Grenoble -around the Railway.
-disused, forgotten, taken away or abandoned lines.

8- From the Allies bridge to the Reynier bridge.
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We have crossed under the Allies road and we are now in an area almost exclusively industrial. But for the moment we are next to the National Wholesale Market, which moved here in 1963. Previously the wholesale market for Grenoble was located where Saint Clair daily market still is, in the old town.
Once fresh produce arrived by rail, if one can judge by the many bits of rail that are still around the building.
Now there is a constant coming and going of large lorries in the early hours of the morning with all the noise you can imagine.
Here, no rail that is connected to the rail network is used any more, the lorry is king!
 
 

67- The market's roof shines in the morning sun.
 

68- These rails are no longer used.
 
 
 

69- The market's unloading bays.
 

70- The rails leave to the South, behind as backdrop, the Chartreuse.
 
 

71-The railway lines leave the market and head South.
 

72- Railway lines coming from the wholesale market.
 

73- It may be surprising, but the line is still connected!
 
 

74- The points and the mechanism are still there too!
 

75- These pretty little town houses have sprung up next to the railway.
 
On the other side of the railway, the small gardens of the houses which once lined the 'Cours St. André' have long been taken to build blocks of high-rise flats. Here, they have even found room to make a row of small town houses, quite successfully one must say!
Now we are coming to the factory of an important industry in the history of Grenoble, Neyrpic, formed by the association of entrepreneurs Neyret, Beylier, Brenier, Piccard and Pictet. But one can not stop progress, they say, and the giant Alstom has now taken control!
 
 

76- Following the line, the Neyrpic points are still there too!
 

77- The level crossing warning light is still there too!
 

78- The Neyrpic railway line crossing the Mangin road.
 
 

79- On the other side of the gates, the lines are invaded by weeds.
 

80- Looking back to see the railway line coming in to Neyrpic.
 

81- Further along, a second line leaves for the South.
 
The area inside these gates has been completely reorganised and rebuilt. The images that follow, taken on the 26th of February 2010, show a certain industrial 'bric a Brac' which is no longer there. I couldn't resist the temptation to show them to you, I like them. Tastes and colors ........ as they say!
 

82- Behind the industrial mess, the old factories are visible.
 

83- The big 'clear-out' before the sales.
 
 

84- The wheel turns.
 

85- They got a new coffee machine!
 
 

86- What's left of tyhe Olympic rings.
 

87- Caterpillar's giant lollipop.
 
 
 

88- The BB 67375, a familiar sight going to Chambéry or Veynes.
 

89- The Mangin road and the Neyrpic testbed.
 

90- In 1967, the doubling up of the line. The Neyrpic testbed.
 
 

91- The destruction of the Neyrpic guardhouse begins(26-02-2010).
 

92- Google came past before the tiles had gone.
 

93- Neyrpic's magnificent factory in Leon Blum road.
 
 

94- Bombardier's B82717 on the Valence to Chambéry run.
 

95- Coming up to the Reynier bridge, the liaison for Grand'Place.
 

96- Under the bridge, the Chambéry-Veynes bifurcation.
 
 

97- The fork from the Reynier bridge. Veynes is on the right.
 

98- The same scene in 1967, when the loup was being made.
 

99- Looking behind us now to see the Albert Reynier bridge.
 
We have now come to the junction between the new Chambéry line and the old 'Pont de Claix' line. We will follow the southern path a little bit, but to do so we must make a detour to the other side of the expressway, the U2. Here there are some more discoveries to be made.

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