*Heck of a story! Beautiful graphics too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22909590
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"Only in recent years has a resurgence of amateur interest permitted a handful of sites to be rescued from oblivion.
"One such is the station of Mollard-Fleury, half-way up a mountainside near Modane in the Alps.
"Now they have just rebuilt an exact replica, using original designs drawn up by an inspector on the line.
"Visitors who make it up the brisk climb find a two-room cabin of wood and stone. The second room contains a system of wheels and pulleys, controlling the signal system which is set on a mast above the roof.
"A panaromic view looks south-east across the valley to more snow-capped mountains. Beyond is Italy.
" "This station was part of the Lyon to Milan line that Napoleon built in 1805 as he prepared to resume war in Italy," explains Bernard Pinaud, who over the summer will give demonstrations of the semaphore...."
