The Truffadou, France

Carved into the cliffs of Mirandol, this line, which used to run from Bordequx to Aurillac, took from 1880 to 1884. The rails were taken up in 1917 to provide steel for use in the First World War. In 1919 the US government replaced them with American rails, still here today. In the early days, the trains were used to transport truffles, for which Martel was outstandingly famous throughout France, whence its nickname “Le Truffadou”. The line was closed in 1980 and reopen in 1997.