Former PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterainian) four-cylinder compound Pacific No 231K8 reverses into Calais Maritme station before taking the 'Fleche d'Or' (Golden Arrow) to Amiens where an electric loco w... (more)

The new Carmillon paint scheme applied on this more than 30 years old South East TGV High Speed Train leaving Paris

One of the French Liberation 141R locomotives backs towards the turntable at Bordeaux. There were 1,340 of these locomotives built in 1945-47 by all three major American manufacturers as well as M... (more)

train de caisses mobiles en provenance de Calais-Fréthum

Following my three postings of ALCo built locomotives supplied to the French and Belgian Railways after World War I here is a Balwin 2-8-0, one of 1,981 locos that were sent to France from 1917 on... (more)

ECR is now in charge with supplying the building site and evacuating spoil from a large area in the city of Paris . It is a rare opportunity to catch freight trains in the near western suburb of ... (more)

This powerful engine is leaving Villeneuve, in the nice "Arzens" red color scheme, instead of its former green.

une bonne toilette pour le musée

Train 103, the 08.45 Paris-St.Lazaire to Le Havre express enters Rouen-Rive Droit station. The young men in the foreground are clearing the ashpit used by the ETAT 231 Pacifics during their stop f... (more)

One of the SNCF 'Monocabine' Bo-Bo electrics, now all withdrawn, has just passed the closed station at Stambach with a northbound freight train on the Strasbourg to Metz main line. It is running t... (more)

One of the 20 SNCF CC-65000 Co-Co diesel-electric locos, built in 1956-57 as class 0606DB, waits to leave Nantes with a passenger train.