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Travelling on a Railcar

Chapter 3
Travelling on a Railcar

There is a whole special world that lives around railcars, a world made of secondary lines, small stations, typical landscapes that have always been the kingdom of such trains, whether they are the flat paddy-fields in Lomellina or the rough lines that cross the Appennini, or even some scenic routes through the Alps, such as the Tenda line. And even though many railcars were built for important fast trains, they often ended their career just along secondary lines, as it happened, for instance, to the famous ALn 990.

It is also worth to remark that, if on the one hand many of these minor lines have often run the risk of being closed, it is exactly on some of them that, in the last years, a new tourist service has been successfully undertaken, and many other lines could follow this path!

 

Belgioioso (Pavia), 19 August 1985 (photo G. Demuru).
Travelling on a Railcar - Belgioioso

 

Nuovo! In 1984, ALn 772 railcars are at the end of their career, and run last local services around Novara, especially towards Varallo (photo G. Demuru).
Travelling on a Railcar - Novara.

 

The regional train Aulla - Lucca runs in the presence of the medieval bridge of Maddalena, near Borgo a Mozzano, on 17 July 1994.
Travelling on a Railcar - Borgo a Mozzano

 

ALn 663.1163 climbs up the Maritime Alps along the impressive Roya Valley, and arrives at Tenda, on 21 August 1997.
Travelling on a Railcar - Tenda

 

In the alpine landscape of the upper Tanaro Valley, ALn 668.3238 waits for departure time to Ceva, in Ormea on 11 August 1992.
Travelling on a Railcar - Ormea

 

Nuovo! In 1996, diesel railcars ALn 668 of the "1500" series are used on most services along the local line Asti-Casale-Novara. This linee will be closed in 2010.
Travelling on a Railcar - Portacomaro.

 

Architecture and rolling stock of the 50's in Volterra-Saline-Pomarance: ALn 990.3008 is arrived from Cecina with a special train, on11 July 1999.
Travelling on a Railcar - Volterra-Saline-Pomarance

 

An ALn 668 railcar is departing from Comignago, on the Santhià - Arona line.
Travelling on a Railcar - Comignago

 

The local train Pavia - Codogno runs through the Po Plain with a typical set of coaches from 1930's to 1950's (photo G. Demuru).
Travelling on a Railcar - Pavia

 

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