French Steam Survivors

This DVD visits three French preserved lines, all operated by steam power.

The smallest, the 60cm gauge Pithiviers-Toury line was France's first preserved railway dating back to 1966. Next we will visit the standard-gauge CF Touristique de la Vallee de la Doller in Alasace, originally an SNCF branch line it has operated as a tourist line since 1976. The third and largest is the famous Vivarais line in the Rhone valley of southern France. Preserved since 1968 it uses Mallet articulated locomotives and picturesque Billard autorails on daily services in summer.

Each line is seen as an oridinary visitor would: no galah events, no touristy gimmicks and no "enthusiast specials".Included is the full content of Veterans of the Vivarais, previously available on VHS.