Pedalling the VeloRail through the forest at Bagnoles de l'Orne.

In Normandy, the branch line between Briouze and Bagnoles de l'Orne was closed some years ago but luckily, the rails were left intact.

Where once upon a time steam trains would bring passengers through the forest for holidays and to take the cure in Bagnoles, now there's just the VeloRail. Pay €4 and you can pedal your way through the scenery for 45 minutes. Highly recommended!

To turn around, you place a specially-adapted car jack underneath the car, raise it so the wheels are just clear of the track, spin the car around through 180°, and lower it.

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[safari55]

Truly amazing how you were able to keep a nice, good steady pace of "cycling" that train car for the entire duration of that excursion. What do you attibute to your maintaining of so much energy for such a task, a diet of Weetabix and clean living?

[localdriver]

@safari55 You got it in one!

[Bryant5493]

Very nice. Never seen one of those, except in the cartoons (but they were hand-propelled, there).

[localdriver]

@Bryant5493

Thanks! This is the only one I've seen. Then I checked on YouTube, and it seems there's lots more of them in various parts of France.

Sad to say, I bet they'd banned in the UK on those ubiquitous "Health & Safety" grounds.

[Bryant5493]

@localdriver

You're welcome. Oh, okay.

[wipandco]

You ran a stop sign.

[JumpinPakFlash]

Cool :-)