. I have found this thread on the site of the railroad simulator, Railsim-fr. .... http://www.railsim-fr.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10163-le-train-des-pignes It seems to pick up quite faithfully on some of the buildings on the site of the Gare du Sud in Nice.
The journey from the Station in Nice begins with the length through the suburbs of Nice and out onto the side of the River Var. We get as far as Colomars (La Manda) in this episode. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...ice-to-la-manda-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-58
There was a short line which ran through the streets of Nice linking the Gare du Sud to the central railway station in Nice. It was less than a kilometre long and I have done some research into the line and the locomotive which was predomiantly used to move wagons along it ... CP 51. You can get the story on this link ... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...d-la-gare-du-sudchemins-de-fer-de-provence-59
The next length of the journey along the Nice to Digne railway line starts at La Manda and takes us to Plan du Var, where the TAM formed a junction with the Nice to Digne line. The TAM operated the line from Plan du Var to St. Martin Vesubie. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...-to-plan-du-var-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-63
In the last post we noted that there was a short-lived tramway which left the Nice to Digne line at Plan du Var. It travelled up the Valley of the River Vesubie as far as St. Martin Vesubie. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...subie-revisited-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-64
This is the next stage of the journey up the Valley of the River Var on the Nice to Digne metre-gauge railway: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...ar-to-la-mescla-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-65
This post covers another short-lived tramway which provided a service up the valley of l'Esteron from Pont Charles Albert over the River Var to Roquesteron, a distance of more than 20 kilometres. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.co...teron-revisited-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-66
