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Old February 9th 08, 05:21 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.autos
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:50:40 +0000, ttucro wrote:

> Boy are you right. I didn't think anyone would recognize the type of train.
>
> Photo taken in Perigueux, France 2004 at the SNCF open house. They overhaul
> the train cars there to a like new condition every 20 years and repair all
> the damaged cars. I went with a friend that had worked all his life there
> from 1944 on. The Germans had control of it for about a year.
>
> You can see a small slide show of the operation he
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ch&plinde x=0
>


Very cool!

In '67-'68, I think I rode most every train in Europe, and especially
French ones. It's a whole different train-world over there (and other
parts of the world) compared to North America!


> Have a great day.



And you as well, sir!


SW

--
Like cars in amusement parks, our direction is often determined through
collisions.

-Yahia Lababidi, writer (b. 1973)

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