A brand new Electric Multiple Unit complete with bow decal sits silently adjacent to the platform at Gare De L'Est. This train entered revenue service later on that day.

A side view of TGV POS 4407 shortly before midnight at Gare De L'Est after arriving from Stuttgart, Germany.

A close up view showing the new SNCF 'En Voyage' Livery on a Class 72100 Diesel-Electric Locomotive at Gare De L'Est.

After working hard on the Paris Metro all day long, this unrefurbished Electric Multiple Unit enjoys a well-earned rest at Gare De L'Est.

Diesel-Electric Locomotive 172148 sits silently stabled with some Passenger Cars at Gare De L'Est just before midnight. This Locomotive is wearing the (relatively) new 'En Voyage' livery.

26000 Class Electric Locomotive 26165 arrives at Toulon Station with a colourful set of cars.

The nose of TGV Réseau 608 at Marseille. Some TGV Réseau Power Cars operate on the LGV Sud-Est with Duplex Cars and are known as an R-Duplex Set.

TGV R-Duplex 608 eases away from Marseille St Charles with a service to Paris. This station has dock platforms, so the driver is required to change ends before the train can continue its journey.

A TGV Atlantique rolls over one of many old arch bridges through the City of Tours before making a station stop at Saint-Pierre des Corps (Tours TGV Station).

One quiet Sunday morning in the Pays de la Loire region, a Class X 4300 DMU sits lifelessly at Chateaux Du Loire Station awaiting its next duties. These Units are due to be withdrawn in 2008/2009... (more)

On a crisp, cloudless morning, well-worn TGV Atlantique 525 races through the French countryside at about 300km/h. The section of straight track in this photo is probably just over 1km long and T... (more)

The conductor watches the passengers board a DDAR with an InterCity Service to Lelystad before giving the departure signal.

A VIRM waits patiently at Leiden Central for passengers to board. The simple, yet creative NS livery with royal blue stripe can be seen on the hiddeous nose of this train.

A 12-Car VIRM arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch on a cloudless evening with an InterCity Service.

The ornate station concourse towers over two 2-Car MAT 64 as they wait patiently adjacent to the Platform on Spoor 1a with a Stop Trein to Tiel one clear evening at 's-Hertogenbosch.