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(rshsdepot) 6. Bretagne part 6 (Le Mans, Sable-sur-Sarthe, Laval, Vitre, Rennes stations)

The Mans to Brest railroad.
Le Mans is east of Brittany (Bretagne) in Maine.
1855 Le Mans-Laval
1857 Laval-Rennes
1863 Rennes-Guingamp
1865 Guingamp-Brest
Here are some stations going west from La Mans.
Le Mans:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/72_le_mans_gare.jpg
Le Mans shed:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/72_le_mans_int.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/72_le_mans.jpg

Sablé-sur-Sarthe:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/72_sable_sur_sarthe.jpg

Laval:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/53_laval_gare.jpg
the viaduct at Laval:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/53_laval_viaduc.jpg
continuing west...

Vitré gare:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/35_vitre_gare.jpg

Rennes:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/35_rennes1_lf.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/35_rennes_ext.jpg
the business end:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/35_rennes2_lf.jpg
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/xpht/RNS-04.jpg
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/xpht/RNS-05.jpg
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/xpht/RNS-06.jpg
Rennes (Roazhon) is on the east in Bretagne. The Rennes station (Sud-Gare)
is grand, see pictures and history in French here:
http://www.bretagne-racines.ac-rennes.fr/p350033W/pages/01formation/bgare/1bpage01.htm

The second page has a 1943 photo from the bomber bombing the station:
http://www.bretagne-racines.ac-rennes.fr/p350033W/pages/01formation/bgare/1bpage02.htm
Here is a streetcar scene in front of  Gare de Rennes:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/35_rennes_tram.jpg



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End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1015
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org