First Lines
What made the French Narrow Gauge so French? - W J K Davies sets the scene for this special issue of Narrow Gauge World
On the Channel Coast - Photographs from a recent visit to CF de la Bale de Somme
Narrow Gauge in Correze - Neil Sprinks was lucky enough to discover this now closed system in the 1950s, when it still provided character and atmosphere in abundance
Railway Holiday in Corsica - The surviving lines on this Mediterranean island still retain very much their own flavour
Oradour-sur-Glane
Contrasts in Provence - Two utterly different termini - 150km apart
RS1 + LW(m) =.M31 - A railcar conundrum is solved at last
Modelling the Vivarais - Jacques Pore has known the doyen of narrow gauge preservation in France for more than 25 years. He looks both at the prototype and what is available for modellers
Books
See the World - by narrow gauge!
World Scene - News from Overseas
Home Happenings - News from the British Isles
Mountain Country - Two out-of-the-ordinary railways in the Pyrenees
A Glimpse of the Blanc Argent - A whimsical folly - as well as local cheeses and wine! - add to the appeal of a line that has just celebrated its centenary
From Trenches to Tourists - On the former battlefields of northern France, the narrow gauge fights on at 'Le p'tit train de la Haute Somme'
Museum at Valmondois - A fascinating collection of tramway equipment, housed on the outskirts of Paris, can easily be visited in a day from London