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Chemins de Fer de Provence - CP
Page 1B: Rolling Stock - Diesel Locos & Trailers
 
 
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Chemins de Fer de Provence (CP), which now runs between Nice and Digne. This page shows CP rolling stock. CP-Page 2 covers the stations and CP publicity. CP- Page 3 shows larger images of timetables.
 
 
The Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Sud de la France (SF), built lines Nice-Digne and Nice-Draguignan-Meyrargues, before becoming in 1925, more modestly, the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Provence (CP). The Gare du Sud was the Nice terminus for these lines.
Work on the Gare du Sud began in 1890 and finished in 1892 by Prosper Bobin for the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Sud de la France. The station front is rather monumental and impressive with a high front, with two pavilions to the side. A tall trainshed covered the tracks that went to Grasse and Puget-Théniers. Lines to Digne and Annot opened in 1911. The rooftop was the pavillion of Russia and Austria-Hungary of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
 
After World War II, the line to Meyrargues closed and almost took the entire network with it. The Chemins de Fer de Provence closed the Gare du Sud in December 1991 and moved its terminating services to Nice CP. Ownership of the station building was transferred from l'Etat Français to Nice Municipality. Amidst public outcry, the station was almost dismantled but public demonstrations saved it. Work has finally started on the site, although it appears that only the facade will be retained in the new civic complex, containing the town hall, library etc.
 
 
Sections on this Page 1B:-
Autorails - Trailers
Diesel Locomotives - Brissonneau and Lotz
T62 - T66
Diesel Locomotive - Henschel BB1200
Swiss Coaches
 
Sections on Page 1A:-
Autorails - Billard
Autorails - Brissonneau-et-Lotz
Autorails - CFD : X-301-X-304
X-301 - X-302 - X-303 - X-304
Autorails - CFD: X-305 to X-306
X-305 - X-306
Autorails - Renault Class ABH1
Autorails - Renault Class ABH5
Autorails - Soulé-Garnéro Twin-car Set
 
Sections on Page 2:-
Preserved Steam
Publicity
Publicity - Postcards
Stations
 
Sections on Page 3:-
Nice-Digne Timetable - 2005
Regional Timetable - 2005
Urban Timetable - 2005
 
Associated Pages:-
CP Page 1A - Rolling Stock - Autorails
CP Page 1B - Rolling Stock - Diesel Locos & Trailers - this page!
CP Page 2 - Chemins de Fer de Provence Stations & Publicity
CP Page 3 - larger images of timetables
Chemin de Fer de la Corse - Corsican Narrow Gauge (CFC)
Nice - Nice Header Page
Nice Photo Diary - February 2009 - Trams, CP and ferries
Nice Trams - Page 1 - Route T1
Nice Trams - Page 2 - The Trams
Simplon Postcards Home Page
 
References:-
Le Siecle du Train des Pignes - Jose Banaudo - Les Editions du Cabri 1992 (Histoires des Chemins de fer de Provence -1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brissonneau-et-Lotz Diesels
T62 & T66
 
Six Brissonneau and Lotz locomotives were acquired in 1950. Of these, only T62 remains, plus T66 acquired second hand from the Swiss CJ. Following the rebuilding of ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376, these locos are used on peak period push-pull trains, also using ex-Swiss XR-1372.
 
 
T62
 
T62 at Nice in February 2003, with two 'voitures métallisées' of series XR-1341 to 1344
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T62 at Nice in February 2003
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T62 at Nice in February 2003
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T62 at Lingostière on 14th February 2007, now in new colour scheme.
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T62 at Lingostière on 14th February 2007
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T62 at Lingostière on 14th February 2007
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T66
 
T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2005
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2005
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2005
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2005
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2005
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2005
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 13th February 2007 on push-pull service with XR-1376 and XR-1372
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 13th February 2007 on push-pull service with XR-1376 and XR-1372
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 13th February 2007
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Evening image of T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 13th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 14th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 14th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Nice, 14th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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T66 (ex-CJ) at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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Henschel Diesel - BB1200
 
BB1200 was acquired second-hand from Spanish operator FEVE, and is a class 1400 loco built by Henschel, rebuilt by CFD.
 
 
BB1200 at Annot, in February 2003
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BB1200 at Annot, in February 2003
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BB1200 at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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Henschel BB1200 at Lingostière
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Henschel BB1200 at Lingostière
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Autorails - Trailers
RL-1 to RL-7 (XR-1331 to XR-1337)
 
When all passenger traffic was transferred to the Renault autorails in the early 1950s, some trains lacked capacity. Two Billard trailers (similar to the Billard autorails later transferred from the Vivarais) were bought in 1955. These were Billard design R210D2. They were numbered RL-1 and RL-2. A third vehicle, RL-3 was delivered in 1959. They had 42 seats, and were frequently pulled by rebuilt Renaults ZZ-21 & ZZ-22 (ex-ZZ-1 & ZZ-2). Similar RL-4 & RL-5 were purchased from CFD du Tarn in 1964. RL-6 & RL-7 then followed from the Vivarais in 1969. RL-1 and RL-5 received completely new bodies in 1979, to be followed by RL-6 and RL-4. The heavier new bodies caused problems with the original Billard bogies, and RL-5 was rebuilt with new single axles, with RL-4 and RL-6 following. RL-1, alone amongst the rebodied trailers, retained her Billard bogies, which were strengthened to prevent further problems. RL-1 was renumbered XR-1331 and remains based in Nice for strengthening certain peak period services. Of the un-rebodied cars, RL-2 and RL-3 (later XR-1332 and XR-1333) had most of their windows removed for use as parcels vehicles. RL-7 (later XR-1337) then received a new parcels body in 1990, similar in shape to the rebodied passenger trailers.
 
 
Trailer XR-1332 or XR-1333 at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1332 or XR-1333 at Lingostière, 14th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1331 at Nice in February 2003
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Trailer XR-1331 at Nice in February 2003
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Trailer XR-1331 in the snow at Nice, 22nd February 2005
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Trailer XR-1331 in the snow at Nice, 22nd February 2005
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Trailer XR-1331 at Nice, 13th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1331 at Nice, 14th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1331 in service at Gambetta, 15th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1331 at Gambetta, 15th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1331 at Gambetta, 15th February 2007
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XR-1331 at Nice, 15th February 2007
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Human fly-shunting of trailer XR-1331 at Nice, 15th February 2007
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Human fly-shunting of trailer XR-1331 at Nice, 15th February 2007
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Human fly-shunting of trailer XR-1331 at Nice, 15th February 2007
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Trailer XR-1331 at Nice, 15th February 2007
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Railcar X-301 leaving Nice towing trailer XR-1331
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Swiss Coaches
XR-1371, XR-1372 & XR-1376
 
 
Coach XR-1371 at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2003
This coach retained original low-backed seating in 2007
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Coach XR-1371 at Nice, 13th February 2007
This coach had retained original low-backed seating in 2007
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Coach XR-1372 at Nice in the snow, 22nd February 2003
This coach had received the usual high-backed seating by 2007
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Ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376, XR-1372 and T66 arriving at Nice, 13th February 2007
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Ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376 at Nice, 13th February 2007
This trailer is used with XR-1372 and T-66 on peak period push-pull services
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Ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376, XR-1372 and T66 arriving at La Madeleine, 14th February 2007
This trailer is used with XR-1372 and T-66 on peak period push-pull services
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Ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376, XR-1372 and T66 at Nice, 14th February 2007.
This trailer is used with XR-1372 and T-66 on peak period push-pull services
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Ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376, XR-1372 and T66 leaving Lingostière, 14th February 2007
This trailer is used with XR-1372 and T-66 on peak period push-pull services
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Ex-CJ driving trailer XR-1376, XR-1372 and T66 leaving Lingostière, 14th February 2007
This trailer is used with XR-1372 and T-66 on peak period push-pull services
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Voitures Métallisées
XR-1371, XR-1372 & XR-1376
 
The CP had a large fleet of wooden bodied 4-wheel and bogie coaches, all with open balconies. The last of these had been delivered in 1912. In 1949, A-521 to A-524 were given new metal bodies. they were known as the 'voitures métallisées', and were used for excursions with the new Brissonneau-et-Lotz diesels which arrived soon afterwards. They were later renumbered AT-1 to AT-4, and then again to XR-1341 to XR-1344. They were still available for use in 2003, but in 2007 I only saw one in poor condition at Puget-Théniers.
 
 
Coach XR-1342 at Puget-Théniers, 14th February 2007
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