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This next length of Les Tramways de l'Aude takes us south of Lezignan-Corbieres. Some assumptions have had to be made about the route followed based on what appears to be the route in Michelin Maps of the 1930s. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/10/16/tramways-de-laude-lezignan-corbieres-to-st-pierre-des-champs Should anyone have better evidence of the route, I'd be delighted to hear from them.

This next post completes the length of the Tramways de l'Aude from Carcassonne to Lezignan. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/10/13/tramways-de-laude-siran-to-lezignan-corbieres The post which follows will begin to look at the tramways to the South and East of Lezignan-Corbieres.

A picture of the Bicslade tramway route and the stone blocks used to hold the rails.

I am not aware of any inclines, but others may be more knowledgeable than me.

It has been a few weeks since my last post on the Tramways de l'Aude This next section is the length from Caunes-Minervois in the Aude to Siran in Herault. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/10/09/tramways-de-laude-caunes-minervois-to-siran Topography in this area means that road gradients and curvature at the time of the building of the tramway were such that at times the tramway had to find its own route. There are two such significant lengths on the tramway in the first part of its journey with the Departement of Herault.

This is the third and final post about the Docks Railway in King's Lynn. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/10/07/kings-lynn-docks-branch-part-3 The post covers the area around Bentinck Dock and has some detail about the Savage's Works on the East side of the dock. Savage's were internationally renowned for their steam-powered fairground attractions.

Hi and thank you SED Freightman. I have included you comment in my blog and referenced it to this forum.

The second part of a study on the Docks Branch in King's Lynn. ...... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/09/24/kings-lynn-docks-branch-part-2 This post covers the area around the Alexandra Dock. A further post will follow to cover the railways around the Bentinck Dock.

The harbour branch left the mainline South of King's Lynn. The docks branch left the mainline close to King's Lynn Station. The post below includes a very short history of the harbour and docks and then covers the length of the branch from the station to John Kennedy Road. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/09/24/kings-lynn-docks-branch-part-1

In this post we travel along the tramway from Carcassonne to Caunes-Minervois. This is a pleasant meander through he countryside encountering small historic villages. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/09/19/tramways-de-laude-carcassonne-to-caunes-minervois.

Thank you for the link. Yes, I have seen it before but forgot about it.

I was 12 years old when we moved to King's Lynn in 1972 and we stayed there right through my teens until I left home for University in 1978. I have long thought about spending a little time reviewing the railway history of the town. This first post covers King's Lynn Harbour Branch which left the mainline just before that line entered the town in South Lynn http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/09/16/kings-lynn-harbour-branch

Currently I am reading a book written in French about the tramways of Nice and the Cote d'Azur written by Jose Banuado. Sadly the book is only available in French. I have to use an internet based translation package to understand the book as my French is very limited. This post is based on Jose Banuado's book and covers the period of the First World War. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/28/tnl-tramways-during-the-first-world-war-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-80

Just back now from 6 days in France. We were able to travel along parts of, or along full length s of the lines I have been looking at in this series of posts up to now. On 6the September 2018 we travelled along the line from Fanjeaux to St. Denis and then crossed over to Lastours and followed the line from Lastours to Carcassonne. On 10th September we were able to travel along part of the line from Belpech to Castelnaudary. This post covers the line from Lastours to Carcassonne. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/09/11/tramways-de-laude-lastours-to-carcassonne This line passed through areas of significant industry in the early 20th Century. Areas which are now essentially rural but which in those days were primarily wealth generating. The decline of this industries and that of the tramway seemed to go hand in hand.

I am enjoying the responses, please keep them coming in .... On 6th September 2018, my wife and I visited a series of towns and villages in the Aude before visiting the Citadel in Carcassonne. We managed to combine an interest in ecclesiastical history (Saint Dominic and the Cathars) with some visits to spectacular castles and churches and two of the tramway routes serves by the Tramways de l'Aude. I have been working on the post below with a view to publishing it after travelling the route, which we did today. First thing in the morning, we walked the first 3 kilometres of the tramway which left Fanjeaux heading for Bram. We then drove the route of the tramway from Fanjeaux to Saint-Denis in our little hire car. We went on to follow another of the tramway routes, but more of that on another occasion! I hope you enjoy this post. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/09/06/tramways-de-laude-fanjeaux-to-st-denis/

This post completes the story of one of the lines of the Tramways de l'Aude. The journey from Belpech to Castelnaudary is completed by a run from Salles-sur-l'Hers to Castelnaudary. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/29/tramways-de-laude-belpech-to-castelnaudary-part-b

This is the third part part of the overview and covers much about the locomotives and rolling stock on the line. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/31/tramways-de-laude-overview-part-3

A recent visit to the Forest of Dean promoted some reading and reflection on Cannop Colliery. This post is the result of those reflections: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/31/cannop-colliery

This next post follows up the first overview of the Tramways with information which comes from the first of a series articles from 1961 ..... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/31/tramways-de-laude-overview-part-2

Here is the first of a promised series of blog posts about the Tramways de l'Aude. It covers half of the line between Belpech and Castelnaudary. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/29/tramways-de-laude-belpech-to-castelnaudary-part-a

My wife and I are spending a week or so in a village to the southwest of Carcassonne in France during September 2018. A little bit of research highlighted the existence of a network of metre-gauge tramways in the Aude. These tramways were only in operation for a few decades in the early part of 20th Century. Other matters will take priority during much of the time that we are in the department but I am interested in these lines and have pulled together a blog which gives an overview of the lines and which is based around a French Wikipedia article about the lines. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/27/tramways-de-laude-overview-part-1 The plan is to look at the different lines in turn in future posts.

This is the final post covering the length of the Nice to Digne line. I hope to cover the motive power and rolling stock on the line in one or more additional posts. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/22/nice-to-digne-les-bains-part-14-mezel-to-digne-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-78

Thank you daveyb.

The next post in the series on the line from Nice to Digne covers the length of the route from Barreme to the station at Mezel. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/18/nice-to-digne-les-bains-part-13-barreme-to-mezel-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-77 Barreme Station has been used as the source for a model by Aubertrain (http://aubertrain.com/modules.html). The diorama is 602 x 400 x 250 mm in size and costs 875 euros.

The next step along the Nice to Digne railway line takes us from Saint-Andre-les-Alpes into the next valley - the valley of L'Asse. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/08/17/nice-to-digne-les-bains-part-12-saint-andre-les-alpes-to-barreme-chemins-de-fer-de-provence-76