France - Day 1
Monday, 22nd August, 2005 |
After visiting the yard a St Hillaire we headed east to see what we could find after a bit of Zig zagging through the French country side we arrived in the Les Trois Domaines area. | |||
58007 on a track train at a rather murky Les Trois Domaines | |||
A general view of the LGV track bed, looking west, you can see here the level ballast bed can be seen on to which the new rail ballast will be laid | |||
A general view of the LGV track bed, looking east, you can see here the level ballast bed can be seen on to which the new rail ballast will be laid | |||
As Les Trois Domaines was the limit of the track laying at the time we snaked our way back westwards following the line as closely as the roads would allow. We next managed to find... | |||
A SNCF Co-Co heads up a track recovery train | |||
Quite a monster up close, the train was picking up building 'debris' from the line and loading it for disposal elsewhere | |||
It didn't take long to find the queue of trains waiting to return to the Ocquerre base. | |||
Quite a collection of on track plant basking in the summer sun | |||
EWS owned and in Fertis colours 56118 and 051 head up a double top and tailed ballast working | |||
Ocquerre | |||
Returning to the base at Ocquerre 56118 and 051 roll down the bank towards the construction base | |||
The German 212s return to Ocquerre | |||
What a friendly bunch of drivers |
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