A cogwheel train has just started in Chamonix to climb up to 1913m high Montenvers-Mer de Glace. the motor coach is always on the valley-side, so motorcoach 41 pushes side coach 51 up the 5141 lon... (more)
SNCF Unit 52 stands at Chamonix Mont Blanc. the train is the 19:11 to St Gervais le Bains. This line normally runs through to Switzerland but the line is currently closed for engineering works.
Z 604 is a preserved and repainted in its origin colors electric railcar (built in April 1958). In background we see the "Mont Blanc" massif. Electricity is channeling by rubbing on a third rail ... (more)
Z 604, preserved electric railcar built in April 1958, reflects in lake of "Praz de Chamonix". Electricity is channeling by rubbing on a third rail fed with 750V DC.
A train on the Montenvers rack railway crawls upwards past the Montenvers hotel as it approaches the station at the Mer de Glace. The sun has yet to rise high enough to illuminate the cliffs beyon... (more)
The view from the station at the Montenvers hotel overlooking the Mer de Glace is stunning. Over recent years though, the glacier has retreated considerably
The Chemin de fer du Montenvers runs from Chamonix up to a station by the Hotel de Montenvers overlooking the Mer de Glace glacier. In this view a train awaits departure from the station in Chamon... (more)
Train 55+45 on a rack railway under upper station Montenvers.
Crossing two trains 45 and 52 on a rack railway Chamonix - Montenvers belong to Compagnie du Mont Blanc.
