Christmas train Clermont Ferrand - Saint Germain des Fossés on the Randan grade

140-C-38 disguised as 140-K-3 during a movie shooting

French and Polish steamers on 60 cm (23.62 inches) track during the 25th Pithiviers Narrow Gauge Steam Festival

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)

This junction looks unchanged for many decades. The picture might have been shot in the 1960's.

Patriotic steam!
Rouget de Lisle is the author of The Marseillaise.
As Wikipedia says: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836),... (more)

The engine who made rainbows and clouds...

Just before a catastrophic failure, the PLM Pacific is readied in Calais for hauling a re-creation of the Golden Arrow London-Dover-Calais-Paris train. This was going to be a rare charter train co... (more)