Old French Railways/Tramways
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:56 am
For those of you that mught be interested this is about my project;
The French Railway system was initially built to link up all the big cities with Paris and the many companies were not interested (lack of profit?) in providing local services. In 1865 a law passed allowing each Department (The equivalent of Counties) to be responsible for their own lines. To keep costs down most lines were built to metre gauge with tighter curves (no need to buy so much land) and smaller stations. I spend my time ,when not modelling, researching these lines, photographing old buildings etc. Heres a few pics I have taken and some old postcards (All postcards are still in the Publi Domain or from my collection so no problems with copyright).
Riberac station (now a holiday home for SNCF employees)
Parcoul-Medillac (the other end of the line)
Th old toilets in my friends Garden (he lives in the old station
I'll post more later if you're interested
Mike
Mike
The French Railway system was initially built to link up all the big cities with Paris and the many companies were not interested (lack of profit?) in providing local services. In 1865 a law passed allowing each Department (The equivalent of Counties) to be responsible for their own lines. To keep costs down most lines were built to metre gauge with tighter curves (no need to buy so much land) and smaller stations. I spend my time ,when not modelling, researching these lines, photographing old buildings etc. Heres a few pics I have taken and some old postcards (All postcards are still in the Publi Domain or from my collection so no problems with copyright).
Riberac station (now a holiday home for SNCF employees)
Parcoul-Medillac (the other end of the line)
Th old toilets in my friends Garden (he lives in the old station
I'll post more later if you're interested
Mike
Mike