The speed limit of this train Paris-Cherbourg is today 160 km/h instead of 200 km/h. Indeed, this class 25 Kv 50 Hz 16000 has replaced a class dual-electric 26000 engine, with a lower speed limi... (more)

A train that I considered to be the smartest in Europe, the 07.52 Paris Est to Vienna 'Mozart' headed by SNCF No 15028 'Villiers le Bel' in its original livery hauling Austrian carriages, has just... (more)

This TGV Paris - Bern (Switzerland) pass under "Château de Joux" Old fortified castle near border line between France and Switzerland.

CC 72065 with an intercity from Lyon to Tours

Another vintage French photo with a twist. One of the 50 4-6-0s built to the Scottish Highland Railway 'Castle' class design by the North British Locomotive Co., in 1911 for the French ETAT railwa... (more)

Back in 1966 one of the old Sprague sets on the Paris Metro enters Barbes-Rochechourt station on Line 2. The red carraige portions indicate First Class accomdation.

Two SNCF diesel railcars X2800, leased by Travys (swiss transportation company), replace Travys electric railcars during works on the track between Le Day and Le Brassus, in Vallée de Joux.

TGV 9204 / 2060 Basel (11h15) - Strasbourg (12h15) - Paris Est (14h34) near Iverny (Meaux) on LGV Est (Réseau Ferré de France). For many more photos of trains in US, UK, Asia, South America and ... (more)

I don't normally like showing the rear of passing trains but this was the only chance back in 1989 to get a TGV crossing this lovely viaduct against the Mediteranian Sea. One of the original TGV s... (more)

World Speed record's train (574,8 km/H)

Regional Train Lyon -> Geneve near Amberieu.

This was one of the two locomotives of the TGV V150 that reached the world rail speed record on April 03, 2007 near PK 194 of the new LGV Est : 574,8 kph (or 357,2 mph) as can been read behind the... (more)

Regional Train Modane - Lyon in French's Alpen

A few time before retiring, 25517 is still operating freight trains. It is seen here hauling a belgian hoppers trainset