Le Train du Centre Var - Gardanne-Brignoles-Carnoules

[attcv]

Hi everyone. Here's the latest screenies from my work in progress. Done about a quarter of the route so far. For those unfamiliar with the area, the line is a single-track rural line connecting the Aix-Marseille and the Toulon-Nice-Ventimiglia lines. It was closed to passenger traffic just before WW2 and the last regular freight train ran in around 1980 when the bauxite mines closed. Today there's a tourist train between Carnoules and Brignoles and the occasional military train.

Below: The tourist train terminus at Carnoules Les Platanes.





The depot at Besse-sur-Issole, home to a railway museum

A couple enjoy the peace and quiet of the Provence countryside

A level-crossing stop on the approach to Ste Anastasie. By the late 1980s the level-crossing and signalling equipment
had been removed (note de-wired telegraph poles), so trains have to carry extra crew to stop the traffic on the roads!

Ste Anastasie station. The station building has been restored and has a shop selling local goods and railway memorabilia.

The former Forcalquieret-Garéoult station, now a private dwelling. The train doesn't stop here.

Alongside the D43 road near Garéoult

Another level crossing stop as we approach Camps-la-Source.

Like the previous station, the station building at Camps-la-Source is also now a house.

More pics to follow...

 

[oknotsen]

Those are some nice looking detailed shots!
Thanks for sharing.

 

[attcv]

At long last the section between Carnoules les Platanes and Brignoles is complete!! The tourist train arrives at its destination.

Now working on the Brignoles - St.Maximin section of the line, where it starts to become really scenic! Pics will follow...