3 kilometers away from the Paris Lyon Station, a Paris - Milano has just started its journey toward Italy.

Final trip for Patrick

TGV #01 “Patrick” is the first French TGV ever built, born August 1978. It was withdrawn from commercial service in Dec. 2019. Then it was partly painted bac... (more)

Final trip for Patrick

TGV #01 “Patrick” is the first French TGV ever built, born August 1978. It was withdrawn from commercial service in Dec. 2019. Then it was partly painted bac... (more)

Death of a prototype

After about 20 years of service, the BB 69001 comes back from its last train to its home base, the famous Chalindrey depot. 20 years is not so bad a life durat... (more)

A stone train from Limoges to St Jory

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Exceptionally, 3 iconic SNCF series are gathered in this picture: the BB 67400, the A1A-A1A 68000 and the diesel-hydraulic prototype BB 69002. This was right after the 690... (more)

Preserved BB 25236 with a POE (Pullman-Orient-Express) charter.

A detoured Paris - Le Havre passes by the Mézy-sur-Seine cemetery on the "Group VI" line (Paris St Lazare - Mantes by Conflans-Ste-Honorine). Important works on the Group V (Paris-St-Laz... (more)

A Paris - Mantes by Conflans-Ste-Honorine (Group VI line) passes by the Mézy-sur-Seine cemetery