Museum du Tacot de Cléron

Some snaps of a little narrow gauge branch line railway museum at Cléron that I visited last week in the Doubs region of France. The line connected Besançon to Pontarlier. It was built in 1900 and closed "due to the automobile" in 1953. Quite a bit of memorabilia and plenty of documentation to go through if you have the time.

Some models in the museum. G scale LGB locos similar to the one used on the line. The G scale locos ran around the inside and kept the kids amused as they chased after them.









HO scale model of local scenes:









More G scale:





Some interesting little model scenes gathering dust:







Some memorabilia from the line:







Once done inside, we had a little ride on the diesel-powered Autorail that ran on 7 1/4 Inch Gauge track around the outside of the museum. The kids loved it as it ran at break-neck speeds.









The last remnant of the original line. A goods wagon. Note the small bogies underneath on the narrow piece of track.