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Poster of the museum. 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.
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 ...
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
Cité du train, Mulhouse, (not exposed). 4407: 4403–4512: 11S: 1-141.TB.407: 1′D1′ h2t: ANF: 25: 1913 [62] Restored by AJECTA, Longville. Monument Historique PM77000978 4424: 4403–4512: 11S: 1-141.TB.424: 1′D1′ h2t: Société de Saint-Léonard 1768: 1913 [62] Restored by AAATV; on loan to La Vapeur du Trieux. Monument Historique ...
They were most often used in the triangle Nantes-Tours, Tours-Bordeaux and Bordeaux-La Rochelle-Nantes. The series was withdrawn from service between 1981 and 1988 but two examples were preserved: CC 65001 at the Cité du Train in Mulhouse and CC 65005 by the Train des Mouettes .
A TGV Sud-Est set in the original orange livery, 1987. The TGV Sud-Est fleet was built between 1978 and 1988 and operated the first TGV service from Paris to Lyon in 1981. . Formerly there were 107 passenger sets operating, of which nine were tri-current (25 kV 50-60 Hz AC - French lignes à grande vitesse, 1500 V DC - French lignes classiques, 15 kV 16 + 2 ⁄ 3 Hz AC - Switzerland) and the ...
SNCF 232.U.1 is a French steam locomotive of the Hudson type.. It was built as part of a new locomotive program designed for the Chemins de Fer du Nord that was delayed by the outbreak of the Second World War.
241.P.16, withdrawn in 1973, is on display at the Cité du train (National Railway Museum of France) in Mulhouse 241.P.17, preserved at Le Creusot and restored to working operation in April 2006, is authorised to run on SNCF tracks with passengers, after a 13-year restoration project and since then travel across France and sometimes Switzerland ...