Chemins de fer du Jura - Driver’s Eye View - Saignelégier to La Chaux de Fonds - 4K

The Chemins de fer du Jura is a group of railways in the canton of Jura in North-Western Switzerland. In this video we start from Saignelégier with
0-4-4-0T Mallet Steam Locomotive No.E164 built by Henchel & Son at Kassel, Germany in 1905 for the Portuguese Railways (CP). Our beautifully restored locomotive is matched with a short rake of period carriages for the trip from Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, the line originally opened to traffic on 7th December 1892 and it was the region's longest line at line 25 km (15.5 miles) with the final kilometre being laid along the streets of La Chaux-de-Fonds to reach the town’s main railway station.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the railway’s staff and volunteers for their help in shooting this video and making our visit a rewarding and memorable experience.
Please sit back and join me for a trip along the line as seen from a camera attached to the locomotive hand rail.

This visit was part of the Railway Touring Company’s 2022 “Alpine Steam Express” Tour. To find out more about future European tours, please click on this link - https://www.railwaytouring.net/europe

Locomotive No.E164 is owned by “La Traction” a Swiss volunteer railway preservation group based at Pré-Petitjean. To learn more please click on this link – https://www.la-traction.ch/default.as...

Railway Map - Chemins de fer du Jura - https://www.les-cj.ch/Voyager/Plan-et...

For timetables, tickets and information about special events and trains, please click on this link - https://www.les-cj.ch/

To learn more about this line and the rest of the Chemins de fer du Jura network, please click on this link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemins...

The railway is metre gauge, electrified with overhead catenary rated at 1500 Volts DC.