MONT BLANC Martigny-Châtelard-Chamonix Swiss/French rack railway & cablecar to Italy 1962

From the SBB CFF FFS mainline, join the vintage era Mont-Blanc Express MC Martigny-Châtelard train climbing Strub rack rails up and over the French border via Châtelard to Chamonix, then requiring a change to the SNCF at Vallorcine. Ascend by multiple Téléphérique cablecars above famous ski runs to the highest public transport accessible station Aiguille du Midi at 3777m, 3842m by elevator , a viewpoint for Mont Blanc, then onwards across Mer de Glace glacier to Pointe Helbronner, Italy by Vallée Blanche CableCar AKATélécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc AKA Funivia dei Ghiacciai.
Documenting Swiss regional life in 1962, this original 8mm silent film is accompanied by 1999 insights voiced by Paul Russenberger, part of a series of my Swiss transport journeys on this channel. See Bern region • Berner Oberland, Eiger...
Zurich region • Gotthard/Lucerne/Zuric...
Lake Geneva region • Lake Geneva's Swiss st...
MC en.wikipedia.o... fr.wikipedia.o...
Martigny fr.wikipedia.o...
Les Fumeaux en.wikipedia.o...
Vernayaz MC en.wikipedia.o...
Salvan en.wikipedia.o...
Les Marécottes en.wikipedia.o...
La Médettaz en.wikipedia.o...
Trétien en.wikipedia.o...
Finhaut en.wikipedia.o...
Le Châtelard VS en.wikipedia.o...
See my Funiculaire du Châtelard film ___________________________ to Lake Mosson
Le Châtelard-Frontière en.wikipedia.o... fr.wikipedia.o...
Vallorcine fr.wikipedia.o... en.wikipedia.o...
Le Buet en.wikipedia.o...
Montroc le Planet en.wikipedia.o...
Argentière en.wikipedia.o...
La Joux en.wikipedia.o...
Les Tines en.wikipedia.o...
Les Praz-de-Chamonix en.wikipedia.o...
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc en.wikipedia.o...
Chamonix - Aiguille du Midi en.wikipedia.o... en.wikipedia.o...
Mont-Blanc Express TMR operator en.wikipedia.o...
Swiss Mainline en.wikipedia.o...
SNCF SGV en.wikipedia.o...
TER en.wikipedia.o...
Aiguille du Midi en.wikipedia.o...
VB en.wikipedia.o...
Pointe Helbronner en.wikipedia.o...
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