Trams in Wallonia - 3
The Heritage of the SNCV
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Because of the small edition, this DVD comes as a DVD-R, in a standard box, with label, booklet and envelope printed in professional quality.
Films can be separately chosen from a menu.
Optional subtitles.
Belgium had, in its vicinal network, an asset that was unique in the world. Where many countries had a railway network, and sometimes city trams, Belgium not only had both, but in addition an unbelievably dense rural network of interurban trams that was overseen by the SNCV. At its height, there were over 5,000 kilometres of such vicinal tracks available, which made it more extensive than the regular train system. The vicinal trams were unable to compete with buses and cars eventually, and from the forties the SNCV continually reduced in size until nothing was left but one electric line at Charleroi, and in Flanders the coastal tram. Old rural tracks can often still be easily distinguished in the landscape, having become part of the road network, or survived as sandpaths. Many have become incorporated into the network of cycling paths marketed as RaVel (Rail-Vélo). The actual rails have been removed almost everywhere. Yet some spots remain where the glory days of the SNCV are being kept alive. This last DVD in the series covering trams in Wallonia concentrates on what is left, even if the last film also shows what happens where the trams have disappeared.
The films recorded on super-8 film were subsequently restored with the greatest care, frame by frame. Modern techniques make them look better than ever. The sound for those films is a mix of commentary and original live sound, where the original texts from the era were retained. The films that were recorded in high-definition video were also edited with the utmost care for DVD. Again, the sound is a mix of commentary and live sound.
1 |
Touristic Tramway of the Aisne Valley |
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2 |
Association for the Preservation of the Vicinal Railways |
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3 |
Railcars to Biesmes |
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4 |
A Safe Haven for Tramway Heritage |
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5 |
The Tramway to the Caves of Han |
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6 |
Electrically into the Future |
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7 |
Off the Rails... (2) |
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