Here is a much more recent archive photo taken by the late O.S. Nock of the prototype TGV having a break during a test run. The date and location of this photo is unknown - over to you Jean-Marc! ... (more)
One of two Swiss built electric locos purchased by the SNCF in 1952. (Photographer unknown).
The prototype Paris Lyon Marseille Railway 2D2 electric loco No 242.BE.1 is seen when new fron CGC/Oerlikon in 1927. It is fitted with third electric rail pick-up shoes for working on the Maurienn... (more)
A photograph taken during the 1914-18 war in France showing a 4-6-4T that has fallen into a canal on the Western Front. It was one of 14 engines from an order for 40 built by Beyer, Peacock & Co.,... (more)