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Voies Ferrées Des Landes
The Voies Ferrées des Landes (VFL) was founded in 1916 from the merger of three short line railway companies in the Landes forest region of Gascony, France. The railway lines were created primarily to transport timber from the forested area. By the beginning of the 21st century only 17 km of the peak of 361 km peak length of the railway remained in commercial use. A section of the line between Labouheyre and Sabres was taken over by the ''Association française des amis des chemins de fer'' (AFAC) and now serves an agricultural museum in Marquèze. History In 1854 the Chemin de Fer du Midi (CF du Midi) had constructed a line between Bordeaux and Dax, the Landes Forest, created in the 18th century was by then producing mature trees. In 1875, the company began to support though subsidiary companies the creation of secondary lines serving agricultural roads built in the area in the 1850s. The ''Chemins de fer d'intérêt local des Landes'' (CFILL) opened several lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VFLI
Captrain France, formerly VFLI, is a French freight rail company. It is a subsidiary of SNCF's Rail Logistics Europe. The company was formed in 1998 as a low cost short line and industrial railway operator. History VFLI was established in 1998 by SNCF to operate as a low cost operation, initially the company took over the operations of two industrial railway systems: Voies Ferrées des Landes (VFL) and Mines Dominiales de Potasse d'Alsace. In 2000 the company began a joint venture with Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux (CFD) named''Voies Ferrées du Morvan'' to operate the 87 km Avallon-Autun railway line, and in 2001 took over operations on the ''Houllières du Bassin de Lorraine'' (HBL) via a subsidiary 'VFLI Cargo''. Up to 2007 the company was involved in the construction of LGV Est through the subsidiary ''Fertis''. In 2007, VFLI was certificatied to run trains on the full extent of the French national railway network owned by Réseau Ferré de France. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Railway
A forest railway, forest tram, timber line, logging railway or logging railroad is a mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felling, felled logs to sawmills or railway stations. In most cases this form of transport utilised narrow gauges, and were temporary in nature, and in rough and sometimes difficult to access terrain. History Before the railway was invented, logs were transported in large numbers from the forest down rivers either freely or on wooden rafts. This was not without its problems and wood was often damaged in transit, lost in floods or stranded in shallow water. Suitable rivers were often unavailable in mountainous terrain. Simple wagonways, using horses and wooden rails, were used from the 18th century. However the invention of the steam locomotive and steel rails soon led to these being employed for forestry. However the difficult terrain within forests meant that narrow-gauge railways, which took up less s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moustey
Moustey (; oc, Mostèirs e Viganon) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population Gallery Moustey Biganon mairie.jpg, Town hall Moustey 2 églises.jpg, Churches File:Moustey SM porte cagots.jpg, Former door for Cagots in the . See also *Communes of the Landes department *Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne'') is a protected area of pine forest, wetland and oceanic coastline located in the Landes de Gascogne natural region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in sou ... References Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ychoux
Ychoux (; oc, Ishós) is a commune in the Landes department, New Aquitaine, southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories i ... References Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartas
Tartas (; oc, Tartàs) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories i ... References Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laluque
Laluque (; oc-gsc, La Luca) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories i ... Toponymy Laluque would come from the Latin word Lucus which means sacred wood in Latin Sport There is a sports club called the USL (L'Union Sportive Laluquoise) evolving promotion level second division (formerly promotion first division) in the district of Landes. The Laluque Music School. History Henri Ferrand blew up 50 wagons on his one, he fought for the liberation of the France. The Laluque's museum is a Traditional house from the early 19th century with half-timbered walls and briquettes - the museum allows you to go back in time. The guides welcome you and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voies Ferrées Locales Et Industrielles
Captrain France, formerly VFLI, is a French freight rail company. It is a subsidiary of SNCF's Rail Logistics Europe. The company was formed in 1998 as a low cost short line and industrial railway operator. History VFLI was established in 1998 by SNCF to operate as a low cost operation, initially the company took over the operations of two industrial railway systems: Voies Ferrées des Landes (VFL) and Mines Dominiales de Potasse d'Alsace. In 2000 the company began a joint venture with Compagnie des chemins de fer départementaux (CFD) named''Voies Ferrées du Morvan'' to operate the 87 km Avallon-Autun railway line, and in 2001 took over operations on the ''Houllières du Bassin de Lorraine'' (HBL) via a subsidiary 'VFLI Cargo''. Up to 2007 the company was involved in the construction of LGV Est through the subsidiary ''Fertis''. In 2007, VFLI was certificatied to run trains on the full extent of the French national railway network owned by Réseau Ferré de France. By 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes (department)
Landes (; oc, label= Gascon and Occitan, Lanas ; eu, Landak) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Southwestern France, with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It borders Gers to the east, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to the south, Lot-et-Garonne to the north-east, and Gironde to the north. It also borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Located on the Atlantic coast, it had a population of 413,690 as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 40 Landes INSEE Its is . The department is the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes Forest
The Landes forest (; La forêt des Landes in French) in the Landes de Gascogne (las Lanas de Gasconha in the Gascon language), in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodland in Western Europe. The French word, ''landes'' and Gascon ''lanas'', mean 'moors' or 'heaths', from Transalpine Gaulish *''landa'' ("uninhabited/uncultivated area"); compare Irish ''lann'', Welsh ''llan'' (“enclosure”). Geography The forest (also known as the 'moors of Gascony', and formerly, the 'moors of Bordeaux') covers a large portion of Landes and Gironde, two of the departments of France; it also spills over into parts of the Lot-et-Garonne department. The sources of several rivers can be found in this region, including the sources of the Leyre, the Boudigau, the Ciron, and the Gat Mort. The largest towns within the forest are Arcachon, Dax, and Mont-de-Marsan. Origin as a pine plantation The forest is composed mostly of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
