French SNCF trains coming and going at Nice depot, which is behind me.

Passengers scramble to get or off a modern streetcar at Nice, France as an intercity train passes overhead.

The prestigious train #2 “Mistral” Paris-Marseille is ready for departure in Nice. The American-built Mikado 141R will haul it along the French Riviera – “Côte d’Azur” – to Marseill... (more)

A typically filthy 7200 locomotive passes the beach at Mandelieu-la-Napoule heading for Nice with an overnight motorail train.

SNCF Unit No. 419 leaves Nice Ville.

This is a Brissonneau & Lotz shunter at Gare de Nice, under the elevated Voie Pierre Mathis fast track (highway). The unit was part of the first delivery of this locomotives, built in 1953 as an 0... (more)

After waiting a full hour for a train to do the honours under the sun and trainshed (the previous service to Les Arcs was cancelled in the platform), BB 25648 finally departs for Les Arcs Draguign... (more)

The series of tunnels in the narrow gorge of the Var provide a perfect backdrop for the CFP's small but charming railcars, as a single-unit heads towards Digne Les Bains.

Ready to depart for Basel SBB (Switzerland), via Ventimiglia at 10.04. Note the Swiss (SBB/CFF) coaching stock.

Two TGVs sit under the fine overall roof at Nice Ville station late afternoon after a shower of rain.

It's a beautiful early autumn afternoon on the Cote D'Azur. A train is ready to depart for Bordeaux

TGV Reseau trainset at Nice Station