European Railroad Discussion > Criterium du Dauphine trains

Actually caught a few of them in Stage 8, sadly lost by Tejay today...

1. World time trial champion races the train

2. Peloton catches up with the end of a second train, I think....

3. Local fauna



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4. I was surrpised to see open autoracks in this day and age

5. Finally, no idea what this steam exhibit is...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/15 06:21 by NH2006.

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Looks like you've got some class 36000 in your first picture? 

Akiem (daughter company of SNCF) hires these to a number of French operators. Thello being just one of them.


 

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Wasn't it the Criterium du Dauphine (apologies for lack of accents)?

cricketer8for9 Wrote:
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> Wasn't it the Criterium du Dauphine (apologies for
> lack of accents)?

Oops, got my races crossed up there!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/15 06:21 by NH2006.

Well, that's a relief -- I knew SNCF Fret had a surplus of locomotives, but I didn't think some had been converted to operate from 15 kV on the Gotthard....    The operation did have a Maurienne look to it.

The preserved steam locomotive near Modane is actually Italian, ex-FS 640 021, a 2-6-0.   During construction of the motorway the original* French portal was moved a few hundred meters and reconstructed block-by-block.

* The railway tunnel entry on the French side is not the original;  I believe a slightly different entry path had to be constructed due to rock instability near the original entry.  Correction or amplification welcomed !

Best, SZ

Steinzeit Wrote:
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> * The railway tunnel entry on the French side is
> not the original;  I believe a slightly different
> entry path had to be constructed due to rock
> instability near the original entry.  Correction
> or amplification welcomed !

It was moved slightly to the East side and extended to to weak rock formation.