SNCF Sud-Est TGV #87 heads towards Paris on the 'classic' route through Saint-Michel Sur Orge.

This Paris Ostfrankreich Suddeutschland HST leaves Paris Lyon station bound for ZĂ¼rich. The bell tower was built for the 1900 Paris world fair

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

A Paris Metrol crosses the Viaduc Austerlitz.

Here is another Paris suburban tank loco seen at the Gare St.Lazare in Paris around 1926. The ETAT 2-6-2T was working from Versailles depot. Scanned from a glass negative taken by O.J. Morris.

Following my two previous posts of suburban locos at Paris Nord we move on nearly ten years and see an almost brand new 2-8-2T waiting to leave the station with a push/pull train in 1935. These en... (more)

In contrast to the British built 4-6-4T that I posted just before this one, here is a French built 4-6-4T of the Nord Railway waiting to work a suburban train at the Gare du Nord in Paris. These e... (more)

One of the 14 British built 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co., originally from a batch of 40 destined for the Dutch State Railway but which were diverted to the ROD (Railway Operating Division... (more)

7245 passes Guillerval with 3913 Paris Austerlitz - Blois.

All TGVs running up to 320 km p.h. (200 miles per hour) have to start their journey with a slow running of 30 km p.h over the confusing network of switches and crossovers from Paris Gare de Lyon. ... (more)

Here is another of the 1,981 2-8-0 locomotives built by Baldwins for service in France from 1917 onwards. This one was built for the British Army ROD and became part of Nord Railway stock after th... (more)

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)

22251 arrives at Paris Bercy with the 14h25 ex Nevers.

Gare Montparnasse viewed from the Montparnasse Tower. 9222 is visible in the loco holding sidings.

The number 5 Paris Metro departs the Gare d Austerlitz Metro station. The train actually travels through the upper reaches of the train shed. I used the number 5 to go between Austerlitz and Gare... (more)