RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2018 Hi Roger, I shall look forward to looking at your links when I have a bit more time. Just back from a couple of weeks working in France and catching up with stuff here - our first tours of 2018. I have always been interested in Meyrargues particularly. Just had time over lunch for a quick look. Great stuff! A long time now since I was last in that part of the world. I will look forward to my next visit and some exploration. I have a copy of the 1905 PLM station plans book. That would interest you for the diagrams of the stations where PLM and CFS/CFP met such as Meyrargues and St Raphael. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted February 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2018 We used to take our annual family hols near Le Lavendou, which was a long haul from Coventry to the Cote d'Azur back in the late-70s with a touring caravan in tow and my parents' Renault 16 doing the towing! Anyway, on one occasion I asked my dad to pull over as we passed under the railway bridge over the D559 as we headed home one year after leaving the camp site--I still have the photo of the bridge somewhere--it's the same one at the end of the blog of the Hyeres to Bormes section: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-6-hyeres-to-bormes-les-mimosas-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-41/ As a youngster I was always fascinated by this little line and its remains, as we drove up and down the coast visiting St Tropez and Sainte-Maxime etc--so this blog is of much interest, many thanks for taking the time to post so much information up. Would be lovely to see the photos and maps in a book sometime, the one by José Banaudo ("Histoire des Chemins de Fer de Provence – 2: Le Train du Littoral") is now going for big money. Please keep on posting, and one day perhaps I'll make it back to these old holiday haunts of mine. cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Hi Keith, and thank you. I realised the other day that one of my earlier posts still relied on readers downloading a Microsoft file. I had manged to change all the others. I have now updated the blog about the length of the Central Var Line between Pont de Loup and Grasse to include the full text of the blog rather than a downloadable file. If this has been a handicap to you and others accessing the text and pictures, please review the blog post, it should be easier to access: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/ligne-de-central-var-part-4-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-19 Best wishes Roger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 The next post in the series about Le Macaron ...... This post focusses on a number of branch-lines which extended either side of the main-line from La Londe-les-Maures and provided access to mining concerns and to a torpedo factory. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/29/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-7-la-londe-les-bormettes-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) I seem to have missed out two posts in the sequence. This post relates to the length of Le Macaron between the terminus in Toulon and the town of Hyeres. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/26/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-5-toulon-to-hyeres-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-39 Edited February 24, 2018 by rogerfarnworth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 And this post relates to the length of Le Macaron between Hyeres and Bormes-les-Mimosas. https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/ligne-du-littoral-toulon-to-st-raphael-part-6-hyeres-to-bormes-les-mimosas-chemin-de-fer-de-provence-41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 We continue our journey along Le Macaron, the Coastal Line of Les Chemins de Fer du Sud de la France. This length runs from Bormes to Cavalaire: 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 1 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...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 A second branch-line 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted February 26, 2018 RMweb Gold 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 isn't this scene https://rogerfarnworth.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/lfst7.jpg just so utterly charming!! it's crying out to be modelled... thanks for the continued posting Roger. all the best, Keith 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 This post picks up an interest in the metre-gauge tramways which proliferated in and around Nice. This tramway runs from Menton to Sospel,and we start at the terminus in Sospel: 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...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 In an earlier series of posts on this thread I looked at the Central Var metre-gauge line. I have now completed a post about the Steam motive powder on that line. I hope you find it interesting: https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/locomotives-and-rolling-stock-on-the-central-var-line-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-50 There will be at least one more post about the Central Var line, looking at more modern traction which worked on the line until its final closure in 1950 and also looking at the vasrierty of rolling stock on the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 This post is shorter than the last and focusses on the diesel traction on the Central Var line in the years before closure in 1950. 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...
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 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...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted April 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2018 There are two almost identical topics here; can the mods merge them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hi D9020 Nimbus Thank you for your comment. I had a discussion about this early on, asking whether to post under narrow gauge or under french railways. The reflections at the time we're that I should post under both as they would reach different interest groups. I think that is what has been happening. I am happy, however, to go with whatever the moderators think best. Very best wishes Roger 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...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 A few people have asked me whether I plan to publish a book, or books, about the Metre-Gauge Railways of Provence. I thought that I might see what was involved in punishing an eBook .... As a first step, I have tried to design a cover for what might be a book about the Central Var line. I have published a series of posts on that line on this Group. So here are two questions for you .... If I was to do so, would you be interested in buying a copy and what might you pay? And ............... What do you think to this as a cover? Might it entice you to buy the book, knowing what you already do about the content? https://rogerfarnworth.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/an-ebook-on-les-chemins-de-fer-du-sud-de-la-france Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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