Rhune tourist trains on a rack railway at the time of shunting (France). Trains touristiques de la Rhune se croisant (France).
Rhune tourist trains on a rack railway at the time of shunting (Atlantic Pyrenees - France). Built in 1924, that little train on a cog railway climbs at a speed of 5 miles per hour from the station of the Saint Ignace Pass up to the Rhune summit (2,968 feet above the sea level). The rack railway gradient is in places of two and a half in ten! Trains touristiques à crémaillère de la Rhune se croisant (Pyrénées Atlantiques - France). Construit en 1924, ce petit train grimpe à 8 km/h de la gare du col de Saint-Ignace jusqu'au sommet de la Rhune (905 m). La pente de la voie est par endroits de 25%!
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Location: Rhune Massif Atlantic Pyrenees France
Photo credit: © M@rcel / Alamy / Afripics
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