The Railways of Bouches de Rhone

[rogerfarnworth]

This post begins a series looking at the secondary lines in the French Departement of Bouches du Rhone.

 

The first line we focus on is a standard gauge line from Tarascon sur Rhone to Plan d'Orgon.

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/03/09/bouches-du-rhone-and-its-railways-part-1-tarascon-to-plan-dorgon

[rue_d_etropal]

Very interesting. Again an area I know quite welll as my brother has lived just south of St Remy for many years, and although much of the line may be flat, it is certainly not all flat as anyone who has driven along the road past the Roman ruins in St Remy and beyond!

[Joseph_Pestell]

We spent a few days in Provence over New Year 2018. On our various excursions, we saw quite a lot of traces of the BdR lines including some locations which could be made into a nice compact layout.

[rogerfarnworth]

Thanks, both.

 

This next post looks at the line which ran between Orgon and Barbentane. The tracks for thus line remain substantially in place, although a bit overgrown in places.

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/03/13/bouches-du-rhone-and-its-railways-part-2-orgon-to-barbentane