Author's impressions gained on month spent in France while covering several thousand km on variety of locomotives. Feb 19, 26 n 5117 p 269-72 n 5118 p 304-8: Golden Arrow, London-Paris. Mar 5 n 5119 p 338-41: Express locomotive No. 232-U1, SNCF. Mar 12 n 5120 p 377-9: Train No. 309, Paris-Lille. Mar 19, 26 n 5121 p 413-414, 5122 p 450-452: Diesel electric "Autorail" and coal trains, Paris and Lens. Apr 2 n 5123 p 484-487: Express trains running between Paris and Argentan; 2-8-2 type locomotives. Apr 9 n 5124 p 521-524: 2-8-2 tank locomotives working "pull-and-push" trains. Apr 16 n 5125 p 556-558: Lille-Paris 4-8-2, 4-cyl compound locomotive No. 241-P33. Apr 23 n 5126 p 593-596: Paris-Dijon-Bourg and return -- electric and 2-8-2 mixed traffic steam locomotives. May 14 n 5129 p 704-707: Paris-Aulnoye, 3-cyl simple "Hudson" No. 232.R.001; Lille-Paris, 4-cyl compound No. 231-E42. May 21 n 5130 p 736-739: Locomotives Nos 242.A1 and 160.A, and Vitry testing station. May 28 n 5132 p 773-775: Paris-Strasbourg-Paris: 4-cyl compound 4-6-0, 4-6-2 and 4-8-2 locomotives, and pneumatic tired train. June 4 n 5133 p 808-811: Strasbourg-Paris: 4-6-2 and 4-8-2 4-cyl compound locomotives. June 11 p 844-7: "Golden Arrow", Paris to London, and some comments on what was seen on SNCF.


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    Title :

    French locomotive experiences


    Additional title:

    Engineer


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    Published in:

    Engineer ; 197 , Various issues


    Publication date :

    1954


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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