View INTO a steamloc at the museum Cité du Train. The front of this loc you see on 484942

Museum Cité du Train: There was a sabotage to this loc at the 2nd world war, she derailed. In this museum you can see the details and read the sad history

Art and tramway: Special sheeps in town near the station Porte Haute

Tramway at the station Porte Haute at Mulhouse in the evening sun: Opening in 2006, now there are three lines, totally 16.2 km, 29 stations. A few stations have such arches in different colors

At Cite du Train Museum.

The 4-8-4 tender steam locomotive AT6 from the PLM Company has been built in 1927 by Batignolles-Châtillon in Nantes. It has been withdrawn from active service on the SNCF lines in 1968.

On 17 January 1925, the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l’Est took delivery of their first high-speed locomotive at the Epernay works, the 241 A1, number 41 001. The engine they acquired provide... (more)

When the first high-altitude railways were built, snow was initially cleared by hand by workmen known as “cantonniers de la voie”. In 1908, snow ploughs began to appear when the Compagnie des ... (more)

Steam locomotive 231 H 8, built in 1912 as PLM #6143, later named 231 A 43, rebuilt in 1930 to 231 E 43, it finally became SNCF 231 H 8. The locomotive is shown here with special decoration to ha... (more)

The 1500 Volt DC electric locomotive E-4002 from the Compagnie du Midi has been built in 1922 by the Compagnie Électrique de France in Tarbes. The original painting was "porcelain white". These l... (more)

en 1978, la BB 15025 était équipée d'un pantographe TGV pour les essais d'endurance

The “Saint-Pierre” is an ancestor to all French locomotives and is the oldest original steam locomotive still preserved on the European continent. In 1844, the English engineer William Buddico... (more)

The tenwheeler #1314 from the Compagnie du Midi has been built in 1902 by the SACM (Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques) in Belfort. Belfort is only 40 kms away from Mulhouse. These ... (more)

In 1898, with the Paris Exposition Universelle in view in 1900, the Paris Orleans company decided to extend their line into the very heart of Paris to the new Orsay station, as they considered Aus... (more)

Following successful trials in March 1955, the SNCF ordered 92 units of the BB 9200. These locomotives could haul a train of 1000 tonnes at a maximum speed of 160 kph (99 mph). These engines were ... (more)