Petit train du Parc Floral
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.jpg) Deutz - Diesel locomotive OMZ 122 F
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 Route
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| Route length: | 1.9 km |
| Gauge : | 600 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The Petit train du Parc Floral is a light railway operated as a park railway in the Parc Floral in Orléans-la-Source in France.
Route
The approximately 1.9 km long route has a track width of 600 mm. It runs with two turning loops from the entrance to Rocaille.
history
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The track was put into operation in April 1967 at the Floralies Internationales d'Orléans garden show and is still in regular operation this summer.
business
The miniature railway is today with a Deutz - diesel locomotive operated OMZ 122 F of the association, which includes the museum railway Tacot des Lacs operates. It runs four times a week in the afternoons from mid-June to November 1, there and back.
Rail vehicles
Steam locomotives
The following steam locomotives were used, which previously drove to the Moulins Neuf quarries near Lucy, Nièvre:
- Henschel Fulda 23735/1937, today Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre
- Henschel Riesa 23411/1937, today Herrenleite Feldbahnmuseum
- Henschel Fabia 21140/1928 with a tender, today Chemin de fer de la Vallée de l'Ouche, Bligny-sur-Ouche
Diesel locomotives
The following diesel locomotives ran the route:
- HF130C, probably Gmeinder 4184/1944
- HF50B, probably Gmeinder, today Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury
- HF50B, still in the Parc de la Source today.
dare
The passenger cars were conversions by Cadoux, including:
- 6 Pershing
- 4 two-axle vehicles
- 1 bogie wagon with Decauville -Drehgestellen
Web links
- www.parcfloraldelasource.com/…/train (official website)
Individual evidence
- ^ Anne-Marie Royer-Pantin: Le tramway de La Nouvelle-Orléans, 21 km de bonheur.
- ↑ Le petit train du Parc Floral est sur les rails.
- ↑ a b c Parc floral de la Source in Orléans. February 15, 2011.
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 51 ″ N , 1 ° 56 ′ 16 ″ E