rogerfarnworth

Hi, sorry, I have no idea. Hopefully you can find out a little more, sometimes the easiest first step is to copy the picture and do a google image search. Best wishes Roger

The Brienz-Rothorn Bahn is a delightful rack railway line. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/the-brienz-rothorn-bahn-switzerland/ and this lovely model is, I suspect based on it or a similar line,

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. I hope you enjoy it. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/nice-to-digne-les-bains-part-2-nice-to-la-manda-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-58

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. I hope you enjoy it. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/nice-to-digne-les-bains-part-2-nice-to-la-manda-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-58

A link to a wider range of photos of the Hereford layout: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/hereford-model-railway-various-early-progress-photographs

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.

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.

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.com/2018/04/11/nice-to-digne-railway-line-photographs-from-a-journey-to-entrevaux-and-puget-thernier-in-2011

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.com/2018/04/11/nice-to-digne-railway-line-photographs-from-a-journey-to-entrevaux-and-puget-thernier-in-2011

Just come across this reference on the Narrow Gauge Enthusiasts Group on Facebook. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0trbsk%C3%A9_Pleso%E2%80%93%C5%A0trba_rack_railway

Just two weeks back I finished a blog on the TNL tramway line from Tourette-Levens to Levens. As part of the blog, I have used what railway modellers sometimes call 'modeller's license' ... the freedom to use our imagination. The first half of the blog follows the tramway that might have been built via Aspremont and Saint-Blaise to Levens. It was certainly planned. The second half of the blog focuses on the current route along the M19. I hope you like it! https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/the-nice-to-levens-tramway-part-2-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-56

The TNL built a line from Nice to Levens, it extended the urban line that went from Nice to Saint-André-de-la-Roche. This is the first of two posts that focus on the line and covers the length from Nice to Tourrette-Levens. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/the-nice-to-levens-tramway-part-1-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-54 Just two weeks back I finished a blog on the TNL tramway line from Tourette-Levens to Levens. As part of the blog, I have used what railway modellers sometimes call 'modeller's license' ... the freedom to use our imagination. The first half of the blog follows the tramway that might have been built via Aspremont and Saint-Blaise to Levens. It was certainly planned. The second half of the blog focuses on the current route along the M19. I hope you like it! https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/the-nice-to-levens-tramway-part-2-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-56

The TNL built a line from Nice to Levens, it extended the urban line that went from Nice to Saint-André-de-la-Roche. This is the first of two posts that focus on the line and covers the length from Nice to Tourrette-Levens. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/the-nice-to-levens-tramway-part-1-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-54

I have realised that I have not posted about the other tramway which ran from Grasse to Cannes. It was not run by either the TAM or the TNL. Here is its story: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/tramway-between-grasse-and-cannes-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-22

Here are links to other railways/tramways that relate to Grasse. The first and last relate to the metre-gauge line which passed through the town on its journey from Nice to Meyrargues. The middle two cover the PLM/SNCF line to which you refer and the funicular. I hope you enjoy them. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/ligne-de-central-var-part-4-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-19 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/the-grasse-to-cannes-standard-gauge-line-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-24 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/funicular-railway-in-grasse-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-23 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/ligne-de-central-var-part-5-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-25 Best wishes Roger I have realised that I have not posted about the other tramway which ran from Grasse to Cannes. It was not run by either the TAM or the TNL. Here is its story: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/tramway-between-grasse-and-cannes-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-22

Here are links to other tramway/railways that relate to Grasse. The first and last relate to the metre-gauge line which passed through the town on its journey from Nice to Meyrargues. The middle two cover the PLM/SNCF line to which you refer and the funicular. I hope you enjoy them. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/ligne-de-central-var-part-4-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-19 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/the-grasse-to-cannes-standard-gauge-line-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-24 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/funicular-railway-in-grasse-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-23 https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/ligne-de-central-var-part-5-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-25 Best wishes Roger

I have already posted thus elsewhere, but for the sake of completeness, this post was written when thinking about the coastal line leaving Toulon for Saint-Raphael. It relevance here is that it focusses on the tramway system in Toulon. A further post about Toulon will be required at some stage to complete the story of the whole network. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/23/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-3-trams-in-toulon-and-hyeres-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-38

Grasse was at one stage full of different rail transport. Two tramways, one from Cagnes-sur-Mer and one from Cannes approached the town from the south. A PLM branchline also linked Grasse to Cannes. There was a funicular railway linking the PLM (SNCF) railway station to the town centre, and there was the Chemins de Fer du Sud de la France Central Var line crossing the town on its way between Nice and Meyrargues. This next post covers the first part of the story of the TAM tramway between Cagnes-sur-Mer and Grasse: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/the-tramway-between-grasse-and-cagnes-sur-mer-part-1-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-20 The second half of my blog on the TAM tramway between Grasse and Cagnes-sur-Mer: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/the-tramway-between-grasse-and-cagnes-sur-mer-part-2-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-21

I have posted about these trams elsewhere on RMWeb but not on this Sub-forum. I hope this thread is of interest to some people on this sub-forum. The tram from Vence to Cagnes-sur-Mer was part of the TAM network. I have already posted on this tram elsewhere, but I have included it on this thread for completeness. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/25/tramway-between-vence-and-cagne-sur-mer-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-17

There were two different tram networks in the Nice area. The TAM network (Tramways of the Alpes-Maritimes) is part of the Railway of the South of France. The other network was the Tramway Company of Nice and Littoral (NL). This post covers the history of the entire TNL network. The other posts will cover specific lines on the TAM and TNL networks. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/15/the-network-of-the-tramways-of-nice-and-the-littoral-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-53.

I have already posted thus elsewhere, but for the sake of completeness, this post was written when thinking about the coastal line leaving Toulon for Saint-Raphael. It relevance here is that it focusses on the tramway system in Toulon. A further post about Toulon will be required at some stage to complete the story of the whole network. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/23/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-3-trams-in-toulon-and-hyeres-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-38

The card models on the layout were constructed from drawings made on 'Paint'. I have just loaded drawings of the Signal Box at the North of the Station and of the Station footbridge onto my blog. The relevant links are: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/hereford-north-station-signal-box-n-gauge-card-model and https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/hereford-station-footbridge-model-in-n-gauge

My wife and I spend two weeks each year in November in Nice or nearby. When we were travelling between Sospel and Menton a few years back we notice two viaducts which were no longer in use. The most dramatic of the pair was the Viaduc du Caramel which was a curved structure extending out from the hillside. Investigating this route drew my attention to the number of tramways in and around Nice and the local practice of creating tramways which reach back into the hinterland behind the coast. Since then, in our many trips to Nice and Les Alpes Maritimes, my wife and I have seen a significant amount of engineering works, bridges, viaducts and tunnels, all on lines which were neither part of the PLM network of standard gauge railways, nor part of the general metre-gauge network of secondary lines. It turns out that there were a significant number of lines operated by two main tramway companies in Provence, Tramways de les Alpes Maritime (TAM) and tramways de Nice et du Littoral (TNL). These tramways ran on metre-gauge tracks but had a loading gauge not much wider than the track-gauge. In many places they ran alongside roads or within the highway itself, but often they deviated away from the highway on their own formation. The one which first drew our attention was the tramway between Sospel to Menton which was operated by the TNL. This is the story of that line: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/the-sospel-to-menton-tramway-revisited-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-51

They are. And smooth and comfortable to ride in, although very busy in the centre of Nice.

Nice and the Cote d'Azur had an extensive network of urban and rural tramways all of which have disappeared. There has been a renaissance in attitudes to the trams in recent years and I thought it might be good to provide some details of the new trams in Nice before hopefully providing some of the stories of the older tram networks. I have posted about these historic tramways elsewhere on this forum but thought that they might be of interest to those searching on this sub-forum. First two links to information about the new trams in Nice ........ https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/a-first-tramway-for-nice-since-1953-and-the-closure-of-the-cote-dazurs-vast-tram-network https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/2342 And one post from the past - this post collates a number of old postcard images of the historic tramways when they were in action across the Cote d'Azur. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/various-railway-and-tramway-postcards-from-around-nice-2-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-16