{"id":12898,"date":"2023-11-24T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T11:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/decouvrir-le-train-jaune\/vie-du-train\/les-carnets-du-train-jaune-episode-1\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T12:57:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T11:57:58","slug":"les-carnets-du-train-jaune-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/en\/discover-the-train-jaune\/life-of-the-train\/les-carnets-du-train-jaune-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Carnets du Train Jaune, \u00c9pisode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With this new event highlighting the\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0Les carnets du Train Jaune\u00a0\u00bb collection, <\/em>the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Catalanes offers a retrospective, a journey back in time through the construction of the Yellow Train line and its history. This collection is the result of a collaboration between the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Catalanes and historians Pierre Cazenove<\/em> and Jean-Louis Blanchon<\/em>, co-published with Editions Tala\u00efa.<\/p>\n\n

In this first part, before construction of the line began, we look at the travel difficulties experienced at the beginning of the last century by the inhabitants of the high cantons of the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales. These difficulties were exacerbated by the climate and the rigours of living at altitude. <\/p>\n\n

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Before the line\u2026<\/h2>\n\n

The discomfort of the stagecoach, length of the journey and dangers of the road in winter explain the Cerdans’ attachment to the Yellow Train project. They still remember January 1895, so full of incidents. On 3 January, the stagecoach left Mont-Louis for Prades at one o’clock in the afternoon : <\/p>\n\n

\u00ab Having reached 1km from Mont-Louis, a short distance from the Fetges bridge, the three horses in full flight, blinded by the whirlwind blowing at that moment, turned abruptly and jumped the parapet from a height of around 7m m ; the two horses hitched to the beam followed. Fortunately, the beam broke and the vehicle alone remained on the road, stopped by the bridge parapet, suspended over the abyss. One horse was killed instantly. The other four were unaffected. The postilion Giraud Codong, who replaced the driver in Cerdanya, and the three travellers suffered no ill effects. ”\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

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Le franchissement du col de la Perche est dangereux pendant la p\u00e9riode hivernale. C\u2019est la limite g\u00e9ographique entre les bassins d\u2019alimentation de la T\u00eat et du S\u00e8gre. C\u2019est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment l\u2019endroit sur lequel g\u00e9ographes et historiens s\u2019opposent parfois pour d\u00e9limiter Conflent et Cerdagne. Le trait\u00e9 de Llivia (12 novembre 1660) n\u2019incluait-il pas, La Perche, Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats, Vilar d\u2019Ovensa et Plan\u00e8s dans les villages faisant partie de la Cerdagne\u00a0? \n© Collection Fran\u00e7ois Weinberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 5 January, ” two men on horseback crossed Col de la Perche in appalling weather and at great risk to their lives, each carrying part of the mail. “<\/em><\/p>\n\n

On 6 January, a \u201ctartane\u201d (boat) managed to take the mail from Mont-Louis to Prades in six hours. Only the military, stuck in Fontp\u00e9drouse on their return from leave, were happy about the situation.<\/p>\n\n

On 11 January, the stagecoach overturned in front of Fetges. Equipment, animals and men were quickly buried, but a team of road-menders, who saw the accident, meant they got off lightly. <\/p>\n\n

More cruel is the story of Joan Turet, from Maranges, a young man of 25. Near Ger, he was caught in a whirlwind with his mule loaded with clogs. The animal returned alone. Turet’s body was found at Creu Roja<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n

One anecdote followed another. In January 1900, a broken wheel before Villefranche forced all passengers to walk to the station. The 150 Mont-Louis leave-holders who walked down to Villefranche to catch the train in April had to wait impatiently for the line.<\/p>\n

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Avant de se tourner vers le tourisme, la ville fortifi\u00e9e de Mont-Louis, dont le territoire communal est confin\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur des murailles construites par Vauban, a toujours v\u00e9cu repli\u00e9e sur elle-m\u00eame, au rythme de la garnison militaire qu\u2019elle abritait. Aujourd\u2019hui, la citadelle h\u00e9berge le Centre national d\u2019entra\u00eenement commando (CNEC). Depuis 2008, la ville fortifi\u00e9e est inscrite sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l\u2019UNESCO. \n© Collection Fran\u00e7ois Weinberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In April 1902, the stagecoach arrived late and passengers missed the train. In January 1905, in Villefranche, in front of the barracks before the Porte de France, the front horses slipped \u00ab\u00a0on a sheet of ice that had formed during the night as a result of a gutter block \u00a0\u00bb <\/em>and fell.<\/p>\n\n

Given these facts, it’s easy to understand why Saillagouse took it rather badly when Salanque put pressure on the elected representatives, Vilar and Delcros, so that the Rivesaltes to Barcar\u00e8s line was preferred over the Cerdanya line. Saillagouse noted ironically at first : \u00ab\u00a0Ah ! If only Salanque was in Cerdanya ! \u00a0\u00bb <\/em>then added, \u00ab\u00a0a terrible crisis has been raging for more than twenty years throughout Cerdanya. Cattle and rye, the country’s only two products, were sold at ridiculously low prices. The population has fallen by 1,500. Many moved out, and those who remain live only by thrift (for the Cerdan in general don\u2019t visit the caf\u00e9, are modestly clothed and eat rye bread all year round), they don\u2019t have their villages lit by electricity and communicate with their district capital by a poor-quality horse-drawn carriage that some call a stagecoach. “<\/em><\/p>\n

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Avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e du chemin de fer en Conflent et Cerdagne, la diligence est le seul moyen de transport pour les personnes et quelques marchandises vers Villefranche et le Roussillon. Pour le transport du bois, du charbon, et des marchandises de toutes sortes, on faisait appel aux muletiers (\u00ab\u00a0traginers\u00a0\u00bb) et \u00e0 de solides attelages de mules ou de boeufs.\u00a0\n\u00bb \n\n© Collection Fran\u00e7ois Weinberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Book extract<\/h2>\n\n

Les Carnet du Train Jaune<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Volume 1 – When the Yellow Train was born<\/em> <\/p>\n\n

authors: Jean-Louis Blanchon \/ Pierre Cazenove <\/p>\n\n

Parc naturel r\u00e9gional des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-catalanes \/ Editions Talaia <\/p>\n\n

June 2012 <\/p>\n\n

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Complete collection available for consultation and\/or sale at Maison du Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Catalanes, in Olette (66360, La Bastide).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9029,"template":"","actualite_category":[315],"class_list":["post-12898","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_category-back-in-time"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLes Carnets du Train Jaune, \u00c9pisode 1 - Let\u2019s Get on the Yellow Train<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/en\/discover-the-train-jaune\/life-of-the-train\/les-carnets-du-train-jaune-episode-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Les Carnets du Train Jaune, \u00c9pisode 1 - Let\u2019s Get on the Yellow Train\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With this new event highlighting the\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0Les carnets du Train Jaune\u00a0\u00bb collection, the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Catalanes offers a retrospective, a journey back in time through the construction of the Yellow Train line and its history. 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