rogerfarnworth Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 The journey along the Cote d'Azur continues as we follow Le Macaron between Bormes and Cavalaire-sur-Mer: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-6-bormes-les-mimosas-to-cavalaire-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Can't get enough, pity some of the books are now only offered at a rediculously high price. But, there is an excellent article about the railcars, including drawings in Voie Libre. Can (sometimes ) be seen online at http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/voie-libre/numero-38-septembre-2006/page-30-31-texte-integralThi Provencal architecture (in particular the classic church front, also found in Herault), just speaks southern France. A Santon museum in the village where my brother in local doctor, got me interested initially, and has defined my artwork, and my model making since.Just wish I had realised it was better to just visit, than thinking I could set up home there, especially as it is relatively easy to get to from Lancashire. Edited February 25, 2018 by rue_d_etropal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Can't get enough, pity some of the books are now only offered at a rediculously high price. But, there is an excellent article about the railcars, including drawings in Voie Libre. Can (sometimes ) be seen online at http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/voie-libre/numero-38-septembre-2006/page-30-31-texte-integralThi Provencal architecture (in particular the classic church front, also found in Herault), just speaks southern France. A Santon museum in the village where my brother in local doctor, got me interested initially, and has defined my artwork, and my model making since.Just wish I had realised it was better to just visit, than thinking I could set up home there, especially as it is relatively easy to get to from Lancashire. Interesting article in Voie Libre. Thank you, rue_d_etropal. Yes, easy access, we fly by easyjet from Liverpool to Nice. Edited February 25, 2018 by rogerfarnworth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 The journey along Le Macaron continues. This time it is the length from Cavalaire-sur-Mer to La-Foux-les-Pins. ... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-9-cavalaire-to-la-foux-les-pins-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-44 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 At La Foux, two branch-lines left the mainline of Le Macaron, the first of these headed for St. Tropez: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-10-la-foux-les-pins-to-saint-tropez-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yes, easy access, we fly by easyjet from Liverpool to Nice I have flown to Nice(when other airports were closed). Interesting drive to get out of airport , assuming you can find the car hire office! Also landing/taking off only metres away from the water. It is only when you drive over to the west end of Provence, that you realise just how far it is. The old railway line was not a short branch, it was a decent length. My interest in the metre gauge has definitely been given a boost. A pity that book published by Cabri is so expensive. Can't see anyone actually paying over £400 for a copy. French books are expensive, but not that much. It has been suggested that prices are inflated to make commercial book collections look more valuable(and therefore more can be borrrowed against them!). Odd thing is that the Autorails de France book does not have the railcar drawings for the Provene version(which are in Voie Libre), but do have the drawings of the same manufacturers ones on another line. Mentioned it before, but have to remember much of the coastal area was very rural, not the 'posh' area you now see. St Tropez was a quiet backwater until the film makers made it popular in the mid 50s. Pity that was too late to save the railway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Yes, you are right. Until the late 50s or early 60s the landscape was really rural. The aerial photography which is available shows how small the village communities were. The story of the Toulon to Saint-Raphael line continues. There are a few more posts to come. This post focusses on a second branch-line that left Le Macaron at La Foux and travelled inland to Cogolin. There was an intention to extend this line further. The intention did not come to fruition: http://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-11-la-foux-les-pins-to-cogolin-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-46 Edited February 27, 2018 by rogerfarnworth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) This next length of the journey takes us from La Foux to Sainte-Maxime: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/08/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-12-la-foux-les-pins-to-sainte-maxime-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-47 The history of Port Grimaud is also investigated in the post. Edited February 27, 2018 by rogerfarnworth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 And now the last length of Le Macaron. The distance from Sainte-Maxime to Saint-Raphael. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-13-sainte-maxime-to-saint-raphael-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-48 There will be one further post in this particular series which will cover the locomotives and rolling stock on the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 This final post on the Toulon to Saint-Raphael metre-gauge railway covers the locomotives and rolling stock on the line ...... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-14-locomotives-and-rolling-stock-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-49 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Early in this thread we were looking at the Central Var Line. The next two posts focus on the locomotives on that line. First .... Steam https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 And now Diesel: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I just received copy of the autorail book for Renault , and it has drawings for the two versions which ran on the line. I had not realised how long they were. They will only just fit within the 3D print limits for a 1/32 scale version, not that I actually plan to get one in that scale, but want to offer it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Hi Simon I'd be really interested in having a look at the drawings. Best wishes Roger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2018 This final post on the Toulon to Saint-Raphael metre-gauge railway covers the locomotives and rolling stock on the line ...... https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-14-locomotives-and-rolling-stock-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-49 Particularly enjoyed this instalment. With a previous partner, I spent some holidays at St Aygulf as her uncle had a holiday house there and her cousin had moved there. My partner had a great fear of staying anywhere in the lee of a dam and, now, I know why! St Raphael station has always interested me for its modelling potential. Quite compact but with both standard and metre-gauge and even dual gauge across the bridge to the west of the station. Very pleased to see that scale plan as I have only ever had the sketch plan from the PLM book. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 I have also been studying the various metre-gauge tramways with proliferated in the area around Nice. This next post focusses on one of these tramways which ran from Menton, east of Monaco, to Sospel in the mountains. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/the-sospel-to-menton-tramway-revisited-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 just love those viaducts. Put them on a model, and no-one believes they actually exist. The scenery round there is very similar to what we have over the other side of Beziers. Not surprising given it relatively similar position. Apart from the metre gauge lines from Castres(well documented by M Viers), there was nothing similar to the tramways near to Nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 This is the final scripted post on the Chemin de Fer du Sud de la France Central Var Line and it covers the rolling stock (wagons and coaches) which were found on the line. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/03/07/rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-54 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 just love those viaducts. Put them on a model, and no-one believes they actually exist. The scenery round there is very similar to what we have over the other side of Beziers. Not surprising given it relatively similar position. Apart from the metre gauge lines from Castres(well documented by M Viers), there was nothing similar to the tramways near to Nice. It was the Caramel Viaduct that first alerted me to the existence of these metre-gauge lines and spark an interest which has bought a good few hours of enjoyment to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 This next post relates to a different line - the Nice to Digne metre-gauge line. This line is the only one of the metre-gauge lines near Nice toremain open. Despite a chequered history its future now seems relatively secure. 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 5 or so years. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/nice-to-digne-les-bains-part-1-nice-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-57 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Another excellent collection. Just wondeing about the origin of the coaches in the 'train shed' , pale green and white ones. Similar to the Decauville ones used on the CF de Camargue. Not the same, as they look shorter, but might throw some light on detail I am after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Another excellent collection. Just wondeing about the origin of the coaches in the 'train shed' , pale green and white ones. Similar to the Decauville ones used on the CF de Camargue. Not the same, as they look shorter, but might throw some light on detail I am after. 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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