
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 The fantastic scenery remains the same, but the old railcars have been replaced by much more modern examples, which also look much more comfortable (the CFP is the only place I have seen someone literally turn green from travel sickness - but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.