The argument persists to this day regarding whose were more impressive, American or British? Development In the succeeding years ever-larger types were conceived to handle increasingly greater demand.
Its initiation here began in 1826 when Colonel John Stevens showcased his "Steam Waggon" (basically a steam-powered horse carriage) on a small circular track at his estate in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was largely responsible for driving the American industrial machine although has its origins in England, with the first patented version credited to Richard Trevithick and Andrew Vivian in 1802. Nothing else in railroading has ever been quite as alluring. Its remaining course is through a green landscape of steep pastures, the realm of the goats whose milk is made into those delicious "pélardons des Cévennes".Steam locomotives are impressive, captivating, ingenious, complex, and dangerous devices all wrapped within a single frame.
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Then comes another fine series of civil engineering works: a deep cutting with high retaining walls, a 6 arch viaduct over the road to Lasalle, and the Salindrinque rivulet, followed by the last tunnel of the line with its 157 metres. Winding our way through a pine wood, we reach the station at Toiras-Lasalle after running over a superb 7 arch curved viaduct high above the river bed, whose width gives a clue to the Gardon's huge flow of water during the autumn floods. The train then picks up speed again and, after another short tunnel, goes through the halt at Corbès, just before the old mill of a former paper manufacture. Looking down, you may see fish sparkling in the clear water. This is one of the line's finest panoramas, and the train slows down to let passengers admire the Gate to the Cévennes they have crossed a few kilometres earlier. The line then reaches wilder landscapes after crossing the Prafrance tunnel (114 m) that opens onto the great Mescladou viaduct, whose 11 arches span the confluence of the Gardon de Mialet and the Gardon de Saint Jean du Gard, which together form the Gardon d'Anduze. The park is planted with rare exotic trees, but is most notable for its bamboos about one hundred different species ! Some giant bamboos can be more than 20 metre tall, with young shoots growing by more than one metre per day !Īfter leaving the Bambouseraie, the train goes past the old station at Générargues. All trains stop at this station, allowing you to visit what is one the region's main sights. This 35-hectare estate has its own station, specially built by C.I.T.E.V. The railway then crosses the Gypières and Amous Valleys on a 3 arch and a 6 arch viaduct, takingus to the exotic and botanic park at La Bambouseraie.
Immediately after leaving Anduze, the line enters a long 833 m tunnel that opens onto a majestic 104 m long metal bridge over the Gardon river, crossing the two rocky outcrops called Saint Julien and Peyremale, that together form "the Gate to the Cévennes". Leaving from Anduze, it takes you to Saint-Jean-du-Gard, winding through tunnels and along viaducts, to let you discover the valleys of the Gardon and their superb views from the open carriages of old railway cars.Ī 13-kilometre trip that will enchant the old and young alike! Long blasts of a whistle and strident jets of steam announce the departure of the train.
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