Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Gare

Toury - La Gare

22 Mar 2015 208
I just had learned, that it took daredevil aviator Louis Blériot 37 minutes to cross the English Channel covering 35km in 1909 (see previous upload) . Standing on a bridge, I watched the roaring train speeding to north. In less than an hour all passengers will be in the center of Paris.

A perfectly restored station - without rails.

01 Sep 2009 212
... followed the former railroad-track and passed the little station of "Bretagne d` Armagnac", the owners had restored so perfectly, that it looked like a 1:1 model of a small railway station. Just that there were no rails next to the little platform. Maybe the owners sat inside wearing the old railway-uniforms and drinking coffee.....