Froissy-Dompierre Light Railway, France
Nach dem Besuch des Dampffestivals in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme an der Atlantikküste, machten wir noch einen Abstecher zu dieser sehenswerten Schmalspurbahn, gelegen 40km östlich von Amiens.
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Photo charter on the Froissy Dompierre light railway - September 2018
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Anniversaire du Petit Train de la Haute Somme, demo de vapeur vive en 45mm, Part 3
Froissy Dompierre Light Railway
Three short clips of the Froissy Dompierre Light Railway in Picardie, northern France, also called Le p'tit train de la Haute-Somme.
A Ride on the Froissy - Dompierre Light Railway
Hauled by Baldwin Class 10-12-D loco #778 on a visit from the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in the UK.
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway, (Le Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre (CFCD)) also known as Le P'tit (Petit) train de la Haute Somme is a narrow-gauge light railway near the village of Cappy, in the Somme department, France. I can only describe their facilities as being some of the best (and newest and cleanest!) which I have ever seen for a Narrow Gauge Railway.
In 1915, the French Army built a railway along the Somme Canal between Péronne and Froissy. Between 1916 and 1918 the railway was at the Allied front line, and transporting 1,500 tonnes of materials daily. At Froissy, the metre gauge Réseau Albert connected with the Froissy Dompierre Light Railway.
During the First World War, the expected life of a loco on this railway was no more than 3 weeks before being destroyed by enemy action. The line is exposed as it climbs out of the Somme Valley and the smoke from the locos was a give-away of the locos position. Eventually they adopted internal combustion powered locos to reduce the signature to the enemy.
After the WW1 the railway was used to transport reconstruction materials to the villages in that area, and after the Second World War the railway was used to transport sugar beet to a processing factory at the Dompierre end of the line.
Unusually for a railway outside Asia or South America, the line has a reverse to assist the trains in climbing out of the Somme Valley to the higher surrounding ground, something to which Adrian Shooter's Darjeeling B Class would be very familiar and well suited! The reverse comprises of short sections of line which zig-zags up a hill in order so that the train may gain (or loose) height over a short distance in which the train needs to run forward and then reverse one or more times.
Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme is run as a heritage railway by APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens). It is the last survivor of the 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge trench railways of the World War I battlefields.
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Anniversaire du Petit Train de la Haute Somme, demo de vapeur vive en 45mm, Part 1
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Anniversaire du Petit Train de la Haute Somme, demo de vapeur vive en 45mm, Part 2
Froissy Cappy Dompierre Steam Railway Gala
The 40th Anniversary Steam Gala of the Froissy Cappy Dompierre Railway.Since the formation of the Railway Preservation Society. In Northern France, alongside / near the Somme Canal. The Railway was used in the First World War to take the ammunition to the front line. With genuine Darjeeeling Himalayan visiting Locomotive . Owned by Adrian Shooter. On the Zig Zag part of the Railway. and between Froissy and Cappy.
40th Anniversary Gala of the Froissy - Cappy - Dompierre Railway
The 2nd - 5th June 2011 saw the 40th Anniversary of the APPEVA and the Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme Together with the site based Locomotives, guest engines from other French railways and the UK attended. Including a Darjeerling tank and and ex 1st WW Baldwin 4-6-0
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Locomotive Darjeeling partant de la gare de Froissy Fête des 40 ans
Darjeeling B Class loco #19 at Froissy Station on the Froissy - Dompierre Light Railway
A long way from the Himalayas, Darjeeling B Class loco #19 owned by Adrian Shooter on a visit to the Froissy- Dompierre Light Railway on the 40th Anniversary of the reopening of the 600mm gauge railway after being acquired by a group of French Railway Enthusiasts.
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway, (Le Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre (CFCD)) also known as Le P'tit (Petit) train de la Haute Somme is a narrow-gauge light railway near the village of Cappy, in the Somme department, France.
In 1915, the French Army built a railway along the Somme Canal between Péronne and Froissy. Between 1916 and 1918 the railway was at the Allied front line, and transporting 1,500 tonnes of materials daily. At Froissy, the metre gauge Réseau Albert connected with the Froissy Dompierre Light Railway.
During the First World War, the expected life of a loco on this railway was no more than 3 weeks before being destroyed by enemy action. The line is exposed as it climbs out of the Somme Valley and the smoke from the locos was a give-away of the locos position. Eventually they resorted to night-time movements of the steam engines and then adopted internal combustion powered locos to reduce the visual signature to the enemy.
Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme is run as a heritage railway by APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens). It is the last survivor of the 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge trench railways of the World War I battlefields.
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Fireman's eye view of the Cappy Froissy Dompierre railway in northern France from the footplate of Barclay 0-6-0T 'Doll' visiting from the Leighton Buzzard Railway in Bedfordshire. The tunnel's on a 1 in 35 gradient climbing out of the Somme valley!
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Outside of music, one of my other interests is working on narrow gauge steam locomotives at the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway. This is a clip I took from the footplate of Baldwin Steam locomotive WD778 on Le pétit train de la Haute Somme during its visit to the Somme in June 2011.
Originally this locomotive was ordered by the War Department as one of 495 locomotives ordered from the Baldwin Locomotive works for service on the allied forces military railway, built to service the trenches, during World War 1. Fortunately this locomotive never quite made it into service during the war, but one of its many sisters may have worked on the lower part of the surviving railway Between Foissy Pont and Cappy Port. The Lower part of the railway was built and used by the French and allied forces, whilst the railway at the top of the Plateau was part of the German military railway. The Tunnel and the zig-zag (which is only partically shown) was built after the war when the railway worked as an industrial railway serving two sugar factories, transporting goods from the factories to Cappy port where the goods were transferred onto canal boats.
1er Mai à Cappy
Petit train de la haute somme changement de loco en gare de Cappy
Baldwin Class 10-12-D loco #778 on the Froissy - Dompierre Light Railway
A Baldwin Class 10-12-D loco now owned by the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in the UK on a visit to the Froissy- Dompierre Light Railway on the 40th Anniversary of the reopening of the 600mm gauge railway after being acquired by a group of French Railway Enthusiasts.
The Baldwin Class 10-12-D was a class of narrow gauge 4-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (USA) for the British War Department Light Railways for service in France during World War I. They were built in 1916-1917 to 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge. #778 was built in 1917.
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway, (Le Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre (CFCD)) also known as Le P'tit (Petit) train de la Haute Somme is a narrow-gauge light railway near the village of Cappy, in the Somme department, France.
In 1915, the French Army built a railway along the Somme Canal between Péronne and Froissy. Between 1916 and 1918 the railway was at the Allied front line, and transporting 1,500 tonnes of materials daily. At Froissy, the metre gauge Réseau Albert connected with the Froissy Dompierre Light Railway.
During the First World War, the expected life of a loco on this railway was no more than 3 weeks before being destroyed by enemy action. The line is exposed as it climbs out of the Somme Valley and the smoke from the locos was a give-away of the locos position. Eventually they adopted internal combustion powered locos to reduce the signature to the enemy.
Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme is run as a heritage railway by APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens). It is the last survivor of the 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge trench railways of the World War I battlefields.
Linesiding - p'tit train de l'haute Somme
40ème anniversaire de l'APPEVA (P'tit train de la Haute Somme) - 2ème partie
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Deuxième partie du film sur les 40 ans de l'APPEVA (P'tit train de la Haute Somme) au Hameau de Froissy dans la Somme . En vedette : Locomotive 030T Decauville de 1920 (Chemin de Fer des Chanteraines - France). Locomotive 020T Decauville de 1911 (Chemin de Fer des Chanteraines - France). Locomotive 030T Decauville de 1916 (Chemin de fer Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Locomotive 040T Borsig de 1918(Chemin de fer Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Locomotive 020T Leary construite en 2010 par un groupe de bénévoles en s'inspirant du modèle construit en 1870 par De Winton au Pays de Galles ( Ffestinog Railway - Grande Bretagne). Locotracteur T25 Iveco Coferna de 1941 (Chemin de fer Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Locotracteur T34 Plymouth de 1945 (Chemin de fer Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Locotracteur T29 Socofer de 1968 (Chemin de fer Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Images enregistrées les 3 et 4 juin 2011. (A visionner de préférence en HD et grand écran).
Second part of the film on the 40th anniversary of the APPEVA (P'tit train de la Haute Somme) Hameau of Froissy in the Somme; France. Features: 030T Decauville locomotive of 1920 (Railways Chanteraines - France). 020T Decauville locomotive of 1911 (Railways Chanteraines - France). 030T Decauville locomotive of 1916 (Railway Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). 040T Borsig locomotive of 1918 (Railway Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Leary 020T locomotive built in 2010 by a group of volunteers based on the model built in 1870 by De Winton Wales (Ffestinog Railway - Great Britain). T25 loco Iveco Coferna of 1941 (Railway Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Plymouth T34 loco 1945 (Railway Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Socofer T29 loco 1968 (Railway Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Images recorded on 3 and 4 June 2011. (Watching of preference in HD and widescreen).
40ème anniversaire de l'APPEVA (P'tit train de la Haute Somme) - 1ère partie
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Première partie du film sur l'anniversaire des 40 ans de l'APPEVA (P'tit train de la Haute Somme) au Hameau de Froissy dans la Somme.
En vedettes : Locomotive 040 + T KDL de 1945, Franco-Belge (CFCD - Chemin de fer Froissy Cappy Dompierre - France). Locomotive 020T Class B de 1889 du Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Beeches Light Railway - Grande Bretagne). Locomotive 230T Baldwin de 1917 de Baldwin Locomotive Works (Leighton Buzzard Railway - Grande Bretagne).
Images enregistrées les 3 et 4 juin 2011. (A visionner de préférence en HD et grand écran).
First part of the film on the 40th anniversary of the APPEVA (P'tit train de la Haute Somme) in the Hameau of Froissy the Somme, France.
Features: Locomotive 040 T + KDL 1945, Franco-Belge (CFCD - France). 020T Class B locomotive of 1889 the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Beeches Light Railway - Great Britain). Baldwin Locomotive 230T of 1917 Baldwin Locomotive Works (Leighton Buzzard Railway - Great Britain).
Images recorded on 3 and 4 June 2011. (Watching of preference in HD and widescreen).
A Darjeeling B Class Loco -- in FRANCE!
A long way from the Himalayas, Darjeeling B Class Loco #19 owned by Adrian Shooter on a visit to the Froissy- Dompierre Light Railway on the 40th Anniversary of the reopening of the 600mm gauge railway after an extensive programme of refurbishment.
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway, also known as Le P'tit (Petit) train de la Haute Somme is a narrow-gauge light railway near the village of Cappy, in the Somme department, France.
In 1915, the French Army built a railway along the Somme Canal between Péronne and Froissy. Between 1916 and 1918 the railway was at the Allied front line, and transporting 1,500 tonnes of materials daily. At Froissy, the metre gauge Réseau Albert connected with the Froissy Dompierre Light Railway.
During the First World War, the expected life of a loco on this railway was no more than 3 weeks before being destroyed by enemy action. The line is exposed as it climbs out of the Somme Valley and the smoke from the locos was a give-away of the locos position.
Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme is run as a heritage railway by APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens). It is the last survivor of the 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge trench railways of the World War I battlefields.
le Petit Train de la Haute Somme
This 600mm narrow gauge railway runs between Froissy, Cappy and Dompierre in the Vallée de la Somme in Picardy. From Froissy it runs alongside the Canal de la Somme before turning away and passing through a 230m long tunnel. Passing through woods the line uses a zig-zag to raise it up on to the Santerre plateau. The railway was originally built in 1916 by the British Army to supply the Front Lines during WW1. After the hostilities ceased the line was used for the reconstruction of nearby villages and from 1924 for the transport of sugar beet by the Sucrerie Centrale du Santerre. It has been run as a tourist attraction by volunteers since 1971 and has a large exhibition hall housing a collection of steam and diesel locomotives together with wagons used by the various armies during WW1. There are also some WW2 locomotives and industrial engines on display. The railway is twinned with the Leighton Buzzard narrow gauge railway in England.