Heritage Railway Museums and lines - Chemins de fer Touristiques
CFBSChemin de fer de la Baie de Somme metre gaugeSt Valery - Noyelles - Le Crotoy
         St Valery - Cayeux

APPEVA   Association Picarde pour la préservation et l'entretien des Vehicles anciens0,60cm gauge
  " Le P'tit Train de la Haute Somme"Froissy - Cappy - Dompierre

MTVSMusée des Tramways à Vapeur et des chemins de fer Secondaires françaismetre gauge
  Butry-sur-Oise ( Valmondois SNCF)

CFTVChemin de Fer Touristique du Vermandoisstandard gaugeSaint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardie

TPT   Tramway Pithiviers-Toury0,60 cm gaugeroadside steam tramway (4 km) and museum in Loiret

AATYAssociation des autorails touristiques de l'Yonnestandard gaugeToucy, Yonne
There are more than 50 important Heritage Railway museums and railway lines in France.  The small selection below  includes some of my favourite lines - all are worth visiting.  Other recommendations will be added from time to time.
These associations all do an excellent job of preserving historical railway sites and rolling stock for posterity, even if not listed here.

Click on the links below left to visit the official sites of the relevant associations in another window. Close that window to return to my site.

VFV   Voies Ferrées du Velaymetre gaugeDunières - Tence - St Agrève ( Haute Loire / Ardèche)
( this link goes to my page about the Billard railcars )


TPCF Train du Pays Cathare et du Fenouilledesstandard gaugeRivesaltes (Pyrenées Orientales)

SABATrain du Bas Berry. metre gauge. Luçay-le-Mâle - Ecueillé - Argy. (Indre ) 27 km.  Continuation of                  the "Blanc-Argent" line.

My page about the Blanc-Argent and the Train du Bas Berry here
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URGENT NEWS: For those who do not know this yet, the operations of the Vivarais railway (Tournon - Lamastre)for the 2008 season have been suspended.  This is due principally to the absence of any steam locomotives in working order and to the state of the track which was not repaired as planned during the winter 2007/8.
The problems of the Vivarais, one of the most well known tourist railways in France, are serious and the future of the line is uncertain in the short term.