Cogwheel train of the Chemins de fer de la Rhune (La Rhune railway) with locomotive He 2/2 # 6 and cars # 5 and # 2, all built in 1914, is running down the moutain below the summit of La Rhune as 01.30 PM train. In the background is Saint-Jean-de-Luz and more right Biarritz, and the atlantic ocean (gulf of Biscaya). The 1 meter gauge La Rhune railway has a maximum grade of 25 %, and use 3000 V 50 Hz three-phase current. The railway is operated with a total of 4 trains, all with one locomotive shoving two cars, the timetable shows two trains following each other, departing every 40 minutes. Nowadays, the railway is operated by the Établissement public des stations d’altitude (EPSA).
