For various historic reasons, some rail networks in mainland Europe drive on the right and some drive on the left (for full details of which countries do which, both on the roads and on the railways, see the Wikipedia entry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic).
I know that SNCF generally drives on the left, except in Alsace and Moselle which formerly belonged to Germany. As far as I know right-hand running is the norm just about everywhere in Germany, but I've seen some footage of this years Trier area Dampfspektakel (see also the thread on this event at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/dampfspektakel-trier-2018.150387/) where the trains appear to be driving on the left.
Do some lines in Germany close to the French border drive on the left (which would be ironic, given that some parts of the SNCF network close to the German border drive on the right)? Or might they just have been running wrong line, or maybe single line working was in operation or both tracks were bidirectionally signalled?
I know that SNCF generally drives on the left, except in Alsace and Moselle which formerly belonged to Germany. As far as I know right-hand running is the norm just about everywhere in Germany, but I've seen some footage of this years Trier area Dampfspektakel (see also the thread on this event at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/dampfspektakel-trier-2018.150387/) where the trains appear to be driving on the left.
Do some lines in Germany close to the French border drive on the left (which would be ironic, given that some parts of the SNCF network close to the German border drive on the right)? Or might they just have been running wrong line, or maybe single line working was in operation or both tracks were bidirectionally signalled?