"Cité du Train" railway museum in Mulhouse: SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alsthom. The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 ... (more)

Electrolocomotive BB # 9291 of the SNCF in the Cité du Train railway museum Mulhouse. The BB 9200 is a French electric locomotive series for use on the SNCF's 1.5 kV DC network. The locomotives w... (more)

4-6-2 "Chapelon Pacific" 3.# 1192 of the Nord (Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Nord), built 1936 by Blanc-Misseron. At the end of the 1920s, engineer André Chapelon began optimizing ste... (more)

Power car # 325 of the TGV-Atlantique, which set a world record for rail vehicles that had long been unsurpassed: 515.3 kilometers per hour on may 18, 1990, between Courtalain and Tours. The TGV-A... (more)

Electrolocomotive BB # 9291 of the SNCF in the Cité du Train railway museum Mulhouse. The BB 9200 is a French electric locomotive series for use on the SNCF's 1.5 kV DC network. The locomotives w... (more)

Electrolocomotives of the SNCF in the "Cité du Train" railway museum in Mulhouse. On the left sixaxle Class CC 6500 "Nez Cassé" # 6572. Road numbers: # 6501-6574. Manufacturer:AT, MTE. Power... (more)

The train that held the World rail speed record on May 18, 1990 with 515km/h (320mph) was dismantled last week. Only a motor car and a trailer will be kept at the museum "Cité du Train"... (more)

TGV: 40 YEARS OF HIGH SPEED! First time that all France high speed World Record TGV trainsets are exposed together for this special day at Villeneuve Saint-Georges depot to celebrate the 40 years ... (more)

Preserved train on display, in original orange livery, for the "40th anniversary of the TGV". On February 26, 1981, the TGV train No. 16 obtained a first speed record on the LGV Sud-Est ... (more)

RETURN TO THE ORIGIN ! The legendary TGV SE #16 (now preserved) which have reach 380 Kph the the 26 February 1981 have been repainted (only engines and small part of contiguous cars) with the bes... (more)

Picture of very restraint trains team that have run more than 500 Kph, First is the TGV A #325 which have reach 515,3 Kph the May 18th, 1990 and second is the TGV POS #4402 which have reach 574,8 ... (more)

Patrick (The first high speed train produced in France) is exposed near the legendary CC 6530 which was one of first locomotive running at 200 Kph with Étendard service between Paris and Bordeaux... (more)

TGV: 40 YEARS - 3 kinds of high speed trains, the chassis are very similar but nose have different forms between generations and can be easier compared... Special celebration at Villeneuve Saint-G... (more)

TGV: 40 YEARS OF HIGH SPEED! First time that all France high speed World Record TGV trainsets are exposed together for this special day at Villeneuve Saint-Georges depot to celebrate the 40 years ... (more)

The three high-speed trainsets holding world speed records are reunited for the 40th anniversary of the TGV