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The Cité du Train (English: City of the Train or Train City), situated in Mulhouse, France, is one of the ten largest railway museums in the world. It is the successor to the Musée Français du Chemin de Fer (French National Railway Museum), the organisation responsible for the conservation of major historical SNCF railway equipment.
Sectioned for Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris 1937; static display, Cité du train, Mulhouse [36] 4.319 4.061–4.340
Mulhouse is known for its museums, especially the Cité de l'Automobile (also known as the Musée national de l'automobile, 'National Museum of the Automobile') and the Cité du Train (also known as Musée Français du Chemin de Fer, 'French Museum of the Railway'), respectively the largest automobile and railway museums in the world.
Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Cité du Train: Mulhouse: 1971 Railway: 60,000 m 2 (650,000 sq ft) [55] 35,000 m 2
Delivered in 1949, it was retired from service in 1961. It has since been restored and is now preserved at the Cité du Train in Mulhouse, where it is fired up every 20–30 minutes in a display showing how connecting rods work to propel the locomotive. [1] [2]
Cité du train, Mulhouse, (not exposed). 4407: 4403–4512: 11S: 1-141.TB.407: ... Restored by AAATV; on loan to La Vapeur du Trieux. Monument Historique PM68000588 ...
140.A.259 displayed on its side at the Cité du Train in Mulhouse. Only 140.A.259 has been preserved, without its tender; it is in the collection of the Cité du train in Mulhouse. It is displayed on its side to evoke the acts of sabotage performed by railwaymen at the time of the Resistance. [6]
BB 9003 was built and delivered in 1952 and was the first French locomotive to be remote-controlled from the exterior of its train. [clarification needed] BB 9004 was built and delivered in 1954 and later set a rail speed record of 331 km/h (206 mph) on 29 March 1955 on the Landes line between Facture and Morcenx, France, [1] a day after SNCF 7107 did not exceed the actual speed of 325 km/h ...