This train comes back from the Steam Festival in Noyelles. It is full of people with images of steam trains in their eyes, and in their memory cards.
At the end of WWII, the French railroad (SNCF) was devastated. Out of the 17259 steam locomotives of 1938 only 6000 were able to provide service. The rest was destroyed or in need of repairs and a... (more)
At the end of WWII, the French railroad (SNCF) was devastated. Out of the 17259 steam locomotives of 1938, 6000 only were able to provide service. The rest was destroyed or in need of repairs, and... (more)
