Under a downpour, a TGV going to Paris meets the 4-8-2 "241-P-17" going to Lyon on the Dombes line.

Apologies for a picture that is only 50% steam!

Steam power, nuclear power and wind power (on the right): the 241P follows the Rhône river, passing the Cruas-Meysse nuclear plant (4x900MW).

The bridge over the Aigues river near Orange, Vaucluse, on the "classic" PLM line (Paris-Lyon-Marseille)

241P17 French steam engine on head of a special train Lyon - Grenoble - Chambéry - Aix-les-Bains - Lyon. South from Lyon.

Seeing Jean-Marc Frybourg's excellent photos of 241P17 on ligne 4 recently I thought viewers might like to see a 241P on the line 44 years ago. This is the 12.15 Paris Est to Basle arriving at Bel... (more)