Скачать или смотреть SNCF's Yellow Train Part 2 Villefranche to Latour de Carol 17 September 2014

This third rail 850V DC line with a maximum grade of 6% was built from Villefranche de Conflent to Mont Louis between 1903 & 1910. An extension to Latour de Carol was completed in 1927. The train climbs about 4000 feet in altitude along the Tet River valley on a narrow ledge often supported by large rock walls. Many tributaries to the Tet are crossed by stone viaducts and there are numerous tunnels. There are two very large bridges over the Tet - one a suspension bridge and the other a stone viaduct. From Font-Romeu the line drops over 1000 feet through a number of hairpin bends to an alpine plateau and then runs close to the Spanish border. At Latour de Carol we see meter, standard and Iberian gauge trains.
The second car of our train was fitted with track geometry measuring equipment and it is reported that four days after our trip on 17 September 2014, the line was closed for at least six weeks. It had been scheduled to close between 29 September and 5 December.
The first part of the journey was in the leading power car but at Bourg-Madame I changed to the open air car (fifth car in the train)