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SNCF- BB 16500 and suburban trainset. Chalifert 1988 PhotoPatrick Meunier, Website: PixyRail-Trains de Poissy

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SNCF (French Railways) Woippy Gare,  15.7.2003 Photo: Darko Pahic Szabo - more photos on http://www.vlaki.com

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SNCF Regional Passenger Cars. A set of inox coaches for suburban trains ("RIO" coaches), very similar to Z 6100. In fact, those carriages were planned to be coupled with further motorcars Z 6100, which were finally never bought. This is why they were used with locomotive in push-pull duties. Photo by Ray Soper, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. (Ray Soper) Scan by Michael Taylor www.MichaelTaylor.ca

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BB 16576 + RIB in Coquetiers station on the "Coquetiers" line. Mon 08 Dec 2003. This line will close on Sun 14th Dec 2003 to be converted in "tram-train" line. Photo Théophile Alary <altheo@laposte.net>

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BB 16588 + RIB in Freinville-Sevran station on the "Coquetiers" line. Sun 07 Dec 2003. This line will close on Sun 14th Dec 2003 to be converted in "tram-train" line. Photo Théophile Alary <altheo@laposte.net>

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BB 16580 + RIB leaving Gargan station to Aulnay sous Bois on the "Coquetiers" line. Sun 07 Dec 2003. This line will close on Sun 14th Dec 2003 to be converted in "tram-train" line. Photo Théophile Alary <altheo@laposte.net>

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RIB-76 set (1st/2nd-class, end-trailer) of SNCF-Action Régionale (TER-Rhône Alpes), seen awaiting departure to Ambérieu. This set had originally been ordered to run on "Stélyrail" services on Lyons-St Etienne, where it remained in use from 1976 until the early-90s. Later on, it went through a light refurbishment, with second-hand RRR seats. Lyon-Perrache. 23rd September 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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RIB-76 set (2nd-class, intermediate trailer) of SNCF-Action Régionale (TER-Rhône Alpes), seen awaiting departure to Ambérieu. This set had originally been ordered to run on "Stélyrail" services on Lyons-St Etienne, where it remained in use from 1976 until the early-90s. Later on, it went through a light refurbishment, with second-hand RRR seats. Lyon-Perrache. 23rd September 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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End/service/2nd-class unrefurbished RIB 70 car of SNCF, awaiting departure on a TER service to St-Louis. Part of this car actually consists of declassified 1st-class accommodation, whose yellow stripe has partly remained... Mulhouse-ville. 23rd December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Cab/2nd-class unrefurbished RIB 70 car of SNCF, awaiting departure on a TER service to St-Louis. Mulhouse-ville. 23rd December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Intermediate 2nd-class unrefurbished RIB 70 car of SNCF, awaiting departure on a TER service to St-Louis. Mulhouse-ville. 23rd December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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First-class interiors of a unrefurbished RIB70 set of SNCF-Transilien. This car was declassified in 1999, as all first-class accommodation hitherto offered on Paris commuter services. Original 2nd-class features similar bench seats, albeit arranged in 3+2. Paris-Est. 30th December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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18 September 2002, Mulhouse, France Push-pull local train. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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18 September 2002, Mulhouse, France Driving coach of a push-pull local train. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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SNCF A regional train to Saint Etienne is waiting for departure at the station Lyon Part Dieu. March 1996 Photo and scan by Benoît Géhant (bgehant@ese-metz.fr)