A colourful Z27500 EMU catches the glorious evening sushine as it crosses, and is reflected in the Burgundy canal at Lezinnes between Montbard and Tonnerre

A TGV heads east towards Montbard and Paris near Mont Auxois which is behind and to the right of the photographer. Mont Auxois is now accepted as the location of the Gallic leader Vercingetorix's ... (more)

Verrey-sous-Salmaise lies on the climb to Blaisy-Bas, part of the classic main line from Paris to Dijon. In fact the line runs right through the middle of the place, making the small wayside stati... (more)

Sybic BB 26054 heads towards Paris with an overnight train from Italy at Aisy-sur Armancon. Earlier, just after dawn, I bumped into another RP photographer in the middle of a field in rural France... (more)

A BB7200 in En Voyage livery passes westward in the late evening light past the village of Cry-sur-Armancon. This was shot from the car as we moved between locations.

An westbound TGV passes the junction at Buffon near Montbard shortly before sunset. I went back to this location 3 evenings running to try and get a perfect glint shot. This was the nearest I got,... (more)

Unbranded livery BB 27141 rounds the curve at Fulvy with an eastbound intermodal. While evening provided a steady stream of westbound freights during my visit, this intermodal was one of the few r... (more)

A TGV set pases through fields of wheat made golden by the setting sun. The village of Buffon is in the background. The line of trees in the middle distance marks the course of the Burgundy canal ... (more)

A warm June evening sees this BB 27000 class electric locomotive in Fret livery run light engine westward past the village of Argenteuil-sur-Armancon on the classic line from Paris to Dijon

A Z27500 EMU catches the last rays of a golden sunset as it leaves Nuits behind and heads for Tonnerre. Under these conditions the 1500V compound catenary becomes a feature of the picture rather t... (more)

Warm late evening sunshine illuminates BB26115 as it brings a heavy train of new cars down the gradient towards Montbard.

A TGV ascends the valley of the river L'Oze near Flavigny-sur-Ozerain (where the movie Chocolat was filmed) towards the tunnel at Blaisy Bas. This section of the line is quadrupled to allow for th... (more)

A colourful intermodal service heads south behind Sybic BB26205 at Villotte-St-Seine. I heard this coming for some minutes as the driver continually exchanged horns with a car on the road which pa... (more)

A TGV starts the climb up the steeply graded connecting line from the classic line between Dijon and Paris at Buffon towards the LGV line from Lyon to Paris a few kilometres away at Soulangy as an... (more)

An unidentified Sybic heads a southbound intermodal service near the village of Buffon near Montbard. Just behind the train in the middle distance is the 18th century ironworks of La Grande Forges... (more)