LYON "FRET"
LYON-PERRACHE; November 2001.
North of the passenger train station, is the bridge over the Soane
River and the tunnel under Fourviere Hill; both are multiple tracks. The
maze of switches (all remote at the greatest relief of all the conductors!!!!)
are to bring passenger trains into the station. In the earlier seventies,
this was the only major train station for the city. This engine now relegated
to switching services around the station was the star of that era
as it had just beaten world speed records between Paris and Lyon. It was
in essence a precurssor of the high speed trains of today.
LYON-PERRACHE; November 2001.
The passenger station also see freight trains. The junction with tracks
heading south is just west of the station. This autorack is heading to
the main freight yard south of the city. This engine is also a former passenger
train engine which served mainly in the late seventies early eighties.
LYON-PERRACHE; November 2001.
A few minutes later, a freight train once again pulled by a veteran
of the passenger service, stops right behind the autorack train.
