France not only offers fast trains but also very comfortable ones: Shortly after the departure from the valley station, the fer de la Rhune He 2/2, built in 1914 by the SLM/BBC, arrives with its first

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France / Narrow Gauge / Le chemin de Fer de la Rhune

France not only offers fast trains but also very comfortable ones: Shortly after the departure from the valley station, the fer de la Rhune He 2/2, built in 1914 by the SLM/BBC, arrives with its first train of the day at Vmax 9 km/h the journey to the summit of La Rhune. The “valley station” refers to the Col de Saint-Ignace pass at 198 m above sea level. As you can see, the train also runs in bad weather.

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The summit: One of the Chemin de Fer de la Rhune three-phase AC locomotives "He 2/2" departs with its train from the summit station La Rhune, located in the Basque Country right at the border to Spain, at "only" 905 meters above (the nearby!) sea level, but with a fantastic view. April 12, 2024 
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France offers not only fast trains but also very cozy ones: Shortly after the summit station La Rhune (905 m above sea level), the Chemin de fer de la Rhune He 2/2, built in 1914 by SLM/BBC, with a maximum speed of 9 km/h, is on its first train of the day heading down to the "valley," where "valley station" refers to the mountain pass Col de Saint-Ignace at 198 m above sea level. In the background, the view glides over the mighty Atlantic as well as the two towns of Ciboure and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. April 12, 2024 
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One of the six Chemin de Fer de La Rhune He 2/2 three-phase locomotives with its train at the summit station La Rhune. The summit station is located at just over 900 meters above sea level, which is only about 12 kilometers away from the sea. April 12, 2024 
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View of the depot of the Chemin de Fer de la Rhune, located a good three hundred meters from the valley station. April 12, 2024 
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One of the six Chemin de Fer de La Rhune He 2/2 three-phase locomotives has arrived at its destination in La Rhune at 905 m above sea level.

One of the six Chemin de Fer de La Rhune He 2/2 three-phase locomotives is almost at the destination of the journey with its train: at the La Rhune summit station at 905 meters above sea level.

We drove up the Col de St-Ignace again in cloudy weather, but there was a slightly better opportunity to photograph the Chemin de Fer de la Rhune.

A Chemin de Fer de La Rhune He 2/2 leaves the Ignace train station and heads to the La Rhune summit.

After the Chemin de Fer de la Rhune He 2/2 took the guests to the summit with the first train of the day, the train now returns empty to the valley.

One of the three-phase HG 2/2 trains reaches the valley station at the Col de Saint-Ignace pass at 198 m above sea level in Kärze.

Approximately in the middle of the route, our train traveling downhill crosses two trains traveling uphill, although only one can be seen here.