Interesting places in the Pyrenees and around with Jane Cautch

Yellow Train, an important part of the Cultural and Tourist Heritage of the Eastern Pyrenees (France)

The Yellow train (fr. train jaune)

There is the railway station in Villefranche de Conflent from which you can reach Latour de Carol. The normal gauge railway tracks change at the Villefranche – Vernet-les-Bains railway station to a narrow gauge railroad, which is for the yellow tourist train.

The railway’s construction began in 1903 and …

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Pyrenees: transport, logistics and how to get to?

Pyrenees: transport, logistics and how to get to?

The transport of the Pyrenees is based around two facts: it is a rock massif that clearly divides the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe; and you have to overcome it. All commercial, public and private transport going between Iberian Peninsula and the center of …

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Transport, weapons and best technologies by Andrew Panteleyev

Railways of the countries of the world: P-32 Victory. Soviet long-distance cargo locomotive type 1-5-0. Vadim Zadorozhny’s Museum of Equipment, Russia

Railways of the countries of the world: P-32 Victory. Soviet long-distance cargo locomotive type 1-5-0. It is one of the best and most massive Soviet locomotives, which was operated on all railways of all the republics of the former USSR. This locomotive was produced at the Voroshilovgrad plant (Lugansk) in 1952.

Vadim Zadorozhny’s Museum of Equipment, …

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