The Ferrovia Appennino Centrale, or Central Apennine Railway, was a narrow gauge railway in Italy. The entire route as it existed in 1899 has been carefully reconstructed in Trainz using custom made assets ONLY (vegetation and textures being the only exceptions).
The railway connected Arezzo, a city in Tuscany on the Florence to Rome railway, to Fossato di Vico, a village in Umbria on the Rome to Ancona railway. The "trenino" crossed beautiful mountains and valleys and called at medieval cities like Anghiari and Sansepolcro in Tuscany, and CittĂ di Castello, Umbertide and Gubbio in Umbria. It was constructed in 1886 and was of great importance to the development of the region. It got heavily damaged during the Second World War and was, with the exception of the section between Umbertide and Sansepolcro, never rebuilt.
Main characteristics:
- About 160 custom made assets
- Included rolling stock: 1 Couillet 0-6-0T steam locomotive, 2 passenger carriages and 4 cargo wagons.
- Length: 133 km / 83 miles
- Maximum speed: about 35 km/h / 22 mph
- Travel time: about 5.5 hours
- Number of stations: 32
- Track gauge: 950mm / 3 1/8 feet
- Maximum climb: 3%
Enjoy the landscape and history of this beautiful part of Italy!
