Note: only metre gauge lines shown The Chemin de fer du Cambrésis (French pronunciation: [ʃəmɛ̃ də fɛʁ dy kɑ̃bʁezi]) was a 120-kilometre (75 mi) long metre gauge railway in the Nord and Aisne departments of France.
From Caudry, lines ran to Cambrai in the north, Denain in the east, Catillon in the south, and St. Quentin Cambrésis in the west.
Caudry and St. Quentin are only 32 kilometres (20 mi) apart, but the railway took a route that followed contours and avoided heavy engineering, thus lengthening the distance by train.
[1] The Germans destroyed the CF du Cambrésis' infrastructure when they retreated in 1918.
[1] In 1943, the CF du Cambrésis received three Corpet-Louvet 2-8-2T locomotives that had been destined for the Chemin de Fer Conakry-Niger in French Guinea.