The Mont Cenis Pass Railway operated from 1868 to 1871 (with some interruptions) during the construction of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps between...
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pass. The descent lies through the Cenis Valley to Susa (49.9 km / 37 mi from Modane) where the road joins the railway. To the southwest of the Mont Cenis...
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Fréjus Rail Tunnel (redirect from Mont Cenis Tunnel)
called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of 13.7 km (8.5 mi) length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway through Mont Cenis to an...
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the locomotives' shoes were replaced after each journey on the Mont Cenis Pass Railway. Extra brake shoes were fitted to specially designed or adapted...
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used the Mont Cenis Pass to get between France and Italy. From 1868 to 1871 the temporary Mont Cenis Pass Railway ran over the Mont Cenis pass to link...
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Turin–Modane railway it is often called "Fréjus Railway" or "Mont Cenis Railway". Despite running under the Fréjus Pass, it is sometimes called the Mont Cenis Railway...
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Pass, the Col de Montgenèvre, the Col du Mont Cenis, the two St Bernard passes (Little St Bernard Pass and Great St Bernard Pass), the Splügen Pass,...
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Mediterranean. From 1868 to 1871 the Mont Cenis Pass Railway, a temporary mountain railway line over the Mont Cenis Pass was used for mail. After use of steamships...
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Bedous) Bordeaux–Irun railway (Spain, via Dax and Bayonne) Abandoned: Mont Cenis Pass Railway (Italy, via the Mont Cenis Pass prior to the Fréjus Rail...
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section is in operation as a tourist line. Both railways used the Riggenbach system. Mont Cenis Pass Railway; temporary while main tunnel built. Vesuvius...
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