bluedepot Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hi everyone  I shall be visiting this area of France later in the year.  Can anyone suggest good railway places to visit or good locations to see freight or interesting passenger workings?  I shall actually be in Geneva but plan to cross into France to see some SNCF action!  Any depots or freight yards that can be accessed for photography or video?  Cheers   Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hi everyone  I shall be visiting this area of France later in the year.  Can anyone suggest good railway places to visit or good locations to see freight or interesting passenger workings?  I shall actually be in Geneva but plan to cross into France to see some SNCF action!  Any depots or freight yards that can be accessed for photography or video?  Cheers   Tim Amberieu is quite good- it's where the Lyon- Bourg-en-Bresse- Dijon line meets the line that serves both Geneva and Modane/Chambery. Regular passenger services, and quite a bit of freight. http://goo.gl/maps/NaKRn There is also a small railway museum, which pays particular attention to the activities of Resistance Fer in the region- they specialised in dropping big locos into turntable pits 'accidentally'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Chambery always used to be a good area though it was a good 18 years since I last went.  Nice depot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Those two, Lyon Perrache, maybe Modane and St Jean De Maurienne? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedepot Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 cheers for the tips  i'd like to see the round house at chambery although i don't it's open to random visitors  i will try to spend a few hour at amberieu to film a few trains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 There are a few preserved electrics at Amberieu.  CC7002, CC7106, CC6549, CC6561, BB9256, BB9269 for instance.  This site may help get you more info:  http://www.apmfs.fr/index.html  There's an email link on there. No harm in emailing them and asking if a visit to Amberieu depot is an option. That's how I ended up visiting Mohon depot earlier this month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 cheers for the tips  i'd like to see the round house at chambery although i don't it's open to random visitors  i will try to spend a few hour at amberieu to film a few trains Nothing ventured. Haven't been to Chambery for many years, but I did manage to see quite a lot of interesting stuff there on random visits. You never can tell with France - sometimes permission will be granted (I never expected to be allowed in at Dijon-Perrigny), at other times (weekends) you might have a job finding someone to ask! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 cheers for the tips  i'd like to see the round house at chambery although i don't it's open to random visitors  i will try to spend a few hour at amberieu to film a few trains http://www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/offre/fiche/rotonde-sncf/73CHSOR100030 suggests that groups can visit- you could try contacting them and see if there's an Anglophone group you could join. Alternatively on the 'Journées de patrimoine' (European Heritage Days, 14th/15th September), they normally have an open day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedepot Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 cheers. I shall email amberieu and chambery depots to see if I can arrange a visit!  can't wait to see a some sncf trains in a region I haven't been to since I was a child  tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I had a stop over in Chambrey on the 14th Sept,on my way to Milan,managed an hour on the Sunday morning(8.15-9.20am) while waiting for my TGV, it was like a British winters day,dark and damp,but warm.  Don't know anything about French railways,but here's the photo's i took,not the best,seemed it could be a busy place,loads of locos in and around the roundhouse,there was a couple of freights didn't bother a picture they were to fast for the poor light.         There was also a few loco's at the Mondane roundhouse when i passed,and a couple of freights in the yard  Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 See my thread for locos at Modane, latest post (25/09) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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