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Autorail - Baume et Marpent #AR 145
6 june 2009 - Han-sur-Lesse (BE). Two of the spare autorails (AR159 and AR145) stand in the ramshackle depot.
Autorail - SNCV Cureghem #ART 90
6 june 2009 - Han-sur-Lesse (BE). The spare train set parked near the village terminus. On a normal day, three of the five available motor cars are in use and the service is quite frequent. This one is an ART (an ‘autorail tracteur’ built or converted as goods locomotives) and not an AR (passenger autorail) – the difference is not great, however, as ARTs like this one can also carry passengers and a normal AR could pull a couple of wagons.
Autorail - Usines Haine-St-Pierre #AR 168
6 june 2009 - Han-sur-Lesse (BE). At the upper terminus, autorail AR168 prepares to run back to the village.
Autorail - SNCV Destelbergen #AR 266
6 june 2009 - Han-sur-Lesse (BE). Autorail 266 running back empty from the caves to the village. Almost all the open ‘baladeuse’ trailers on the line are now modern replicas, the original vehicles having gone to various museums.
Autorail - SNCV Destelbergen #AR 266
6 june 2009 - Han-sur-Lesse (BE). The 3.2km metre-gauge tramway at Han-sur-Lesse links the village to famous caves nearby, visited by many tourists. It was once connected to other lines but has now become the very last true Vicinal tramway, although now worked purely as a commercial operation. Trams run to the cave entrance, drawing several open trailers, and then go back empty to the village for another load.
Autorail - Usines Haine-St-Pierre #AR 168
16 august 1999 - Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium/Belgie. Autorail#168 parked near the terminal loop. This tram was formerly used in the Bruxelles region. 
Autorail - SNCV Destelbergen #AR 266
16 august 1999 - Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium/Belgie. Autorail #266 and trailers preparing to return to the depot after the last journey of the day.
Autorail - SNCV Destelbergen #AR 266
18 august 1999 - Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium/Belgie. Nearly all the autorails here were originally used elsewhere on the Vicinal network and came to the Grottes de Han as other rural lines closed. Here, AR266 of 1936, the newest of the six autorails in service, waits to form another train to the Grottes. ART90, in the background, was constructed in 1934 from a trailer car dating from the 1890s.
Autorail - Baume et Marpent #AR 145
18 august 1999 - Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium/Belgie. Another TWB debut (and possibly the operator with the longest name). This 3.2km line of the vast Vicinal tramway network, somewhat overlooked by enthusiasts, has been operating continuously since 1906, connecting Han-sur-Lesse village with the famous Grottes de Han caves. Tourists are taken by tram to the cave entrance and walk underground back to the village (so the trams come back empty). Six original Vicinal diesel autorails haul open ‘baladeuse’ trailers – this is AR145 waiting for passengers at the village loop.
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