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The world of the locomotive

Old or more recent, steam, diesel, electrical or pulled by horses, locomotives are the soul of the train. Without them and their tenacious effort, everyone would remain standing on the platform!
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DID YOU KNOW?
5 June, 1883: The Orient Express runs for the first time.

CURRENT EVENTS AND IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE

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Let's celebrate the SNCF together

150 years under the Alps

What the world envies us for

PIONEERS AND CAPTAINS

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Louis Armand, the energy of genius

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Louis de Gallois: when the train was born

Brunel invents the « XXL » train

Parodi, or the electricity effect

By man, for man

Wood for sleepers

THE SAGA OF RECORDS

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The God Mars

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The 500 barrier

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THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF THE RAILWAYS

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SNCF's historical landmarks

SNCF before 1938: the first puffs

After 1938: staying on track

Crazy columns from the railway era

SNCF SAGA

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The Saga of the Logo

MACHINES

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Breakneck speed

The world of the locomotive

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PODCAST SOUVENIR

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Tom Novembre's European train tour

Marie Fugain, giving yourself

Jean-Claude Dreyfus, a wonderful encounter

Marguerite, mechanical flowers of the meadow

M. Proust: in search of lost trains

Simone Hérault: one voice… many stations…

Anne Roumanoff gets lost

Christian Vadim, a childhood memory

Marlène Jobert’s brackets

THINKING DECADES AHEAD

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Farewell “petit gris”…

TGV gets bigger

Speed in a straight line

Main lines serving France

Your daily train will change

Sparkling for Bibi

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