(All books in this section are French language unless otherwise stated)

Mixed Gauges Snell • £46.95 • (A) "Mixed Gauges" has surpassed even the high hopes and expectations I had of it. It is quite superb. Mr. G.T. Essex You cannot look through this book only once and then put it away - Browse again and again and enjoy something different every time! Mr. George M Hoekstra - Review in SWISS EXPRESS Modern scanning and processing technology has done very well with the reproduction of old colour originals. ......... In short, this is a wonderful account of travel in the age of steam encapsulating a past world of railways which few enthusiasts were able to experience. We must thank John Snell for sharing his probably unparalleled experiences, and Camden for presenting the result so stylishly and successfully. Review - 'Continental Modeller' February 2008 I received the copy of 'Mixed Gauges', which is absolutely superb in every respect. The cover photo is a knockout - better than Monet. And I am so fed up with seeing digital, telephoto, 'glint' shots, that to see these lovely conventional slides reproduced so well is a delight. The layout of the book is nice, too (speaking as a former graphic designer). Mr. C.L. France The 400 plus pictures, mostly by the author, are almost all in colour and convey in often dramatic form the power and diversity of steam world-wide in its declining years.....The Main lines get plenty of attention, but the author is also skilled at seeking out lesser byways of foreign railways. ....this is quite a special book, and for anyone who wishes to find out (or be reminded) what the steam era looked like in its final years before diesels and electrics took over, this is a splendid volume. Mr. Brian Knowlman - Review in 'National Railway Museum Review' John Snell's book is brilliant, not only in content but in print & bind quality, well done! Mr. P.E. (a printer by trade) York The landscape format of this book superbly brings out the best in (John Snell's) colour studies, some evocative, others moody, many simple record shots, but nonetheless invaluable as they are never-to-be-repeated...... Not only is this a landmark book covering the steam autobiography of one of the movement's leading lights, but it is a beautiful presentation volume that you will want to dip into again and again..... Review - 'Heritage Railway' February/March 2008 It (comments about Bruckner and railways) is taken from a glorious new book 'Mixed Gauges', which devotes much of its 256 pages and 434 photographs to the narrow gauge but sets the subject firmly in the context of railways as a whole. Absolute delight! Mr. David Joy - review in 'Narrow Gauge World & ng modelling' March/April 2008 This book is an entertaining and informative read......, richly illustrated with a lot of very good photographs, some of which are truly spectacular. I recommend you get a copy, you will enjoy it Mr. David Proctor, Editor, review in 'Australian Model Engineering' March/April 2008 The young John Snell was with the late Tom Rolt and David Curwen when they opened the doors of Pendre Shed at Towyn in April 1951, starting the worldwide preservation movement, and he retired in 1999 after 28 years as General Manager of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. In the intervening period, whilst professionally he has sometimes not been involved with railways or preservation, he has always been actively involved in both, on many fronts, including writing or contributing to numerous books on railways. In fact, John's writing is well known and his only novel, published in 1958, must be the only family saga set against the background of a Welsh narrow gauge railway. Given he was born in Fiji in 1933, spent the war years in New Zealand, and returned to Britain for further education thereafter, inevitably John has travelled widely, always with camera to hand. What is surprising is that very few examples of his photography have ever been published before and, as is very evident here, he is fully the equal of any of the well known photographers from the 1950s on - Derek Cross, W. V. Anderson, Eric Treacy, Marc Dahlstom, Felix Fenino et al., although he was perhaps a more enthusiastic, and earlier, user of colour than most. If you were into railways, home and 'abroad', from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s in particular, this is incredibly nostalgic and will bring the memories flooding back. If you are too young, just see what you missed! Not that this book stops in the 70s - it continues much later in South America and South Africa in particular. The text is a delight, being informative and interesting, with an underlying dry humour, but it is the photographs that will take your breath away. Whilst the locomotive or train is always the centrepiece, these are not sterile photographs of lumps of machinery, but are full of life with lots of incidental details, which is why we chose a large landscape format - 245 mm x 297 mm, with a good number of the photographs printed absolutely full page. And there are a lot of photographs - around 400 in full colour and 60 or so in black & white. The earliest photographs here where taken in 1945 in Fiji, then in 1950 on the S & DJR. The main chapters cover: The U.K in the 1950s, including a superb series of pictures on the Furzebrook Railway, Fiji and the sugar cane railways, Wales - mainly, but by no means exclusively, the Talyllyn, New Zealand, Australia, Scandinavia, France, Spain and Portugal, Java and Thailand, Germany, the U.S.A., Switzerland, Austria and Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Rumania and Czechoslovakia, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru, South Africa, and the Last of British Steam. The author usually travelled solo, or with a handful of friends - his Andean adventures were the only time he was part of an organised group, other than a few trips to the French narrow gauge, when he was the organiser or leader. There are 256 pages, so this is a big book in every way, and we are sure that it is one you will enjoy for many years to come. Buy a copy and give yourself a huge treat! Hardbound. Camden Add to shopping basket

The Essential Guide to French Heritage and Tourist Railways Jones • £15.95 • (D) Very detailed English language book on the relatively few preserved lines in France, plus those SNCF lines with a specific tourist service, lines where you can pedal along on a velo, museums, locomotive preservation societies etc., etc. The amount of information is impressive, and my only serious gripe is that the information is listed alphabetically by Region, rather than in a "north, east, south, west" circular tour which would make planning a visit easier. Maps would also be nice, but there are copious contact details for each operation, including websites in most cases. Indispensable if you are planning a steamy tour de France (and an enjoyable read even if you are not)! 192 pages illustrated with colour photographs. Paperback. Oakwood Press Add to shopping basket

Pacific Senator A Train Driver’s Life Péroche trans. Wilson • £ 9.99 • (E) Enginemen’s autobiographies are rare, French enginemen’s exceptionally so, and this is the first I have seen in English. Marcel Péroche joined the Etat railway in 1920 and rose to be a senior mecanicien on the Etat/Ouest’s 231G Pacifics before retiring at the end of the steam era. At the start of WW11, as a military railwayman he drove in Syria for some time, before returning to occupied France. The author’s comments on working during the war, the liberation and its aftermath are fascinating. Whilst this book would have benefited from being proof read by someone with an knowledge of steam and French railways, it still makes for an interesting and different read. 224 lightly illustrated pages. paperback. Argyll Publishing Add to shopping basket

Les Plus Belles Gares de France Gould & Camand • £36.95 • (A) The French have always regarded their railways as serving the needs of the people, and reflecting the glory of the State so, naturally, the stations reflect this pride, in many cases to considerable effect; St. Pancras versus Limoges Benedictins or the Gare de Lyon isn’t so much a competition, more a massacre! And France has many, many stations which are superlative works of art, with even the humbler stations of moyen importance often extremely attractive. Here you have about 300 excellent, all colour, photographs looking at the stations of France, large and small, not forgetting the people who use them, or work in them. This really is very nice! 192 large format pages. Hardbound. La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Mémoires du Rail - Débarquement Le rail au service de la liberté Carriere • £14.95 • (F) Fascinating look, partially at what happened to French railways during the war, but mainly at the part played by railwaymen in the Resistance before and during the landings, the landing of Allied locomotives and new rolling stock, and the start of getting the trains running again. Wonderful, if sometimes horrifying, pictures, including one of an Austerity 2-8-0 and a Prussian G8 coupled together, as they test a temporary bridge. Geographically the bulk of the book covers events in Normandy, and especially at Cherbourg, but Paris also features. 128 pages, Around 130 photos. Paperback. La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Encyclopédie des voitures SNCF Rambaud, Dupuy & Mathieu • £46.95 • (A) The first edition of this monumental book appeared in 1990 - this is a revised and considerably augmented edition bringing the story of the locomotive hauled passenger stock used by, or built for, the SNCF up-to-date and covering the period from 1938 virtually up to the present. If you are interested in French railways and, in particular, if you model them, you should have a copy of this heavy book of 639 pages (32 of colour photos) and around 1000 illustrations, Hardbound. La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Autorails de France Tome 4 Broncard • £49.95 • (A) This is the long awaited 4th volume in this excellent series, essentially covering light railcars from the 1930s & 40s, but also including a full history of all the Billard railcars; for many this record of the narrow and standard gauge railcars produced by this firm will be the major attraction of this book, but there is a lot more here, including the pioneering Pauline railcars from the early 30s, both bogie and twin axle, some of which were fitted with integral gas-producer plants by the Est in 1936. There is the extraordinary 'Talon' system which enabled a bus to run on rails and pull a trailer, the only slightly less extraordinary Autocars LP sur Rails and Autorails Floirat which, as their name implies, were buses modified to run on rails, and returning to more normal things, the two-axle FNC railcars, and the similar, but bogie, autorails unifié 150/160 ch - in both of which the driver sat in an elevated forward cockpit. Tremendous book, and well worth the wait! 279 pages. 100s of photos, including 43 in colour. Drawings and diagrams. Hardbound. La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Series Images de Trains:

Tome I is currently out of print.

Tome IV is currently out of print.

Tome VII Les secondaires des années 50 et 60 avec les plus belles photos en couleurs de Christian Schnabel £ 33.95 • (A) Over 300 colour photos are in this lovely book, all taken on secondaires and tramways, standard and narrow gauge, during the last years of commercial operation. Most of the narrow gauge lines are well known, but there are some interesting discoveries amongst the standard gauge ones. A glorious mixture and a most interesting book. 159 pages. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Tome VIII 1991-2001 Les plus beaux paysages ferroviaires français photographiés par Jacky Quatorze £ 37.25 • (A) Around 360 all colour photos of the SNCF and other French commercial lines, standard and narrow gauge, photographed over the last 10 years, with most of the shots being in interesting or beautiful locations. By no means all TGVs, there is a wide range of rolling stock and motive power, some now withdrawn, and even a few steam specials. Very nicely done, and very useful for modellers of French railways. 191 pages. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Tome IX Trains de l’Est - une collection oubliée Henri Vial 1892 - 1955 £ 37.25 • (A) The 160 pages of this book contain 280 B & W photos, of which 250 are of scenes on the Est railway or region, all from the collection of Mr. Henri Vial, and the majority taken by him. Most are extremely clear and what makes this book especially interesting is the spread of period, from the turn of the century up till 1955, with a fair few taken during or just after both World Wars (including one page full attributed to the wrong war!). Autorails don’t get a look in - steam reigns supreme! Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Tome X La France ferroviaire vue du ciel L’Est, le Sud-Est et la Sud-Ouest 1960-1972 • £38.95 • (A) This book contains well over 300 mainly colour photographs of French railway staions and instalations, the vast majority taken during the 1960s, and showing urban railway-scapes in the main. The amount of visible detail varies with the height from which they were shot, but all the photographs are interesting, and will be especially useful for those whose layouts reflect the SNCGF during this period. 191 pages, to La Vie du Rail’s usual standards. Hardbound. Add to shopping basket

Tome X1 La France ferroviaire vue du ciel Le Nord et l’Ouest 1955-1972 • £38.95 • (A) Second volume of over 300 photographs of the SNCF’s stations and installations taken from the air, this one interesting because of the change from the largely industrial territory of the Nord to the much more rural territory of the Ouest, but both with major ports, either Channel or Atlantic. Both this volume and the previous one are larger than the usual format of this series. 192 pages. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail. Add to shopping basket

Tome XII: Un tour d’Europe ferroviaire dans les années 50 et 60 avec les photos couleurs de La Vie du Rail • £42.95 • (A) A journey around all of Europe, as far east as Russia and Turkey, in the 50s and 60s, with diesel, electric and steam power. Over 200 colour photos, the majority not previously published. French text. A rare feast of nostalgia. 144 pages. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Tome X111 Un tour de Corse en images • £38.95 • (A) Here you have around 200 all colour photos of the metre gauge CF de la Corse, taken from the 1970s on. Especially more recently there is a certain uniformity in the railcars, but many of the photos feature these in the extraordinary countryside of this island - in fact they make you want to drop everything and head there - especially on a dull, wet winter’s day! 127 pages. Hardbound. La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Tome X1V Les chemins de fer dans le années 1965 à 1970 avec les plus belles photos de Mr. Guéan • £31.95 • (A) Very little is said here about the photographer, other than that he was a railwayman's son, but he certainly took some great photographs of steam's last years in France. Looking at the selection here, it is striking just how many classes were still active, around certain Paris termini and all over France, up until the end of 1968 - it was only really the last few years when the choice was limited to 141 Rs and 140 Cs. This is nice! 127 pages. 245 B&W photos, all large format or full page. Hardbound. La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Paris La Ligne de Vincennes Leroy • £35.30 • (A) On the freezing night of the 13th/14th December 1969 the final train steamed out of Paris Bastille station for Boissy St Léger, closing Western Europe’s last 100% steam terminus in a capital city, and one of the last such in the world. By then, even if cut back for passengers, from Vereuil-L’Étang to Boissy, the line was an anachronism, caught in a time warp similar to the Isle of Wight lines in the U.K. This lovely book looks at the line, in the main during its final decade, when the 131 TB tanks pulling non reversible rakes of ex German stock, and needing to use a traverser at Bastille as a result, gave way to the 141 TB tanks pulling ex Est reversible sets. At its outer limits, the line was then in almost bucolic surrounds, and this book creates a nostalgic wave of what it was to be like in the Paris banlieu of the 60s - ah, the memories! 159 larger format pages. Around 300 photos, most in colour. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

De Paris St-Lazare à Versailles et St-Nom la Bretèche (1839-2007) Bouchez • £29.50 • (A) Very full history of one of France’s oldest lines, that from St-Lazare to Versailles RD, and its branch to St-Nom la Bretèche. Opened by the Ouest Railway, but subsequently coming under the rule of the Etat, the lines were modernised with third rail electrification in 1928, this being replaced by 25 kV overhead in 1978, to cope with the rapidly increasing traffic. 167 pages full of drawings, photos, some in colour and maps, giving the full history of the two lines, their stations, signals, motive power and rolling stock over one hundred and sixty seven years. Hardbound. La Vie du Rail. Add to shopping basket

Die Bienvenüe à Météor Un Siècle de Métro en 14 lignes Tricoire • £ 28.95 • (A) We have had this before, as it is the third, updated, edition of a book first published in 1999, and exceptionally good it is if you want a pretty complete history of the Paris Métro, slap, bang up-to-date. The first 136 pages cover the history of the system, the over and underground infrastucture, signalling and the like, rolling stock and operation then a further 214 pages cover the history, construction and development of each of the 14 individual lines. Large format hardbound book, with a very considerable number of illustrations, maps and drawings, many in colour. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Le Temps des Omnibus Leroy • £ 45.95 • (A) Brilliant history of the mainly secondary ex Est lines in Franche-Comté which were operated by the Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Economiques, latterly the CFTA, after 1938. The major interest of these lines is that they were the last in France to see commercial steam power, this lasting until October 1975, in the form of 140Cs, although ex Est 130Bs had lasted nearly as long. The CFTA also possessed an eclectic selection of autorails and diesel locomotives, all of which feature here. 304 pages. Around 800 photos, a good number in colour, maps, timetables etc. Hardbound. Les Editions du Cabri Add to shopping basket

Les Trains du Medoc Chanuc & Durbain • £36.80 • (A) Full history of the Chemin de fer du Medoc, which ran northwest from Bordeaux, through the Medoc, to the Pointe de Grave on the south side of the Gironde estuary, serving a number of towns wine drinkers will recognise, as well as a number of ports. Independent, and definitely using a ‘small engine policy, up till 1912 when it was taken over by the Midi, who eventually electrified it, the way it remains today under the SNCF. Just under half the 224 pages of the book cover the pre Midi history of the line. Around 400 illustrations, including a colour section. Hardback. Editions du Cabri. Add to shopping basket

Sur les rails du Limousin Banaudo & Lanoue • £29.95 • (A) Very nice book on the lines of the Limousin (essentially the Departments of Creuse, Hte. Vienne and Correze). This is largely hill country, and whilst the major lines covered are two ex P.O. ‘transversals’, and the Paris-Toulouse main line, also covered are numerous lesser standard gauge lines, plus four metre gauge systems; Haut-Vienne, P.O. Correze, Tramways de la Correze and the Dordogne system, not forgetting the trams and trolleybuses of Limoges. The considerable number of photos, of which around 40% are in colour, cover all eras up to the present, and are of considerable interest. 160 larger format hardback. Eds du Cabri Add to shopping basket

Sur les rails Vosgiens Le Pennec • £43.85 • (A) The railways of the Vosges area are rich in railway history, be it national, military or narrow gauge, and this book certainly does them justice. It tends to focus on Epinal, the crossroads of the region’s railways, where the author was a ‘sous-chef’, but there really is a huge amount here for anyone interested in French railways. Well up to Edition du Cabri’s high standards. 284 pages. Huge numbers of B & W photos, plus a goodly number in colour, and maps. Hardbound Add to shopping basket

70 ans de chemins de fer betteraviers en France Fresné • £20.50 • (B) Astonishingly this is the first history of the very extensive sugar-beet railways of France, built both to move the crop to the sugar-factory, and within the factory itself. Started using Decauville 60 cm gauge equipment, and given a huge boost after WW1 by the availability of both equipment and, in some cases, whole military railways, these lines were an integral part of French agriculture in certain areas up to the 1960s, and survive in the preserved Pithiviers and Froissy à Cappy et à Dompierre lines. This beautiful book looks at both the development of the various systems, and especially at the locomotives and rolling stock used, with large numbers of B&W and colour photos, and numerous drawings; very highly recommended. 144 pages. Paperback. LR Presse. Add to shopping basket

Réseau Breton Gravett • £ 10.95 • (C) Back in print, this is an excellent English language book on what was one of the premier narrow gauge systems in France, the metre gauge Réseau Breton in Brittany, whose network survived largely intact until 1967, some lines continuing thereafter having been standard gauged.176 pages. 100 photos, plans, maps and drawings of locomotives, rolling stock and infrastructure. Paperback. Oakwood Press Add to shopping basket

Vivarais Revisited Organ • £ 14.95 • (D) This book looks at the Lozère and Vivarais systems prior to closure, and the two sections of the Vivarais in preservation, plus the 60 cm Meyzieu line, from which the original Vivarais preservation scheme came. Around 160 illustrations. The subject matter of most of the pictures is interesting, but this is, I believe, Middleton Press's first all colour book and, frankly, they should have stuck to B&W (although I have considerable sympathy with them). 96 pages and Hardbound. Add to shopping basket

Railways of the Baie de Somme Pacey, Arzul & Lenne • £ 11.95 • (C) Very nicely done English language history of the Reseau de la Somme in Western Picardy, part of which - the Reseau des Bains de Mer, is now very successfully preserved, in part as dual metre and standard gauge. The full history of this system from 1887 on the metre gauge is told, including its role in both World Wars. As this line is the nearest non British preserved line to Britain, this book is required reading for anyone fancying preserved steam just over the Channel. 176 pages, 170 photographs, plans and maps. Paperback. Oakwood Press Add to shopping basket

Tramways a Vapeur du Tarn Wright • £ 13.95 • (C) The original network of the Tramways a Vapeur du Tarn, near Toulouse was the second largest 60 cm gauge system in France. Closed in 1937, a part of the system based on St. Lieux has been revived using non-original equipment. This book brings together over 150 photographs, maps and drawings of locomotives and rolling stock to give a good idea of what the original system was like, and of the new railway. English language. 208 pages. Paperback. Oakwood Add to shopping basket

La traction électrique en France 1900-2005 Cuynet • £26.95 • (B) Despite their ability to do wondrous things with the steam locomotive, the French started doing the same with electric power early - in 1900. However, at this stage, it has to be said there seems to have been an uncharacteristic lack of State regulation as a whole host of different systems, voltages and means of delivering the volts were tried by the different railways, before things started settling down with the Midi 1500 V electrification from 1922 onwards, with further technical developments post World War 11. This well produced, French language, book covers the whole process in some detail with numerous photos, both B & W and colour, maps and diagrams. 143 pages. Large format paperback. Eds La Vie du Rail. Add to shopping basket

MAGAZINE

Voies Ferrees: large format (32mm x 23mm) and very high quality bi-monthly magazine of which two thirds deals with full size practice, and one third with modelling in the smaller gauges. Strong French bias in subject matter, but also covers trams and railways of Europe with occasional articles on railways elsewhere. A very high proportion of the illustrations are in colour and the reproduction is excellent. The “Vogue” of railway magazines - the quality has to be seen to be appreciated! French text. SAMPLE COPY • £10.95 Add to shopping basket

FILMS!

DVD Along the Old Line [App 95 mins] £16.95 This DVD contains all three of the ‘films’ the boss shot as a callow youth, mainly in the 1960s, and previously available as individual videos - two in this section. We aren’t going to say anything of his skills, but he had a decent 8mm cine-camera and, more importantly, used a tripod (most of the time). The first film is on Southern Region steam, at Waterloo, Woking, Guildford, the Isle of Wight and the Horsham - Guildford line. The second is of a journey from Victoria to the Mediterranean at Le Grau du Roi, with steam most of the way from Calais to Clermont-Ferrand, whilst the last film visits France again, mainly Paris - including a trip from Paris-Bastille, but also includes a Bagnall operated NG line owned by a Mr. Maginot, the last run of a genuine Dutch steam tram on a steam tram line (Groningen-Leek), plus a glimpse of Danish steam and Copenhagen trams. No sound - put on your favourite 60s record - Francoise Hardy perhaps? Add to shopping basket

Les Locomotives PLM type Pacific 50 minutes DVD £24.40 Reviews the history of the large number of PLM pacifics, latterly around most of the SNCF regions, through archive photographs, archive film, and contemporary film of preserved 231 K 8 in action; nice and some superb sequences. French commentary. Add to shopping basket

241 P 17 La résurrection 80 mins • DVD £26.00 That the SNCF’s last design of express steam locomotive - the 241P 4-8-2s, where highly impressive machines is unarguable, and now just one, No. 17, is running again. Restored at Creusot, the town where she was built, this highly professional film follows events from November 2005, when a fire was lit for the first time following restoration, through the first trial, and two passenger carrying trains during 2006, the last of which is filmed for a considerable period from the air. Very nice and a lovely sight, if slightly let down by the fact that this powerful machine is never seen with more than 5 coaches in tow, and restricted to around 50 mph...... Commentary in English or French Add to shopping basket

Les Chemins de Fer de Provence 60 mins DVD £24.40 In 1970 Jacques Chaussard made an award winning film Balade pour un chemin de fer about the last great narrow gauge line of Europe, the Chemins de Fer de Provence which run nearly 100 miles from Nice, on the French Riviera, to Digne in the French Alps. Thirty two years later Jacques returned to the same railway, and this is the result, showing operations on today’s reinvigorated CFP. The fantastic scenery remains the same, but the old railcars have been replaced by much more modern examples, which also look much more comfortable (the CFP is the only place I have seen someone literally turn green from travel sickness - but it was many years ago, on an old Renault railcar stinking of diesel)! Lovely film on a lovely line, and includes scenes of the Reseau Breton 4-6-0 in action on the middle section. French commentary. Add to shopping basket

Chemin de fer de La Mure • DVD £19.95 In one of their very best videos, here Railstuff treat you to fifty five minutes of great action and stunning scenery on this electrified, metre gauge, former coal line located in the foothills of the French Alps south of Grenoble. Really very interesting and enjoyable. Add to shopping basket

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Le Train Jaune de Cerdagne l'integrale App 78 mins • DVD £23.95 Very well done French language DVD containing three films, two covering the historic metre gauge, third-rail electric line from Villefranche-Vernet-Les-Bains up into the Pyrenees and the Spanish border at La Tour de Carol. The bulk of this line was opened in 1911, and it has exceptional gradients (up to 60%), some extraordinary bridges, great scenery and, even today, open top coaches. The main film is, essentially a journey over this extraordinary line, showing it in all its glory. The second film is partially touristic, but also shows the renovations of the original motrices in 1987 and the trials of the new Stadler Z-151 rake in 1987. The last film moves over the border into Spain and shows operations on the spectacular electric Nuria rack railway. Three very professional films, and highly recommended. A 20 page booklet is also included. Add to shopping basket

French Steam Survivors App. 110 mins • DVD £24.65 This DVD from Railstuff includes Veterans of the Vivarais, previously on video, showing operations on this famous metre gauge preserved line in France's Massif Central during May 2000. Mallets, railcars, glorious scenery and a world famous restaurant at the end of the line; what more could you want? Whilst lacking archive footage, this film has the benefit of showing fairly recent operations on this line - an excellent record of this glorious railway. Also included is previously un-issued and interesting footage shot on the 60cm. gauge Pithiviers-Toury line south of Paris, and the standard gauge CF Touristique de la Vallée de la Doller in Alsace during 2003. No special galas or anything else, these films show the lines the way you would find them as a visitor. Add to shopping basket

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Archive Films of Ton Pruissen: see this section for three excellent archive films on French Railways from 1932 to 1966, and another with a mind blowing sequence of the narrow gauge in France - in 1918, all now with English commentary.