 Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,660 Location: Paris, France
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Hi y'all, A few pix of the Orient Express exhibit now on the plaza at the IMA (Institut du Monde Arabe) ... : http://www.imarabe.org/ http://www.imarabe.org/a...positions/orient-express... a Jean Nouvel / Architecture Studio building inaugurated 1987, in Paris until August 2014 ... An odd situation where a full train; short consist with only one loco and four coaches are parachuted into a big city square ... Stood out in the semi-cold to buy tickets to visit the interiors for about 30 mins, only to find out that access would be 3 hours later, so said; "thanks, be back later ..." ;) Only pix of the outside then here, the inside pix will have to wait, and the loco first : Y  PS: Do you SNCF fans own a 230 G loco ? Yumgui attached the following image(s): |
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Joined: 20/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,660 Location: Paris, France
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And then some coaches; a CIWL 1st class Pullman, sleeper car, bar/lounge car ... and restaurant coach with all the details (just great for my layout) : All pix adjusted for perspective, so plz dun mind the strange white triangles at some pic corners ... Plz enjoy, Y  Yumgui attached the following image(s): |
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 Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,764 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Hi Yum, Great photos, and well worth your wait in the cold! I have not got a 230G, or any 230, but I notice that Piko do a 230E that has a similar Belpaire firebox. From an eBay listing:  regards Kimball |
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 Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France
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Hello Yum Thanks for the pics..;good to see them since I probably won't be able to come to Paris and visit the exhibition. The exhibited coaches were last used on the Train Bleu and the pre-1969 Mistral. You will notice that they have Minden Deutz style bogies for high speed running (max speed 160 km/h) and AC cooling equipment. They also have traded their original "accordeon" interconnection passage for a high speed capable "rubber boot", compatible with the Mistral fluted stainless steel coaches they were used with in the Mistral. These are a different set of coaches from the VSOE (Venice Simplon Orient Express) consist of 19 units which underwent a much deeper restoration and are in intensive use continuously since 1982! for more info on that train check : http://www.vsoe.com/web/...orient_express.jsp?hll=1 |
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Joined: 14/12/2002(UTC) Posts: 800 Location: Newcastle NSW Australia
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Hi All , What a fantastic display to encourage families to explore further into railway history.
I am curious as to why the French railways use a lot of coal in Briquette form rather than normal mine run coal ? is there a higher calorific value in processed coal than ROM coal ? We did a day tour of the CF du Vivarais near Valence where briquettes were also used & entailed breaking the large moulded coal in to much smaller pieces before shovelling into the firebox . Is this a common practice on other European railways ?
For memory at Vivarais they used black coal for the briquettes but at some other museums I thought I saw brown coal being used .
Thanks in advance,
Tom in Oz.
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 Joined: 25/10/2014(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: PUNJAB, LAHORE
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It has been a long time since I have seen "Von Ryans Express" but I think the train figures prominently there too. We are the leading the world in providing best a+ certification practice test gre and Intel prep solutions. Edited by user 15 November 2014 13:10:32(UTC)
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